The 2023 US Open began on Monday with African-American favourites Frances Tiafoe, Christopher Eubanks and Coco Gauff securing first round victories and progressing to the next round. The 10th seed Tiafoe, who is of Sierra Leonean descent, wasted very little time as he dispatched teenage compatriot Learner Tien 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 in a time of two hours, nine minutes and will face Austria's Sebastian Ofner in...
Michael Mmoh has been knocked out of the 2023 Wimbledon Championship following his straight-sets (7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4) defeat to Maximilian Marterer on Thursday. The 25-year-old son of Former Nigerian tennis professional Tony Mmoh had beaten Canadian-Togolese and world number 12 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round in four sets but faced a stern second-round test against his German opponent. The first set saw each player...
Lloyd Harris has crashed out of the ongoing Wimbledon tournament after suffering a four-set loss (5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 3-6) to Gregoire Barrere in the first round on Wednesday. The 26-year-old South African headed to SW19 on the back of reaching the final of the Mallorca Open where he lost to Christopher Eubanks. Harris took a 2-0 lead in the first set after breaking Barrere in...
Sloane Stephens has announced that Francisco Roig who was previously associated with Rafael Nadal has joined her coaching team. The 54-year old had been with Nadal throughout his illustrious career that saw him lift his first Grand Slam at the French Open in 2005 up to his most recent at the same event in 2022 - which was the 22nd of his career, an extended record...
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