The 19-year-old Alcaraz triumphed 6-4 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 in a match that finished at 2:23 a.m. local time — just three minutes shy of the tournament’s latest finish. Alcaraz, the highest-ranked player left in the men’s draw, will contest his second US Open quarterfinal when he takes on Jannik […]
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Marin Cilic and Casper Ruud’s French Open semi-final was briefly stopped after a protester chained herself to the on-court net. Ruud was 4-1 up in the third set when cameras panned on him as he appeared distracted by something before his serve. Pictures then quickly saw a woman making her […]
For both players, it was a maiden appearance in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros while 19-year-old Rune became the first Danish man to reach this stage of the French Open. Rune had enjoyed a fairytale run to the quarters, upsetting Denis Shapovalov in the first round and No. 4 seed […]
Roger Federer gets into heated row with old rival Marin Cilic after grabbing a towel while receiving serve… before storming to victory and reaching the French Open third round The Swiss superstar had a heated debate with the umpire over a time violation Roger Federer won a decisive third set tie […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Alexei Popyrin has blossomed quietly in the shadows of compatriots Nick Kyrgios and Alex De Minaur in recent years but on Sunday the rangy 21-year-old grabbed the spotlight with his maiden ATP title in Singapore. FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Australian Open – Third Round – Melbourne […]
Tennis – Australian Open – Third Round – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 25, 2020. Australia’s Alexei Popyrin reacts during his match against Russia’s Daniil Medvedev. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (Reuters) – Australia’s Alexei Popyrin stormed back from a set down to beat Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 4-6 6-0 6-2 and […]
Out of the 14-day soft tennis quarantine, we are cleaning out the notebook and notes app. Here are 50 Thoughts from the 2021 Australian Open. First, we did this last major and it got a lot of response. So we’ll offer again: if you want The Mailbag newsletter style, sent every Wednesday as an email,…
“It’s going to be tough though obviously, having Rafa and Novak around. With this tournament, it’s so hard to predict anything because we’re talking the top eight players in the world. “[Daniil] Medvedev playing incredible, [Andrey] Rublev as well. It’s going to be so exciting to watch.” DON’T MISS… Federer […]