World No. 15, Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain defeated Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-4 6-4, to claim the Winston-Salem Open title in North Carolina yesterday. This is Bautista Agut’s second ATP title for 2017 – he also won the Chennai Open … Continue reading
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Withdrawal list mounts ahead of the US Open
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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
Grigor Dimitrov is on the rise again
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The 25 year old Bulgarian tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, was certainly destined to be in the spotlight – on and off the court. It all started at the tender age of 14, when he won his first major junior tennis … Continue reading
Will Pliskova do a Williams double?
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Will the Czech player and 10th seed, Karolina Pliskova be able to capitalise on her great comeback against Venus Williams on Monday, to make it a Williams double tonight, when she takes on the World No. 1 and younger sister, … Continue reading
Can Caroline stop Angelique’s No. 1 and title bid?
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Can Caroline Wozniacki do her close friend, Serena Williams a huge favour and stop the in form and No. 2 seed, Angelique Kerber of Germany, from reaching her first US Open Ladies final on Saturday? I’m sure that Serena would … Continue reading
Konjuh breaks the Radwanska magic
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Ana Konjuh, the 18 year old Croatian and 92nd ranked player in the world, stunned the 4th seed, Agnieszka Radwanska with a 6-4 6-4 win yesterday, to advance to this year’s quarter-finals at the US Open Tennis Championships at Flushing … Continue reading
Serena serves up another record
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Serena Williams served her way to another record on Day 8 of the US Open Tennis Championships, when she recorded her 308th Grand Slam Tennis Tournament match win after defeating Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-2 6-3 last night. This means that the … Continue reading
Pliskova edges Venus Williams in a three-set thriller
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In the second of the Ladies Fourth round Singles matches at the US Open Tennis Championships today, it was the battle of the 6′ 1″, fast serving, hard hitting players – Venus Williams of America and Karolina Pliskova of the … Continue reading
Del Potro advances as Thiem retires injured
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Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro became the lowest ranked player since Jimmy Connors in 1991 to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows today, when his opponent, the 8th seed, Dominic Thiem from Austria retired … Continue reading
Halep battles past Suarez Navarro
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The 5th seed, Simona Halep from Romania and the 11th seed, Carla Suárez Navarro from Spain got the Ladies fourth round matches underway at the US Open Tennis Championships today. Playing on Louis Armstrong stadium, it was the first time … Continue reading