World number two Aryna Sabalenka, emerged US Open champion for the first time in her career, winning 7-5, 7-5, in a keenly-contested match against American, Jessica Pegula, Afrosport reports. The Belarusian's win comes barely a month after defeating Pegula in another two-set final (6-3, 7-5) win at the Cinccinati Open. Her victory serves as a redemption arc, having lost the 2023 US Open final to another...
World number one Jannik Sinner won his fifth title of the season after beating American Frances Tiafoe in straight sets in the Cincinnati Open final on Monday. The top seeded Sinner, who missed the Paris 2024 Olympics due to tonsillitis and has been battling a hip injury, saw off Tiafoe 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in one hour and 37 minutes in the men's singles event in Ohio....
Coco Gauff and her dream of winning an Olympic gold medal came to an end after her 6-7, 2-6 third round loss to Croatia's Donna Vekic on Tuesday. It looked like the 20-year-old American star was going to cruise into the quarter-finals after going up 4-1 in the opening set. Vekic however fought back and forced a tie-break which she won 9-7. Things did not get...
American teenage tennis star Coco Gauff reached her highest-ever spot on the newly-released world tennis ranking on Monday. The 19-year-old, who recently defeated Belarusian star Aryna Sabalenka to win the US Open and claim her first Grand Slam title, moved three places to third on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Gauff overtakes compatriot Jessica Pegula, who drops two places and is currently fifth in the...
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...
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