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Tennis-Nakashima Bests Fellow American Isner as Indian Wells Gets Underway

8Mar

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Tennis-Nakashima Bests Fellow American Isner as Indian Wells Gets Underway

INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Rising American Brandon Nakashima beat veteran John Isner 7-6(7) 6-3 to set up a second round meeting with Daniil Medvedev in first round action at Indian Wells on Wednesday.Nakashima, 21, saved a set point in the first breaker and stepped up his defense in the second to see off the big-serving Isner before a crowd that included Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his family."Coming to this tournament, it's always super exciting for me," said Nakashima, who made his tour debut at Indian Wells in 2018."Growing up here, close by in San Diego, it's one of the tournaments where I grew up coming here as a little kid, watching all the top pros."So to be able to play here now against another top American on the center court here, is a super s...

Linette Keeps Getting Better; Into Australian Open Semis

24Jan

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Linette Keeps Getting Better; Into Australian Open Semis

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two days after advancing to her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal, unseeded Magda Linette has gone one better and is into the Australian Open semifinals.The 30-year-old Linette beat Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday, adding the former No. 1 to the list of top players she has beaten at Melbourne Park during this tournament.Linette, who had lost seven of nine previous matches against Pliskova, has defeated Anett Kontaveit, Ekaterina Alexandrova and WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia in successive rounds.A player from Poland was favored to reach the latter stages of the tournament, but it was top-seeded Iga Swiatek that everyone would have expected — and not Linette.“It’s so emotional I can’t really believe it," Linette said. “I tried to stay compo...

Sabalenka Tops Bencic for Her First QF Spot in Australian

22Jan

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Sabalenka Tops Bencic for Her First QF Spot in Australian

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No. 5-seeded Aryna Sabalenka defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5, 6-2 on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time. Bencic double-faulted to drop the first set, which put Sabalenka in control from that point.No. 4-seeded Caroline Garcia faced Magda Linette later Monday for the final place in the women's quarterfinals. Garcia reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open last season but has never reached the quarterfinals in Australia.Top-seeded Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Ons Jabeur have both been eliminated, leaving No. 3 Jessica Pegula as the highest ranked women through to the final eight.“I'm super happy with the win today,” Sabalenka said. “She (Bencic) is an unbelievable player. She played so good. I'm really happy with the level today.”Sa...

Andreescu’s ‘Aha Moment’ Made Australian Open Win Possible

16Jan

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Andreescu’s ‘Aha Moment’ Made Australian Open Win Possible

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Bianca Andreescu traces the path that brought her back to the tennis tour after a mental health break — and, on Monday, put her back in the win column thanks to beating a seeded opponent at the Australian Open — to what she calls “an ‘Aha’ moment” on a beach in Costa Rica during a spiritual retreat nearly a year ago.Here, then, is how the 22-year-old Canadian described that epiphany in an interview with The Associated Press at Melbourne Park: “I am meant to play the sport and use it as a platform to be an inspiration for others.”Andreescu, who beat Serena Williams in the 2019 U.S. Open final as a teenager, went through a series of health issues, including catching COVID-19, that derailed her career in 2020 and slowed her in 2021, too. She also split from her ...

Novak Djokovic is accused of playing mind games with Australian Open title rival Nick Kyrgios

12Jan

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Novak Djokovic is accused of playing mind games with Australian Open title rival Nick Kyrgios

Novak Djokovic is accused of playing mind games with Australian Open title rival Nick Kyrgios by snubbing the tennis bad boy in TV interviewNovak Djokovic is accused of playing mind games with rival Nick KyrgiosDjokovic didn't mention Kyrgios when asked about tournament heavyweightsWoodbridge thinks the Serb is trying to get into the Aussie bad boy's headThe pair meet on Friday in a one-off match before the Australian Open By James Cooney For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:48 EST, 12 January 2023 | Updated: 00:48 EST, 12 January 2023 Aussie tennis legend Todd Woodbridge has accused Novak Djokovic of playing mind games with Nick Kyrgios after the Serb superstar snubbed the Aussie's chances at t...

Emma Raducanu needs a stable fitness regime to address her ongoing injury issues, says Andy Murray

30Oct

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Emma Raducanu needs a stable fitness regime to address her ongoing injury issues, says Andy Murray

Emma Raducanu needs a stable fitness regime to address her ongoing injury problems, says Andy Murray... British teenager has hired his former fitness coach Jez Green but it is likely to be only a short-term arrangementRaducanu has been urged to find training consistency amid injury troubles She has asked Murray's former fitness trainer Green to supervise her pre-seasonGreen is also under contract to work with former US Open champion ThiemBy Mike Dickson for the Daily Mail Published: 16:27 EDT, 30 October 2022 | Updated: 16:29 EDT, 30 October 2022 Andy Murray has expressed the hope that Emma Raducanu can properly nail down her arrangement with his former fitness coach, to avoid the physical proble...

Frances Tiafoe’s U.S. Open run ends with defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in semifinals

10Sep

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Frances Tiafoe’s U.S. Open run ends with defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in semifinals

Carlos Alcaraz surged into his first Grand Slam final and gave himself a chance to become No. 1 at age 19 by ending Frances Tiafoe's run at the U.S. Open with a 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 victory on Friday night.No. 3 Alcaraz moved ahead by grabbing nine of 10 games in one stretch and could have ended the semifinal when he held a match point in the fourth set. Tiafoe saved that and forced a fifth set by improving to 8-0 in tiebreakers during the tournament. Showing no signs of fatigue from his 5-hour, 15-minute quarterfinal win that ended at 2:50 a.m. on Thursday, Alcaraz was better down the stretch, taking four of the last five games. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain hugs Frances Tiafoe of the United States after his win during their singles semifinal match on day ...

Garcia Beats Kvitova to Win Western & Southern Title

21Aug

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Garcia Beats Kvitova to Win Western & Southern Title

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Caroline Garcia generated momentum going into next week’s U.S. Open, capturing the Western & Southern Open women’s championship with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Petra Kvitova on Sunday.Garcia, already the first qualifier to reach the tournament final, clinched the victory when Kvitova sent a second serve return into the net. Garcia dropped to her knees and lay on her back on the court after the final point.The 28-year-old French woman went into Sunday's match with a WTA Tour-leading 26 wins since June.The 28th-ranked Kvitova and 35th-ranked Garcia both shook off first-round losses the previous week in Toronto to make their first appearances in a Cincinnati final.Garcia broke her Czech opponent in the first game, and raced to a 4-0 lead. Garcia also gained an early edge wi...

Serena Williams will say ‘farewell’ to tennis after U.S. Open – National

9Aug

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Serena Williams will say ‘farewell’ to tennis after U.S. Open – National

Serena Williams announced Tuesday she will be walking away from tennis after the U.S. Open. In an essay shared by Vogue, Williams wrote the decision to leave the sport wasn’t an easy one; and it’s certainly not a retirement.“I have never liked the word retirement,” Williams, 40, wrote. “It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me.” Read more: Thousands of tickets still up for grabs for World Junior Championship games in Edmonton Instead, Williams sees her tennis farewell as an “evolution.”“I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people,” Williams wrote for the September cover story. “Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evol...