Category: Tennis
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Defending champion Osaka knocked out of Australian Open
Defending champion Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the Australian Open on Friday, falling 6-3 6-4 in a stunning upset by American teenage sensation Coco Gauff in the third round. Osaka was the third former Open winner to bow out of the draw after Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki, who won the title in 2017…
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Osaka, Barty, Djokovic through to third round of Australian Open
Reigning champions Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic won in straight sets in windy conditions on Wednesday to continue their title defence campaigns at the Australian Open. Women’s world number one Ash Barty also advanced in same fashion as the competition eyes the third round. Djokovic had an easier task than in his opening match, defeating…
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After childbirth, Serena Williams overcomes 5 finals setbacks to win 73rd WTA title
Serena Williams won her first title since the 2017 Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory over fellow American Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic on Sunday. The 38-year-old Williams now has the opportunity to sweep both titles at the Auckland Tennis Centre, having also advanced to the doubles final with good friend Caroline Wozniacki.…
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Nadal puts Spain into ATP Cup quarters
Rafael Nadal came back twice from a break down against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka to put Spain into the ATP Cup quarter-finals in Australia. The world number one won 7-6 (7-4) 6-4) to give Spain an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie after Robert Bautista Agut had earlier beaten Go Soeda 6-2 6-4. Nadal then paired…
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How Beyonce changed my life – Naomi Osaka
Japanese sensation Naomi Osaka has revealed her excitement at meeting her idol Beyonce, saying the US singer “smelled expensive” and gave her a morale-boosting pep talk at a low point last year. The two-time Grand Slam champion, who will be defending her Australian Open title this month, bumped into Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z while…
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Federer crushes De Minaur to claim record 10th Basel title
Roger Federer clinched a record-extending 10th Swiss Indoors championship title in his hometown of Basel with a crushing 6-2 6-2 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Sunday. The 38-year-old Swiss has now won 103 singles titles in his career. The record win in Basel — where he once acted as a ball boy —…
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Medvedev mauls Zverev to win Shanghai Masters
Russian Daniil Medvedev pulverised Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-4 6-1 to lift his fourth title of the season at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Zverev started the match with a 4-0 head-to-head record in his favour against Medvedev, but had conceded that his opponent was “probably the best player in the world” at the moment.…
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Federer bow out in Shanghai as Zverev roar into semis
Alexander Zverev on Friday knocked out former champion Roger Federer to book a semi-final spot at the Shanghai Open in China. Germany’s fifth seed Zverev beat a spirited Federer 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 in a dramatic affair that lasted a little over two hours. Staring down the barrel in the second set, Federer saved five match…
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Tokyo 2020: Osaka selects Japanese citizenship ahead of Olympic Games
Two time tennis grand slam champion, Naomi Osaka, intends to play for the hosts at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after choosing to maintain Japanese citizenship. The 21-year-old, told Japanese broadcaster NHK in an interview on Thursday that she had begun the necessary administrative procedures. Under Japanese law, duel citizens must choose one nationality…
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Andreescu to face Osaka in China open quarter-finals
Bianca Andreescu will play Naomi Osaka for the first time after both players advanced to the quarter-finals of the China Open. Osaka, 21, lost only four games with a 6-4 6-0 win over USA’s Alison Riske, before Andreescu came past American qualifier Jennifer Brady 6-1 6-3. The 19-year-old Canadian is on a 16-match-winning streak, which…