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Wimbledon: Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was unbeaten since February and sure seemed unbeatable, compiling 37 consecutive match wins and six consecutive tournament titles. She’s never quite been as comfortable on grass courts as other surfaces, though, and a mistake-filled performance Saturday sent Swiatek out of Wimbledon in the third round with a 6-4, 6-2 loss to […]
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Wimbledon: Whether her opponents are tournament favorites or crowd favorites, Harmony Tan keeps knocking them out of Wimbledon. First there was Serena Williams, a seven-time champion at the All England Club. Then came 32nd-seeded Sara Sorribes Tormo. On Saturday, it was British player Katie Boulter. And her next challenge will be against another American after […]
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London: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic moved into the second round of the Wimbledon 2022 mixed doubles event, here on Friday. Sania and Pavic, seeded sixth, beat the unseeded pair of Georgia’s Natela Dzalamidze and Spain’s David Vega Hernández 6-4, 3-6, 6(10)-6(3) in one hour and 58 minutes. Six-time […]
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Wimbledon: Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep reached the third round at this year’s tournament, and ended Kirsten Flipkens singles career in the process. Halep came from a break down in both sets to win 7-5, 6-4 against the 36-year-old Belgian, who has said this will be her last singles tournament. Halep trailed 5-2 in the […]
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London: Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray crashed out of the Wimbledon 2022 after losing 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 4-6 to USA’s No.20 seed John Isner in the second-round here on Wednesday. In contrast to his third-round exit last year at his home Grand Slam, the Briton felt his game and his body were prepared […]
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Wimbledon: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia. The six-time Wimbledon champion has won the past three men’s singles titles at the All England Club. The 26-year-old Kokkinakis is ranked 79th.
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Wimbledon: From the red clay of the French Open to the green grass of Wimbledon, the wins keep coming for Iga Swiatek. The top-seeded Pole won her opening match on Centre Court on Tuesday, beating Croatian qualifier Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3. The victory was Swiatek’s 36th in row and includes all seven matches she played […]
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London: Teenager Carlos Alcaraz won his Wimbledon opener in thrilling five sets on Monday evening. The 19-year-old survived scare to reach the second round at The Championships for the second time. In a tight battle on Court 1, the Spaniard rode out an attacking bombardment from Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff to advance 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3), […]
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Wimbledon: These days, Novak Djokovic makes history just about every time he wins another match. On Monday, the top-ranked Serb did just that at Wimbledon. Djokovic, a six-time champion at the All England Club, beat Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court, his 80th victory at the grass-court major. With it, he became […]
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London: World No.1 Iga Swiatek, on a superb winning streak, will start as a favourite for the women’s singles title at Wimbledon 2022, which gets underway on Monday without defending champion Ashleigh Barty. But Swiatek has done a remarkable job stepping into Barty’s shoes after the former number one’s sudden retirement in April. The 21-year-old […]
