With the US Open officially getting underway tomorrow, the list of withdrawals is mounting. In the Men’s draw, the second seed, Andy Murray is the latest player to withdraw as he has not yet recovered from that niggling hip injury … Continue reading
Category Archives: Off the racquet
The race for the WTA No. 1 is being hotly contested
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It has been almost a year since Germany’s Angelique Kerber replaced Serena Williams of America as the WTA World No. 1 Ladies tennis player. Kerber, who had been hot on Serena’s heels, had a chance to unseat her at the … Continue reading
Masterclass Federer gets his record eighth Wimbledon title
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There were tears of joy and disappointment all around Centre Court at Wimbledon today, after the 3rd seed, Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated the 7th seed, Marin Cilic of Croatia, 6-3 6-1 6-4 to capture his record eighth Wimbledon Men’s … Continue reading
Garbine Muguruza defeats Venus Williams for the Wimbledon title
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It what can only be described as a dream run at Wimbledon, 23 year old Garbine Muguruza of Spain, the 14th seed, yesterday became only the second Spanish woman to lift the Ladies Singles Venus Rosewater Dish bowl, after defeating … Continue reading
It is a ninth Wimbledon final as Venus Williams outplays Jo Konta
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The scene was set for the second Ladies semi-final at this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The opponents – the 26 year old Johanna Konta of Britain, the sixth seed and home favourite and the 37 year old, 10th seed and five-time … Continue reading
Muguruza flies past Rybarikova into the finals
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Garbine Muguruza of Spain flew past Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova to reach her second Wimbledon final in three years, with a very comprehensive 6-1 6-1 victory at Wimbledon earlier today. The 14th seed and 2015 finalist, has looked in sublime form … Continue reading
Karolina Pliskova goes to No. 1
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Despite her early exit at the hands of Magdalena Rybarikova during the second round of this year’s Wimbledon Championship, the 3rd seed, Karolina Pliskova has now been promoted to the WTA No. 1 ranked position in ladies tennis, as of … Continue reading
Jo Konta denies Halep a Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking
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In what must be considered as one of the best Ladies tennis matches ever played, the top British Ladies player and 6th seed, Johanna Konta, produced the match of her career so far in ousting the 2nd seed, Simona Halep … Continue reading
Venus Williams outplays Jelena Ostapenko
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In her 100th singles match, the nine-time Grand Slam champion, Venus Williams of America, gave the young 20 year old Latvian player, Jelena Ostapenko a tennis lesson on Centre Court today. Despite a mixture of errors by both players, Ostapenko … Continue reading
Rybarikova sets up a semi-final clash with Muguruza
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Magdalena Rybarikova, the unseeded Slovakian player, did to the 24th seeded American, Coco Vandeweghe today what Vandeweghe did to everyone at the Australian Open this year – she swept aside the seeded players. In a rain interrupted match that lasted … Continue reading