Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time, ending Novak Djokovic’s dominance with a stunning victory. 20-year-old Alcaraz, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defending champion. Djokovic was going for a fifth straight win, an eighth men’s triumph and a […]
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Novak Djokovic again proved the toughest of nuts for Roger Federer to crack to claim his fifth Wimbledon title on Sunday. It was the first All England Club final match to be decided by a tiebreaker. The Serbian repelled everything the Federer could throw at him in am epic final worth every minute. The defending […]
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Rafael Nadal claimed his first title of the year after defeating world number one, Novak Djokovic, 6-0 4-6 6-1 in the Italian Open final in Rome on Sunday. The Spaniard raced past Djokovic in the opening set in 39 minutes; the first 6-0 between the rivals in 141 previous sets. Djokovic battled back in the […]
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Novak Djokovic clinched his third US Open title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del Potro, taking him level with Pete Sampras’s mark of 14 Grand Slams. Djokovic, playing in his eighth final in New York and already the champion in 2011 and 2015, is now just three Slams […]
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Novak Djokovic beat South African eighth seed Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the fourth time on Sunday. The Serbian won his 13th Grand Slam title, ending a 25-month barren run at the majors. After the monumental drama provided by both men’s semi-finals, the two longest in Wimbledon […]
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Eight-time champion Roger Federer was sensationally knocked out of Wimbledon on Wednesday by South African giant Kevin Anderson while Rafael Nadal edged Juan Martin del Potro in a Centre Court epic and will meet Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. Defending champion Federer lost a Court One thriller, 2-6, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 as 32-year-old […]
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Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Rome Masters final. Nadal, who is now 10-0 in semi-finals at the Foro Italico, broke loose after a tight first set lasting well over an hour to edge out Djokovic in their 51st career meeting in a rivalry stretching back […]
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Novak Djokovic set up an Italian Open semi-final blockbuster against old rival Rafael Nadal after both former world number one players battled back in thrilling last-eight clashes on Friday. The Serb fought back against Kei Nishikori to earn a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 win while top seed Nadal continued his clay court domination with a 4-6, […]
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Novak Djokovic has sent signals that he has regained his form when he ruthlessly dismissed Dominic Thiem, 6-1 6-0 to qualify for the Italian Masters final in Rome. He will meet Alexander Zverev who had earlier defeated American John Isner in three sets, 6-4 6-7 6-1. Thiem had on Friday defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals. Djokovic crushing […]
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Novak Djokovic staved off a huge upset in his first match since splitting with his long-time coaching team to beat Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Wednesday. After a blistering start, Djokovic had to battle back from 3-0 down in the deciding set to book his place […]
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