Rafael Nadal fell to his earliest US Open loss in six years on Monday when he was knocked out by Frances Tiafoe while Iga Swiatek became the first Polish woman to reach the quarter-finals. Four-time US Open champion Nadal, bidding ...
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US Open 2022: Serena, Venus Williams out of doubles event
Serena and Venus Williams traded fist bumps or palm slaps and chatted between points. They smiled while conversing in their seats at changeovers. When their first doubles match together in 4 1/2 years ended with a loss at the U.S ...
Read More »US Open 2022: Serena Williams through to 2nd round beating Kovinic
Serena Williams swept into the US Open second round on Monday on an emotional night in New York in what is expected to be the 23-time Grand Slam title winner’s final tournament. The 40-year-old defeated Danka Kovinic of Montenegro 6-3, ...
Read More »Naomi Osaka pays tribute to soon retiring Serena Williams
Japanese star Naomi Osaka paid tribute to Serena Williams on Saturday, hailing the 23-time Grand Slam champion as the “biggest force” in tennis as she prepares to bid farewell to the sport at the US Open. Osaka, who denied Williams ...
Read More »US Open 2022: Unvaccinated Djokovic ruled out from the championship
Novak Djokovic withdrew from the US Open on Thursday as his refusal to get vaccinated means he cannot travel to the United States in a move which had been widely anticipated. It is the second Grand Slam the 35-year-old Serb ...
Read More »French Open 2022: Nadal wins his 14th title and 22nd Grand Slam
Rafael Nadal won a 14th French Open and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title on Sunday with a straight-sets rout of Casper Ruud to become the oldest male champion at Roland Garros. In a disappointing final, 36-year-old Nadal won 6-3, 6-3, ...
Read More »Belarus Tennis star Sasnovich supports Ukraine players, says she is against War
Belarus tennis star Aliaksandra Sasnovich may be banned from Wimbledon but she insisted Wednesday that she opposed the ongoing war in Ukraine and supports players from the embattled country “100%”. Belarusian players such as Sasnovich, compatriot and former world number ...
Read More »Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to retire after French Open 2022
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a former Australian Open runner-up and world number five, said Wednesday that he will retire from tennis after this year’s French Open. “A few weeks ago I decided I was going to stop at Roland Garros this year,” ...
Read More »Tennis world pays tribute to just retired Ash Barty
World number one Ashleigh Barty’s surprise retirement from tennis was met with shock and an outpouring of well wishes from current and former greats Wednesday. The three-time Grand Slam champion shared a video on social media in which she said ...
Read More »Nadal beat Kyrgios to enter Indian Wells semi-finals 2022
Rafael Nadal left Nick Kyrgios frustrated and fuming with a 7-6 (7/0), 4-7, 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters on Thursday. The unflappable Spaniard, who claimed a record 21st Grand Slam title at ...
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