Tag: tennis
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All WTA, ATP Tennis in China Cancelled over Coronavirus
All WTA and ATP tennis in China has been cancelled over the coronavirus.
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Serena Williams Set To Play Inaugural Kentucky Tournament
Serena Williams is set to play inaugural Kentucky Tournament.
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Serena Williams set to play inaugural Kentucky tournament
Los Angeles, July 17 (AFP/APP): Serena Williams will make her return to the WTA tour at a new hardcourt tournament in Kentucky in August, organizers said on Friday. The Top Seed Open said 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams and 2017 US Open winner Sloane Stephens will be in the field when play begins on August 10. Williams…
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Roger Federer almost the Perfect Tennis Player On and Off Court: Stefan Edberg
Stefan Edberg says that Roger Federer is almost the perfect tennis player on and off the court.
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Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19
24th June: Novak Djokovic, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serbian said in a statement on Tuesday. According to Reuters, Novak Djokovic, the men’s world number one tennis player has announced that he has been infected with the coronavirus. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is a 17-time Grand Slam champion. Croatia’s Borna Coric, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria,…
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Coronavirus: cancellations and changes in US sport
Los Angeles, March 14 (AFP/APP): A quick look at major cancellations and changes in North American sport through Friday amid intensifying coronavirus concerns: – American Football – – Cancelled: NFL annual meeting March 29-April 1 in Palm Beach, Florida – Suspended: by multiple teams travel of scouts and coaches to assess players in the build-up…
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Tennis superstars Federer, Nadal play to huge crowd in Cape Town
Cape Town, Feb 8 (AFP/APP): Long term rivals and old friends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal battled it out for charity in South Africa on Friday in matches designed to draw the biggest ever tennis crowd. The evening at the Cape Town Stadium was expected to draw 50 000 people. The match is the sixth…
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‘I can still win Slams’ – Federer has no plans to retire
Melbourne, Jan 30 (AFP/APP): Injury-hit Roger Federer said Thursday he had no plans to retire and insisted he was still in good enough shape to win Grand Slams after crashing out of the Australian Open semi-finals to Novak Djokovic. The 38-year-old fell to the Serb 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-3, admitting he only had “a three…
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‘Miracle’ man Federer saves seven match points to set up Djokovic semi
Melbourne, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Swiss great Roger Federer said “I believe in miracles” after he saved seven match points in a five-set nail-biter against 100th-ranked Tennys Sandgren to go into an Australian Open semi-final with Novak Djokovic on Tuesday. The six-time champion, struggling physically, saved three match points at 4-5 in the fourth set and…
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Sara Mahboob, Sara Mansoor to vie in Federal Cup final
ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (APP):Sara Mahboob and Sara Mansoor will vie for top honours in Ladies’ Singles of the 33rd Federal Cup National Ranking Tennis Championships 2020 as they recorded wins in the semifinals at Syed Dilawar Abbas PTF Tennis Complex, Garden Avenue, Islamabad on Monday. In the first semifinal, Sarah Mahboob beat Shimza Naz Durab…