Novak Djokovic won a record seventh ATP Finals title with a dominant victory over Jannik Sinner that marked another milestone in his memorable season. The Serb, 36, who lost to the Italian in the group stage, avenged that with a 6-3 6-3 win in Turin, Italy. He has set records in rankings and titles this year and played some of Read More
Novak Djokovic’s winning streak was halted at 19 matches as home favourite Jannik Sinner was roared to a superb 7-5 6-7 (5) 7-6 (2) victory by a partisan ATP Finals crowd on Tuesday. After more than three hours of an absorbing toe-to-toe battle in which neither player took a backward step it was world No 4 Sinner who seized his Read More
Former world number one Naomi Osaka will return to tennis at the Brisbane International, almost six months after giving birth. The Japanese four-time Grand Slam winner announced her pregnancy in January and had daughter Shai in July. The 26-year-old has not played on the WTA Tour since the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September 2022. “I am really excited about getting back Read More
For the first time in more than 20 years, the WTA Rankings had a historic shakeup. On Monday, Aryna Sabalenka officially captured the top singles spot, while US Open champion Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula jointly rose to No.1 in the doubles rankings. Sabalenka’s ascent ends Iga Swiatek’s 75-week reign at No.1, a position she held since April 4, 2022, Read More
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday. The 31-year-old Romanian “committed intentional anti-doping rule violations ” by failing a drug test during the 2022 U.S. Open and for irregularities in her Athlete Biological Passport, the ITIA said. Halep, who plans to appeal Read More
Coco Gauff fought back from a set down to beat Aryna Sabalenka and claim her maiden major title at the US Open. Sabalenka, who will take over as world No. 1 on Monday, made a strong start in a bid to silence a partisan crowd in New York. Guaff looked nervous early on and was on the back foot after Read More
Daniil Medvedev ended Carlos Alcaraz’s reign as the U.S. Open champion by eliminating him in the semifinals 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday night to set up a rematch in the final against Novak Djokovic. The No. 3-seeded Medvedev won his lone major title at Flushing Meadows in 2021 by defeating 23-time Slam winner Djokovic in that year’s final. Read More
Novak Djokovic has called for Wimbledon to overhaul its scheduling and start play earlier on Centre Court. The seven-time champion fell foul of the All England Club’s insistence on beginning matches at 1.30pm when his fourth-round match against Hugo Hurkacz had to be suspended on Sunday night due to the council-imposed 11pm curfew. Andy Murray’s match with Stefanos Tsitsipas last Read More
Novak Djokovic has beaten Casper Ruud in the 2023 French Open final to win his 23rd Grand Slam title, breaking Rafael Nadal’s record. Djokovic maintained his formidable record in tie-breaks to win the first set of the final. The Serbian had won all five he had played in Paris this year without making a single unforced error and it was Read More
Jessica Pegula became the highest-ranked women’s player to exit the 2023 French Open to date as she was emphatically beaten by Elise Mertens. American third seed Pegula, a quarter-finalist in Paris last year, struggled in a 6-1 6-3 defeat. Belgian 28th seed Mertens will face a Russian, either Anastasia Potapova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, next. Pegula’s time at Roland Garros is Read More
Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at Wimbledon as neutral athletes after the All England Club on Friday reversed its ban from last year. The players must sign declarations of neutrality and comply with “appropriate conditions,” including not expressing support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “This was an incredibly difficult decision, not taken lightly or without a Read More
Nigeria table tennis star, Aruna Quadri continued his amazing performance in Singapore as he cruised into the round of 16 in style. The Nigeria star had to work extra hard in the Round of 32 before he could dispatch Germany’s Ruwen Filus. Aruna confronted another hard-fighting player in France Alex Lebrun in the early hour of Tuesday and has to Read More
A Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC) Usi from Ekiti has won 2023 edition of First Lego League National Championship at the indoor sports hall, Package B of the Moshood Abiola National stadium in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. According to the result made available to Blueprint, Queens College Lagos came second, while FSTC Ilesa finished third at the end of the competition. The winners were Read More
Russian table tennis league champion Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg will on Monday January 30, 2023 unveil their new signee Quadri Aruna at a colourful occasion in Moscow, the Russian capital. The signing ceremony, which will precede the unveiling, will hold at the headquarters of Gazprombank, owners of Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg based in Moscow. Aruna who is a Nigerian will undergo a medical before Read More
Nine-time champion Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open semi-finals, sweeping aside fifth seed Andrey Rublev in a devastating display. Serbia’s Djokovic, 35, cut a frustrated figure at times but channelled his emotions into a ruthless 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over Russia’s Rublev in Melbourne. The fourth seed, who again had his left thigh strapped, will play American Tommy Paul in Read More
Tennis great, Roger Federer, the winner of 20 major singles titles and a face of men’s tennis for two decades, announced his retirement from the sports this afternoon. Since winning his first major at Wimbledon in 2003, Roger Federer has been among a trio of dominant players who have regularly topped ranking for much of this century; He, Rafael Nadal Read More
World number one Iga Swiatek capped a dominant season by beating Tunisian fifth seed Ons Jabeur at the US Open to win her second major title of 2022. Poland’s Swiatek, 21, won 6-2 7-6 (7-5) to secure the season’s final Grand Slam trophy on the New York hard courts. After a one-sided first set, 28-year-old Jabeur settled midway through the Read More
Serena Williams will play alongside older sister Venus in the US Open doubles in what will be the final tournament of her career. The Williams sisters have won 14 major doubles titles and three Olympic gold medals together. Serena Williams, 40, says she will retire after the US Open, which starts in New York on Monday. As well as playing in the Read More
Serena Williams is retiring from tennis after one more shot at US Open glory. The tennis icon admitted ‘something’s’ got to give as she turns 41 later this month. Williams, hinted at her retirement after her win in Toronto on Monday night. But she confirmed the news with a first-person piece in Vogue on Tuesday morning. Serena wrote: “Believe me, Read More
Novak Djokovic had to dig deep to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon after battling back from two sets down to beat Jannik Sinner. The Italian stunned the world No. 1 after coming back from 4-1 down to take the first set before taking control of the match with a stunning display to win the second. In his 11th five-setter at Read More
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been charged with assaulting his former girlfriend. The 27-year-old, who is through to the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon tournament, is due to appear in court next month. If found guilty, Kyrgios faces up to two years in jail. The alleged assault of his former partner Chiara Passari is reported to have taken place last year, according to The Read More
Rafael Nadal turned on the style as he cruised into the last 16 of Wimbledon with a 6-1 6-2 6-4 victory over Lorenzo Sonego on Centre Court. After slightly underwhelming performances in previous rounds this tournament – against Francisco Cerundolo and Ricardas Berankis respectively – Nadal was back to his brilliant best, dominating his opponent with an energetic and almost Read More
Coco Gauff is into round three of Wimbledon after an impressive straight sets win over Mihaela Buzarnescu. The teenager took to Centre Court wowed the crowd in a 6-2 6-3 win. Gauff seized the early break leaving Buzarnescu trailing 3-1 after 12 minutes. Some devastating serving saw the 18-year-old a hold to love for 5-2 was followed by a break Read More
Novak Djokovic has booked his place in round three of Wimbledon following a straight forward win over Thanasi Kokkinakis. Djokovic swept aside his opponent taking the match in straight sets 6-1 6-4 6-2. The defending champion wasted little time getting going and broke his opponent in the second game before racing away with the first set in comfortable fashion inside Read More
Novak Djokovic’s 2022 Wimbledon hopes were given a stern opening test on Monday by Soonwoo Kwon, but the defending champion stayed resolute to hold off the South Korean and advance to the second round at the grass-court Grand Slam in London. The Serbian maintained a solid level in his 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against the World No. 81, yet Kwon’s aggressive tactics Read More
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