Showing posts with label Linda Noskova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linda Noskova. Show all posts
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Monday, 11 March 2024
ALCARAZ, SWIATEK ADVANCE AT INDIAN WELLS
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| USA TODAY Sports |
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz moved into the fourth round at Indian Wells on Sunday with a 6-2 6-3 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Third seed Jannik Sinner also advanced with a 6-3 6-4 win over Jan-Lennard Struff while 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat home hope Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-3.
In the women's draw, world number one Iga Swiatek powered past Czech Linda Noskova 6-4 6-0.
Spaniard Alcaraz, who next plays Fabian Marozsan, said one of the keys to defending his title was to put the previous year's victory out of his mind.
"I think the first thing that you have to do if you want to defend the title is you forget about you won the title last year," said the 20-year-old.
"It's about being yourself, being at 100% every day if you want to do a good results here".
Alcaraz also said the ankle injury which forced him to withdraw from the Rio Open last month was not an issue during his matches.
"I'm not going to say I forget about it, but in matches, I forget all about it," he added. "I'm moving very well. I don't think about the ankle in matches, in training. But off the court, of course, I have to take care of it."
- Reuters
Saturday, 20 January 2024
WORLD NO. 1 IGA SWIATEK EXITS AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN A 3RD-ROUND LOSS TO CZECH TEENAGER LINDA NOSKOVA
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| AP Photo |
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Already down a set and facing a break point against Iga Swiatek, No. 50-ranked Linda Noskova decided she had nothing to lose.
She won 11 of the next 12 points to take the second set and swing momentum in their third-round match Saturday, ultimately becoming the first teenager to beat a No. 1-ranked woman at the Australian Open since 1999.
With a big serve and equally big groundstrokes, she unsettled Swiatek and held her cool, even under pressure in the last game to serve it out, for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory that means there's no top 10 players in the top half of the draw.
“I’m just really kind of exhausted mentally and physically,” Noskova said in her post-match news conference following the upset. “I just believed my game tonight. I just really wanted this.”
Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past the semifinals at Melbourne Park. Even so, she was on an 18-match winning streak and expected to account for the 19-year-old Noskova, who is making her main draw debut at the tournament.
Swiatek beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and had to rally from 4-1 down in the third to overcome 2022 finalist Danielle Collins in the second.
Sunday, 8 January 2023
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