Coco Gauff showed grit and class as she defeated Karolina Muchova in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 in an almost two-hour battle of reach her first US Open final. The 19-year-old has been solid form at Flushing Meadows, getting the better of the likes of 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko. Tenth seed Muchova however proved to be Gauff's biggest...
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...
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur continues to power on as Africa's only hope in the ongoing Wimbledon tournament as she makes her way to the last eight after straight sets win over Czech's Petra Kvitova. Jabeur, a finalist in the tournament last year, saw off two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova 6-0, 6-3 in a dominant display on Center Court on Monday afternoon to progress to her third straight quarterfinal...
Ons Jabeur moved into the Wimbledon third round with ease following her 6-1, 6-1 win over Zhuoxuan Bai on Friday . The second round tie was a very comfortable one for the Tunisian sixth seed and 2022 Wimbledon runner-up as she needed just 46 minutes to dispatch her Chinese opponent ranked 191st in the world and set up a last 32 clash with Canadian and 2019...
Wimbledon has reversed its ban on Russian and Belarusian players ahead of the 2023 tennis championship that starts in July. Athletes from Russian and Belarus have agreed to participate as neutrals without the use of Russian and Belarusian flags, emblems and anthems during the competition. Last year, the Lawn Tennis Association were punished with reduced points from the world ranking and a fine because of their...
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