Tennis superstars, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have qualified for the quarterfinals of the French Open after winning their fourth-round matches on Sunday. Federer defeated Argentine Leonardo Mayer in straight sets 6-2 6-3 6-3. Federer, whose only French Open title came in 2009, claimed the first two sets in 67 minutes with Mayer winning just […]
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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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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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Serena Williams has been fined 17,000 dollars for the code violations she received during the U.S. Open final, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said on Sunday. During Saturday’s match, which she lost 6-2 6-4 to Japan’s Naomi Osaka, Williams was handed a coaching violation and a point penalty for breaking her racquet before a […]
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US Tennis star, Serena Williams, has lamented over the procedure at which the sport players are randomly tested, describing her case as a “discrimination.” In a post on her Twitter page on Tuesday, Williams claimed that she is the most drug-tested tennis player after the doping officials took her samples. Her tweet read, “…and it’s […]
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Rafael Nadal suffered a shock 7-5 6-3 defeat by Austrian Dominic Thiem in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday, a result which means he will lose the world number one ranking. Nadal’s exit means Roger Federer will reclaim the number one spot when the revised ATP rankings are released on Monday. Thiem, who lost to […]
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Team Nigeria made a quick recovery to their shock 1-3 loss to Slovakia with comprehensive win over Bulgaria and Australia to arrive in the knockout stage of the men’s second division of 2018 ITTF World Team Championships holding in Halmstad, Sweden. Unlike Nigeria, Egypt men and women teams are in race to be safe from […]
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Rafael Nadal powered to a record 11th Monte Carlo Masters title with a straight-sets victory over Kei Nishikori. The world No 1 recovered from going a break down early in the first set to win 6-3, 6-2 in 93 minutes and has now won 36 consecutive sets on clay, a run which stretches back to […]
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Roger Federer’s latest reign atop the world rankings has ended after the Swiss great’s shock loss to Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round of the Miami Masters on Saturday. The 36-year-old Federer wasted no time in announcing he’ll skip the clay-court season, including the French Open, just as he did last year after […]
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Former US Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro stunned world number one Roger Federer 6-4, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/2) to win the Indian Wells Masters tournament on Sunday. In the close to three-hour thriller, the two players kept the audience on tenterhooks, as Federer came from one set down to level scores in a tie […]
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