Ons Jabeur's hopes of winning a maiden Grand Slam came to an end on Monday as she suffered a straights sets (6-2, 6-4) loss to China's Qinwen Zheng in the fourth round of the US Open. The Tunisian fifth seed battled with illness at Flushing Meadows which needed her to push limits in her first three matches against Camila Osorio, Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova. The...
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...
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...
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...
World no. 2 Rafael Nadal has announced the appointment of Gustavo Marcaccio to his coaching team. The 36-year-old recently parted company with Francisco Roig who he has been working with since 2005 when he won his first of his 22 Grand Slams at the French Open. Marcaccio is part of the coaching crew at Nadal's academy in his hometown, Mallorca. The academy is famous for producing...
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