Noma Noha Akugue was denied her first-ever tennis career title after she lost to Arantxa Rus 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) in the final of the WTA Hamburg Open on Saturday. The 19-year-old German-Nigerian reached her first career final when she defeated Russia's Diana Shnaider in straight sets in the semi-finals on Friday. The 207th-ranked player in the world also defeated Brazil's Laura Pigossi, Australian Storm Hunter and...
Ons Jabeur has vowed she will win a Grand Slam after she suffered a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Marketa Vondrousova in the 2023 Wimbledon women's singles final on Saturday. Vondrousova dispatched Jabeur in 80 minutes to land her first tennis major while Jabeur searches on for her first after reaching last year's final but lost to Elena Rybakina whom she defeated in this year's quarter-final. The...
Ons Jabeur's wait for her first Grand Slam title continued as she lost 6-4, 6-4 to unseeded Marketa Vondrousova in the Wimbledon final on Saturday. Jabeur made it back-to-back finals at SW19 after getting the better of Belarusian second seed Aryna Sabalenka in three sets in the semi-finals while Vondrousova overcame Ukraine's Elina Svitolina to reach her first-ever Wimbledon final. Jabeur took early control in the...
Ons Jabeur reached the Wimbledon final for the second time in a row following her epic 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals on Thursday. The Tunisian faced Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals in a rematch of last year’s final she lost but this time triumphed in three sets. Thursday’s semi-final with Sabalenka was an intense battle with Jabeur having two...
Ons Jabeur got her revenge over Elena Rybakina as she progressed to the semi-finals of Wimbledon with her 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1 victory in Wednesday’s quarter-final. Both players met in the 2022 Wimbledon final which Rybakina won 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. The first set of Wednesday’s clash saw Jabeur and Rybakina’s serve broken twice which forced a tiebreak that the Kazakh number three seed won 7-5. Jabeur...
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