Tag: The US Open (Tennis) Tennis tournament
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Sinner rallies from two sets down to defeat Medvedev in Australia to win his first Grand Slam championship.
Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line, and collapsed to the court on his back, giving himself time to process how he had come back from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam championship. Sinner, 22, won the Australian Open after defeating Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on…
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Brave Medvedev defeats Hurkacz to go to the Melbourne semifinals
The third seed In a thrilling quarterfinal on Wednesday, Daniil Medvedev had to go deep in his reserves to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 and go to the Australian Open last four for the third time. The Russian, who has lost final matches at Melbourne Park twice, battled the huge Pole for…
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At the Laver Cup, Team World wins the first three matches against Team Europe.
On Friday, Team World won the first three singles matches of the Laver Cup international event, with Felix Auger-Aliassime defeating Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3. Team World also received victories from Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo, as well as the doubles partnership of Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe. During their encounter, Monfils returned to Auger-Aliassime’s side…
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Simona Halep says she will appeal her four-year punishment for drug offences.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency suspended two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep for four years on Tuesday for two different anti-doping code infractions. Halep, 31, has been disqualified indefinitely after testing positive for the prohibited blood-booster Roxadustat during the US Open last year. Halep said she will appeal the judgement to sport’s top court because…
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Daniil Medvedev defeats Carlos Alcaraz to go to the US Open final.
At the US Open, Daniil Medvedev projected that he would need to play “11 out of 10” to beat reigning champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz. How did Medvedev rank his performance in the semifinals versus Alcaraz on Friday night? “I played 12 out of 10,” Medvedev said after defeating Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3…
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Aryna Sabalenka is prepared to face Coco Gauff in the US Open final.
Aryna Sabalenka had just lost the first set 6-0 to Madison Keys in her US Open semifinal match on Thursday night, and she looked startled and sad as she walked to her chair. Sweat poured over her brow. This was not how the soon-to-be world No. 1 player was intended to seem. And that was…
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Daniil Medvedev defeats Carlos Alcaraz to go to the US Open final.
Daniil Medvedev said he would need to play “11 out of 10” to go past reigning champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open. How did Medvedev rank his performance against Alcaraz in the semifinals Friday night? “I played 12 out of 10,” Medvedev said after defeating Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to…
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Medvedev Surprises Alcaraz to Face Djokovic in US Open Finals
Just as the US Open was about to have its ideal weekend, Daniil Medvedev did the most Medvedev-like thing and ruined it all. With a stunning victory over reigning champion and 20-year-old wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz, the 27-year-old Medvedev — the game’s happy troll, playful wiseguy, and unconventional baseliner — threw a wrench in the popular…
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Gauff beats Muchova to reach her first US Open final, where she will play Sabalenka.
Coco Gauff was unwavering Thursday night. Not when match point after match point was thrown away. Not during a 40-shot exchange that helped determine the result. Most distractingly, her US Open semifinal versus Karolina Muchova was delayed for 50 minutes due to environmental protestors, one of whom taped his bare feet to the concrete floor…
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During Zverev’s match, the US Open ejected a supporter for using a Hitler era term.
A spectator was expelled from a US Open tennis tournament early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev reported that the guy used Nazi-era rhetoric. The No. 12 seed, Alexander Zverev, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match against No. 6 Jannik Sinner when he abruptly rushed to chair umpire James…
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‘He’s A Machine,’ says Zapata Miralles of Djokovic.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles was never ranked among the top 150 junior players in the ITF Junior Rankings. As a junior, the Spaniard only competed in one major, the 2015 US Open. “I remember losing in the second round to Tsitsipas,” Zapata Miralles told ATPTour.com. “I won the first round, but I was extremely nervous.” Practise…
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Daria Saville of Australia and Rinky Hijikata of Japan have advanced to the second round of the US Open.
Daria Saville is off to a fast start at the US Open, and she will face world No. 1 and reigning champion Iga Swiatek in the second round. The former top-20 player looked everything like a player on the mend from a significant knee injury as she cruised against American youngster Clervie Ngounoue 6-0 6-2…