Spanish tennis superstar, Rafael Nadal, restated his position as King of Clay with his 12th French Open title at Roland Garros, defeating Austria’s Dominic Thiem in four sets of 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-2. Nadal, with his latest triumph, becomes the first man to win 12 Grand Slam or tour-level singles titles at any event, with […]
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Rafael Nadal produced a superlative performance on Friday to defeat Roger Federer, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, on Friday to reach his 12th French Open final. It was the longtime rivals’ 39th career meeting, but their first at Roland Garros since 2011. Federer had won their last five matches, but still has never beaten Nadal at the […]
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Serena Williams breezed into the third round of the French Open on Thursday with a routine 6-3 6-2 win against Japanese Kurumi Nara. She really wasted no energy in her quest for a record-equalling Grand Slam singles title. The 10th seed, chasing a first major since the 2017 Australian Open, survived a first-set fright in […]
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Rafael Nadal demolished Swiss star and former Champion Stan Wawrinka for his record French Open 10th title on Sunday, winning 6-2, 6-3 6-1. The Spaniard who came to Roland Garros in devastating form dropped only 29 games en route to the 10th final. He also did not drop a single set. Expectation that the match would be […]
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Rafael Nadal will face Swiss Stan Wawrinka in Sunday’s showpiece match at the French Open Final. After demolishing Austrian Dominic Thiem, Nadal moved to within one victory of ‘La Decima’ at the Grand Slam. Thiem a rising star, who had beaten Nadal in Rome slumped 6-3 6-4 6-0 in Friday’s second semi-final at Roland Garros. The […]
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Andy Murray had to struggle to escape upset danger, managing a 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) defeat of Slovak Martin Klizan on Thursday to survive into the third round of the French Open. Murray laboured for more than three and a half hours against a 50th-ranked opponent keen to inflict an upset on the […]
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