Category: Tennis
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2018 Commonwealth Games: Nigeria reaches Table Tennis team final
Nigeria’s table tennis team on Monday defeated England 3-2 in the men’s team semi-finals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Segun Toriola lost Nigeria’s first match 3-2 (14-12, 9-11, 7-11,13-11,7-11) to Paul Drinkhall, but in match 2, Bode Abiodun recovered from two sets down to beat Liam Pitchford 3-2 (8-11,9-11-4,13-11,11-5). The pair of Olajide…
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Davis Cup: Record-setter Nadal roars back as Spain draw level against Germany
Spain’s Rafael Nadal returned to action with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 Davis Cup win over Germany’s Philip Kohlschreiber on Friday. The victory helped to set a record for the longest winning streak in the competition’s history. World number one Nadal had not played since he retired from his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in…
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Rafael Nadal return to play Spain’s Davis Cup tie against Germany
World number one Rafael Nadal will play his first match since January’s Australian Open on Friday in Spain’s Davis Cup quarter-final tie with Germany. Nadal, 30, will face Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in Valencia on the Spaniard’s favoured clay surface. The 16-time Grand Slam winner has been sidelined since retiring with a hip problem against Marin…
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Miami Open: Venus Williams beaten by world number 93 Danielle Collins
Three-time champion and eighth seed Venus Williams has been knocked out of the Miami Open in the quarter-finals by qualifier Danielle Collins. The 24-year-old, ranked 93rd in the world, needed only one hour 29 minutes to come through 6-2 6-3 against fellow American Williams, 37, a seven-time Grand Slam winner. It was Collins’ first victory…
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Miami Open: Del Potro grinds down Milos Raonic
Juan Martin del Potro remained on course for a rare Sunshine Double when he outlasted Milos Raonic 5-7 7-6(1) 7-6(3) in a marathon quarter-final at the Miami Open on Wednesday. Del Potro, who claimed the Indian Wells title earlier this month, fed off the energy of a raucous crowd that was firmly behind the Argentine,…
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Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens reach semi-finals of Miami Open
Victoria Azarenka booked her place in the semi-finals of the Miami Open with a 7-5 6-3 win over Karolina Pliskova. The Czech fifth seed, 26, recovered from going two breaks down to level at 5-5, before Belarus’ Azarenka took the opener on her fifth set point. The pair exchanged breaks in the second set before…
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Nadal back from injury for Davis Cup quarter-finals
World number two Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain’s squad for their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against Germany in Valencia next month. The 31-year-old has not played in the competition since helping five-time winners Spain return to the top tier of world tennis with victory in India in 2016. Nadal was named in…
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Defending champion Johanna Konta loses to Williams at Miami Open
British number one Johanna Konta has been knocked out of the Miami Open in the fourth round by three-time champion Venus Williams. Defending champion Konta, ranked 14th in the world, won the first set but eventually lost 5-7 6-1 6-2. The 26-year-old had beaten world number eight Williams in straight sets in the semi-finals 12…
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Williams sisters to meet in Indian Wells third round game
Serena Williams will play her sister Venus in the third round at Indian Wells as she continues her comeback after the birth of her child. The 36-year-old American, who was out for 14 months, beat Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 in round two. “Everything is a bonus,” said Serena Williams after winning…
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Former world-number one, Maria Sharapova splits with coach
Former world number one Maria Sharapova said on Friday she had split with her coach Sven Groeneveld, two days after losing a third consecutive match for the first time since 2003. The news comes after Sharapova, who said the decision to end their four-year partnership was “mutually agreed”, was beaten by 44th-ranked Naomi Osaka in…