Showing posts with label Tennis πΎ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennis πΎ. Show all posts
Saturday, 25 October 2025
Saturday, 11 May 2024
Sunday, 18 February 2024
SWIATEK HOLDS OFF RYBAKINA TO CAPTURE THIRD STRAIGHT QATAR OPEN CROWN
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| Reuters |
Top seed Iga Swiatek overcame a gritty challenge by world number four Elena Rybakina to take home the Qatar Open title for the third straight year with a 7-6(8) 6-2 victory in Saturday's final.
The 22-year-old Pole, who raced to her 12th consecutive match win in Doha, became the first player to capture a singles title at an event in three successive years since Serena Williams triumphed in Miami from 2013-15.
The win also improved her head-to-head record over Rybakina to 3-2, having lost on all three occasions last year.
Swiatek endured a slow start as she went 4-1 down in a roller-coaster opening set before the four-times Grand Slam champion slowly found her groove to level things up at 4-4.
After the set went into a tiebreaker, the momentum swung back and forth before Swiatek wrapped up the 90-minute-long set with a well-executed backhand winner.
Sunday, 14 January 2024
SINNER A SUNDAY WINNER, RUBLEV GETS A SCARE AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN
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| Reuters |
Jannik Sinner picked up where he left off in 2023 by easing past Botic van de Zandschulp into the second round of the Australian Open as the year's first Grand Slam got underway a day earlier than usual on Sunday.
The Italian fourth seed, the hottest player on the men's tour at the back end of last season with victories over Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev, was quickly back in his groove on Rod Laver Arena.
Although far from perfect, he broke his Dutch opponent to open the contest and grabbed another break to serve for the second set before securing his place in the second round 6-4 7-5 6-3.
"It's my first match of the season and it means a lot to get a win," said Sinner, who was cheered on by the "Carota Boys", a band of fans dressed as carrots.
"It's a tournament where I would like to play as good as possible ... hopefully I can show more as I go along. The first match is never easy, I think I can be happy."
Sinner is one of a band of young guns looking to dethrone 24-times Grand Slam champion Djokovic, who gets his bid for an 11th title underway against Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic in the evening session on Rod Laver Arena.
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| Reuters |
At 26, Andrey Rublev is probably a bit old to be considered a young gun and the redheaded Russian had a much tougher time getting into round two, pushed all the way by debutant Thiago Seyboth Wild in his 7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6(6) win.
The often emotional Rublev was clearly furious at his inability to see off the Brazilian world number 78, who produced some sensational shots to frustrate the fifth seed and earn the support of the Margaret Court Arena crowd.
Seyboth Wild, who stunned Medvedev in the first round of last year's French Open, saved three match points at 6-5 down in the decider and raced to a 3-0 lead in the tiebreak before Rublev rallied for the victory.
"I'm not going to forget this match," said the relieved Russian.
"I was thinking about Daniil's match at Roland Garros when I had my chances and couldn't take them. Thiago is a super dangerous player, he was serving really hard, first and second serves, and hitting the ball really clean."
Thursday, 31 August 2023
Sunday, 30 July 2023
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
NAOMI OSAKA, CORDAE WELCOME BABY GIRL ... We're Officially Parents!!!
Naomi Osaka and Cordae's little bundle of joy is here -- the "Gifted" rapper announced at a recent show the tennis superstar gave birth to their first child!!
The talented MC shared the big news at his gig in Calgary ... telling the crowd he's officially a proud papa.
Tuesday, 11 July 2023
TOP SEED SWIATEK TOPPLED BY SVITOLINA IN WIMBLEDON QUARTER-FINALS
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| Reuter |
Even the world's best players are not immune to crippling nerves as Iga Swiatek discovered when her Wimbledon dreams were turned to dust in a 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 quarter-final defeat by Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina on Tuesday.
Svitolina, who returned to the tour in April after giving birth to her daughter last October, was 4-2 down in the opening set and struggled to get her serve going in blustery conditions on Centre Court as Swiatek moved into a 5-3 lead.
But the momentum suddenly swung Svitolina's way as from 0-30 down on her serve in the ninth game she went on to win 16 of the next 18 points to bag the first set and leave stunned Swiatek wondering what had gone wrong.
That sequence included breaking Swiatek's serve twice in succession, with the Polish top seed surrendering the first of those to love with a double fault.
After Swiatek guided a backhand volley into the tramlines to hand Svitolina the set, the players had to endure a 20-minute break as the roof was closed to shut out the dark clouds hovering over Centre Court.
Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Sunday, 7 May 2023
Sunday, 23 April 2023
Monday, 5 September 2022
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