[ad_1] By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday June 25, 2024 Jakub Mensik cracked a milestone in Mallorca on Tuesday, becoming the youngest player to ever win a match at the event by knocking off defending champion Chris Eubanks, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. The 18-year-old cracked 12 aces to earn his 11th win of the season…
[ad_1] Yulia Putintseva lifted her first grass court trophy on Sunday at the Rothesay Classic, with a 6-1 7-6(8) win over Ajla Tomljanovic in a final between the two unseeded players at the WTA 250 event in Birmingham. It was a great game. I started so well, and then Ajla dialled up her level to…
[ad_1] Portugal boss Roberto Martinez has praised Cristiano Ronaldo’s selfless assist in his side’s 3-0 win over Turkey on Saturday. A Seleção das Quinas confirmed their place in the Euro 2024 knockout rounds with an excellent performance in Dortmund, with Bernardo Silva, a bizarre Samet Akaydin own goal and Bruno Fernandes doing the damage. The…
[ad_1] Tuesday in Berlin saw Victoria Azarenka topple Maria Sakkari, Zheng Qinwen overcome Naomi Osaka, and Ons Jabeur’s opening match suspended overnight at the ecotrans Ladies Open. It was really hard because I got three or four match points and she saved them really well. Naomi Osaka, she has to be one of the greatest…
[ad_1] Jack Draper secured his inaugural ATP Tour-level title at the 2024 Stuttgart Open by defeating Matteo Berrettini in the final. The talented British player has struggled with injuries in the past, hindering his success on the ATP Tour. However, his fortunes began to change in recent months with a finals appearance in Sofia late…
[ad_1] Emma Raducanu got off to a good start in her semi-final match at the 2024 Nottingham Open against Katie Boulter, but the British no. 1 proved to be just too strong. The 2021 US Open champion got quite lucky in the quarter-finals, when her opponent withdrew from the tournament, sending her into the semi-finals…
[ad_1] The Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome saw a setback as its defending champion, Elena Rybakina, withdrew from the WTA 1000 tournament due to illness. Despite struggling with sickness after an intense run in Madrid, Rybakina expressed her disappointment at not being able to defend her title in Rome, a tournament that holds special significance…
[ad_1] Saturday at the Foro Italico in Rome Iga Swiatek had to dig herself out of a second set hole to survive Yulia Putintseva and book herself a place in the 4th-round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, while Coco Gauff found herself bagelled in the middle set before seeing off Jaqueline Cristian, and Zheng Qinwen…
[ad_1] The shock of the day was the seemingly passive 73-minute, elimination of the Rome Masters defending champion. I played some really good tennis. I played pretty aggressive, that was the game plan coming in Tommy Paul This season Daniil Medvedev has reached two finals but failed to win the title on both occasions. And…
[ad_1] In a clash of Grand Slam champions, Canadian Bianca Andreescu defeated Naomi Osaka in a three-set thriller 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in 2 hours, 15 minutes to advance to the semifinals of the Libema Open on Friday. In a match delayed by over two hours due to rain, the 23-year-old produced a clinic in precision…
