Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal has proved again that he is the real “king of clay,” after he confidently outplayed Argentinian rival Diego Schwartzman in the semifinal to seal a place in the French Open final. Nadal scooped three sets 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 to record a well-deserved victory and advance to the final, where he will face the winner of the tie between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas. READ MORE: ‘He’s been doing this for a long time’: Carreño Busta lambasts Djokovic for calling medical time-outs when game gets tough The Spaniard struggled a bit on his serve in the opening set, […]
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Tennis fans have reacted furiously after Germany’s Laura Siegemund did not own up to a double-bounce that was missed by umpire Eva Asderaki in her comeback win over Kristina Mladenovic at the French Open on Tuesday. At set point with Mladenovic 5-1 up in the first-round contest, the German returned a drop shot that bounced twice rather than concede the point. Siegemund saved a further six set points as she battled back to win the first set 7-5, before taking the second set 6-3 to advance to the second round at Roland Garros. Fans were quick to react on social media, […]
Tennis pin-up and part-time pop singer Dayana Yastremska has announced that she has split from coach Sascha Bajin – just two weeks after she questioned him for publicly congratulating his ex-player, Naomi Osaka, on beating her. READ MORE: By showcasing their wokeness and pandering to Naomi Osaka’s one-woman strike, tennis bosses have set a dangerous precedent Yastremska hired German Bajin less than a year ago and appeared to enjoy a close relationship with the long-term hitting partner of Serena Williams, balancing on his back as the 35-year-old performed push-ups shortly after they started working together. I would like to announce that after […]
A winning streak for the US Open Number One seed Novak Djokovic has ended abruptly after he “accidentally” hit a line judge with a ball right in the throat. The incident earned the Serb a disqualification. The game against Pablo Carreno Busta did not go well for the men’s number-one tennis player; Djokovic was trailing 5-6 in the first set in the fourth round. He lost his own serve after being treated for pain in the left shoulder. The Serbian star then took a ball from his pocket and, with his racket, sent it flying towards the back of the court, […]
Desperate to display their woke credentials, tennis bosses at the Western and Southern Open in the US have set a dangerous – if altogether predictable – precedent by pandering to the social justice whims of Naomi Osaka. Osaka announced on Thursday that she would, after all, be playing her semifinal against Belgium’s Elise Mertens in New York this week. The two-time Grand Slam winner had earlier withdrawn from the tournament as a show of solidarity with the protests that followed the police shooting of African-American man Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “Before I am an athlete, I am a black woman. […]
27 Aug, 2020 01:32 Follow RT on The former top-ranked women’s tennis player, Naomi Osaka, has said she is withdrawing from the Western & Southern Open ahead of the semifinals to trigger discussion about the “genocide of Black people at the hands of police.” Osaka has announced her decision to not play in the semi-final match on Thursday, where she was scheduled to meet Elise Mertens of Belgium, in a post on Twitter. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
Former World number five Eugenie Bouchard of Canada put aside her tennis racket to take up the role of ball girl during the ongoing World Team Tennis exhibition event. The 2014 Wimbledon finalist showed her catching skills during the match between friend and teammate Sloane Stephens and Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig. READ MORE: ‘That’s not a bad training partner’: World No. 1 Djokovic BACK ON COURT for US Open preparations with former Serbian star (VIDEO) Bouchard appeared on the court wearing her tennis uniform and amused the crowd by grabbing balls during several games. “For safety, the teammates are ballboys and […]
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In an action-packed series of snapshots of her glamorous life in quarantine, Maria Sharapova has shown herself playing tennis, working out, battling crows in her garden, relaxing on a boat in California and wearing a mask. A huge fan of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, former world number one Sharapova pictured herself with her head on the floor of her California home and one leg in the air during one of her frequent workouts. The 33-year-old, who also revealed that she had been on a trip to a luxury hotel with art dealer boyfriend Alexander Gilkes, then pictured one of the heavy rings she works […]
Tennis ace Nick Kyrigos has posted a series of smitten photos after replying “bed time” to a photo by Chiara Passari – but the Australian who claimed he slept with fans every week says he is still experiencing inner turmoil. Controversial Kyrgios has been busy while tennis has been suspended, admitting that he would drink beer all the time if he was allowed to and claiming that he has slept with fans on a weekly basis. Now the 25-year-old has revealed photos of himself relaxing with new girlfriend Chiara Passari, providing a romantic end to a week in which he called Novak […]
Usually, tennis stars are chasing gold and silverware as they bid to capture tournament titles during the summer months, but with COVID-19 forcing Anastasia Potapova off the court, she’s chasing bronze, in the form of a suntan. Teenage tennis sensation Potapova has gained plenty of admirers with her performances on the court, but seems to be attracting even more during the COVID-19 lockdown. READ MORE: In the pink: Russian swim star Efimova poses in pool with flamingo as she soaks up California sun (PHOTOS) Nineteen-year-old Potapova has been steadily picking up followers on her Instagram channel, and the Russian starlet will likely […]
Novak Djokovic could face a test for COVID-19 after Grigor Dimitrov, who came into close contact with the world No. 1 before dropping out of a match against him citing illness, revealed he had been infected with the virus. Dimitrov blamed “physical effort and exposure to the sun” when he withdrew from his encounter last Sunday against Djokovic, who has been criticized for ignoring precautions against catching the virus while being pictured hugging and partying with the players taking part in his competition in front of packed crowds in Serbia. The Bulgarian world No. 19 looked uncharacteristically sluggish in a straight-sets defeat to lower-ranked […]
Serena Williams’ coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has hinted that the six-time champion could overcome not having her daughter at a heavily restricted US Open in order to target glory after an “extremely difficult” break from tennis. Women’s number one Ashleigh Barty, men’s number one Novak Djokovic and reigning champion Rafael Nadal have been among a succession of stars voicing doubts about whether they would play at the tournament under proposed new rules for players, while Mouratoglou has warned that veteran Williams would struggle to go a day without seeing her daughter. The Greek-Frenchman would be the obvious candidate as the sole allocated member […]
Russian tennis star Karen Khachanov has revealed he is a huge fan of mixed martial arts (MMA) and wants to get into the cage to test his fighting skills when he retires from tennis. In an Instagram Live chat with Barbara Schett-Eagle, the world number 15 said he follows many sports, including MMA. READ MORE: ‘We need to overcome these challenges’: Nick Kyrgios HITS OUT at ‘selfish’ ATP as plans to stage US Open move forward “I really like basketball, that was my sport obviously because of my height. You know, when I was at school I was playing basketball at a […]
Controversial tennis ace Nick Kyrgios admitted to having had six glasses of wine prior to letting loose on the likes of Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem during a boozy Instagram Live video call with Andy Murray. Fiery Kyrgios’s reputation as the bad boy of tennis continues even with the sports world on lockdown, as the 25-year-old Aussie refused to hold back in his criticisms of his rivals during the conversation with Murray, in which he hailed the Brit as being better than current world number one Novak Djokovic. The bleary-eyed Kyrgios railed off on a number of topics during […]