World number one Jannik Sinner said he feels hurt having missed the opportunity to win his first French Open title after losing in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final, Afrosport reports. The Italian had three set points in the fourth set that could have secured the title but Alcaraz took it off him to come from two sets down for an epic comeback 4-6,...
Carlos Alcaraz has called his five-set victory over Jannik Sinner in Sunday's French Open men's singles final as the "most exciting" match of his career, Afrosport reports. The 22-year-old Spaniard came from two sets down to defeat world number one Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-2) and win back-to-back titles at Roland Garros and the fifth Grand Slam of his career. The match...
Coco Gauff has narrated how difficult it was for her to win her second career Grand Slam title after she defeated world number one Aryna Sabalenka in three sets in Saturday's French Open women's singles final, Afrosport reports. The 21-year-old American lost the first set in a nervy tie break that her saw lose serve three times. Gauff however adjusted in the next two sets as...
Aryna Sabalenka has revealed she had been told she did not have any confidence to play on clay courts, Afrosport reports. The world number one did not have solid form on clay at the start of her career but began to pick when she reached the finals of the WTA events in Stuttgart and Madrid in 2021, winning the latter 1000 tournament. The 27-year-old would go...
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios will miss Wimbledon this year, hitting a stumbling block in his anticipated return, Afrosport reports. Kyrgios has suffered a “small setback” in his return to fitness and will miss the remainder of the “grass season”. The 30-year-old, who has had to deal with numerous injuries over the past two years due to a recurring wrist injury that required surgery, lost to...
Copyright © Afrosport Network Guildtouch