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Croatia’s Marin Cilic, the 2014 US Open champion, and Canadian Denis Shapovalov have withdrawn from the upcoming US Open, tournament officials announced on Wednesday. Both players were sidelined from the year’s final Grand Slam event on the New York hardcourts due to knee injuries. Cilic, 34, was a French Open semi-finalist last year and ranked…
Carlos Alcaraz won his 13th ATP match in a row as the world number one began the Toronto Masters by defeating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) on Wednesday. The second-round battle of the two 20-year-olds went to the Spaniard, who is bidding for Canadian success after winning successive trophies at Queen’s Club and Wimbledon. Alcaraz…
kraine’s Elina Svitolina grabbed a second straight victory over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the WTA Tour DC Open in Washington on Monday, weeks after the duo’s Wimbledon clash was marred by a handshake controversy. Azarenka was booed off court at Wimbledon earlier this month after her defeat to Svitolina, with fans apparently perceiving she…
China’s Wu Yibing collapsed and was helped off the court on Monday after retiring from his opening match against Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki at the ATP and WTA DC Open. It was the second notable health incident in a match within a month for Wu, who needed a medical timeout after falling ill at the end…
Newly-crowned Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz defeated Croatia’s Borna Coric at the Hopman Cup but could not prevent Spain from crashing out of the rebooted team competition on Saturday. World number one Alcaraz came through against Coric 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 10-5. However, Spain were eliminated from contention for the final when Rebeka Masarova was easily defeated…
The most decorated men’s tennis player of the Open Era, Novak Djokovic couldn’t bag the Grand Slam number 24, suffering a defeat at the hands of World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final. The thrilling contest that went to the 5th set saw Djokovic lose control on multiple occasions. After he broke Alcaraz’s…
Carlos Alcaraz defeated seven-time champion Novak Djokovic to claim his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, shattering the Serb’s dream of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown. World number one Alcaraz recovered from dropping the first set and saving a set point in the second to win 1-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 after four hours…
Carlos Alcaraz saw off Holger Rune in straight sets on Wednesday to stay on course for a Wimbledon title showdown against defending champion Novak Djokovic. The top seed won the key moments during the quarter-final on Centre Court to progress 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-4 and will play Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals….
Novak Djokovic said he considers himself “favourite” to lift this year’s Wimbledon title even if it makes him sound “arrogant”. The Serb star reached his 12th Wimbledon semi-final and record-equalling 46th at the Grand Slams with a four-set victory over Andrey Rublev on Tuesday. Djokovic, chasing an eighth title at the All England Club and…
Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina pulled out of the Eastbourne International on Monday due to a viral illness, raising doubts over her defence of the title at the All England Club next week. The world number three had been scheduled to play Wang Xiyu on the first day of main draw action at Eastbourne on Monday….
