Tag: tennis
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Murray sweeps into quarter-finals at Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): Former world number one Andy Murray cruised into the quarter-finals at Antwerp on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion, is attempting to work his way back to form almost 10 months after career-saving hip surgery. The Scot, currently ranked 243rd…
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Thunberg sets an example to teenage tennis star Gauff
London, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is leading a changing of the established order in how the young are now emboldened to speak up and not kowtow to their elders, said American teenage tennis sensation Coco Gauff. Gauff, aged just 15, has taken the women’s tennis circuit by storm this year, with…
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Murray reach Antwerp second round
Andy Murray won his first ATP Tour Match against Kimmer Coppejans
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Medvedev Feels ‘Invincible’ after Thumping Zverev to Win Shanghai
Shanghai, Oct 13 (AFP/APP): Daniil Medvedev conceded that he had been “invincible” after he won his fourth title of a spectacular year with a thumping 6-4, 6-1 victory over Alexander Zverev in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Victory for the 23-year-old Russian, contesting a sixth final in a row, was more evidence that he…
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Next Generation Smells Fear After Federer, Djokovic Exit Shanghai
Shanghai, Oct 12 (AFP/APP): Defeats for Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic mean that the winner of the Shanghai Masters will be aged 23 or under — more proof that the next generation of men’s tennis stars is closing in. With Rafael Nadal absent from the tournament with a wrist injury, none of the vaunted “Big…
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Tsitsipas Says He ‘Scares’ Big Three After Beating Djokovic
Shanghai, Oct 11 (AFP/APP): Stefanos Tsitsipas said that he scares the “Big Three” after the young Greek stunned world number one Novak Djokovic to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday. The 21-year-old has now defeated Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal this year to burnish his fast-growing reputation. On Saturday though he faces the…
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Federer Loses Cool And Follows Djokovic Out Of Shanghai
Shanghai, Oct 11 (AFP/APP): Roger Federer’s trademark cool spectacularly deserted him and he was given a point penalty as he followed Novak Djokovic out of the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals on Friday. Alexander Zverev defeated the usually unflappable Swiss 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-3 in a dramatic match that saw Federer twice hit the ball out of…
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Federer Says ‘Special’ Fans Inspired Him To Reach Shanghai Quarters
Shanghai, Oct 10 (AFP/APP): Roger Federer said that his devoted band of Chinese supporters helped pull him through a tough first set and into the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. The Swiss defeated David Goffin 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 after the 13th seed from Belgium squandered five set points in the first set. The 38-year-old Federer…
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Naomi Osaka picks Japanese citizenship
Tennis Star Naomi Osaka decides to choose Japanese Nationality keeping in view Olympics 2020
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Oldest champion of modern era, dies at 82
Andres Gimeno, the oldest male French Open Champion dies