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H2H, prediction of Felipe Meligeni Alves vs Hady Habib in Villa Maria Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th October 2024
Felipe Meligeni Alves and Hady Habib will play each other in the 1st round of the Villa Maria Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on CANCHA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live…
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Coco Gauff ecstatic over becoming first WTA player to achieve this remarkable feat
Coco Gauff didn’t hide that she was very happy and proud of pulling off something that had never been done before as the 20-year-old admits she is now curious to see if and when someone will emulate her record. On Sunday, the American tennis star annihilated Karolina Muchova 6-1 6-3 in the Beijing final to…
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Karolina Muchova’s brutally honest response on if Coco Gauff is major problem for her
Karolina Muchova didn’t mind telling the truth to everyone when asked if there was something in Coco Gauff’s game that was not suiting her as the Czech acknowledged that there probably was and that she played one of her worst Beijing matches on Sunday. Yesterday, the 28-year-old was bidding to land her maiden WTA 1000…
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Flavio Cobolli and Stan Wawrinka embrace Shanghai fight. Bernardes’ massive mistake
Flavio Cobolli and Stan Wawrinka played a high-quality match in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. The young Italian prevailed 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 after two and a half hours, setting the third-round encounter with the 24-time Major winner Novak Djokovic. Wawrinka battled against Flavio’s father, Stefano, at the Brindisi Challenger 21 years ago, falling…
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Paula Badosa reacts to being accused of racism towards Asians and ‘lying’ about it
Paula Badosa has found herself in the midst of a bizarre situation as fans are ripping over what they believe was a clearly racist post towards Asian people. Last week, the world No. 15 competed at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing. After losing to Coco Gauff in the semifinal and seeing her campaign finish…
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Tyrrell Hatton won the Alfred Dunhill Links ’24
Englishman Tyrrell Hatton made a birdie on the last hole and won with 264 (65 68 61 70, -24) shots the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, a DP World Tour event played with a pro-am formula (one pro and one amateur) on the three Scottish courses of the Old Course of St. Andrews, the Carnoustie Golf…
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‘Procrastinator’ Coco Gauff responds to being told she has ‘mentality of 5-year-old’
Coco Gauff was scrolling X while “procrastinating on packing” when she noticed one person calling her out and saying that she had “the mentality of a five-year-old.” On Sunday, the American tennis star delivered an outstanding performance to storm past Karolina Muchova 6-1 6-3 in the Beijing final for her seventh title. For the 20-year-old,…
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H2H, prediction of Robin Bertrand vs Mili Poljicak in Roanne Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th October 2024
Robin Bertrand and Mili Poljicak will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1 BELGIQUE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming The pick…
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Billie Jean King Named Grand Marshall for 136th Rose Parade
Photo credit: Kathy Schuh Photography Grand Slam champion Billie Jean King will bring in the New Year as Grand Marshall for the Rose Parade. The 39-time Grand Slam champion from Long Beach is returning to her roots to serve as Grand Marshall for the 136th Rose Parade. Tournament of Roses President Ed Morales announced today on the front steps…
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WUHAN DRAW. Katerina Siniakova’s prediction with Eala next. H2H and rankings
Katerina Siniakova is about to commence her bid in the draw in Wuhan. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Katerina Siniakova’s projected draw together withherpresumable opponents in Wuhan Open. The Czech has a negative record (9-12) with the projected opposition. R1 – Alexandra Eala (148) – H2H 0-0 R2 – Aryna Sabalenka…
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[UPDATED R3]. Prediction, H2H of Roberto Carballes Baena’s draw vs Shelton, Sinner, Medvedev, Alcaraz, Zverev to win the Shanghai
Roberto Carballes Baena is 5 wins away to conquer the title in Shanghai. The Spaniard has defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Arthur Fils 7-64 7-65 to reach the 3rd round where he will face Ben Shelton. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Roberto Carballes Baena’s projected draw includinghisprojected opposition…
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Win a Rare Pair of Roger Federer On Shoes
Photo credit: On We will never play with the brilliance of Roger Federer. Now, tennis fans have a chance to step into a rare pair of Roger Federer’s On shoes. You have 48 hours to enter the free raffle to win the collectible Federer On sneakers—and there are special strings attached. Innovative Swiss sportswear brand, On,…
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H2H, prediction of Paula Badosa vs Ajla Tomljanovic in Wuhan with odds, preview, pick | 8th October 2024
Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic will square off in the 1st round of the Wuhan Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction. Prediction, odds and live streaming…
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Novak Djokovic reveals what he missed most about China
Novak Djokovic made his debut at the Masters 1000 in Shanghai on Saturday, defeating young American ace Alex Michelsen in two tiebreaks. The 24-time Grand Slam champion could have prevailed much easier, but it was complicated life in the second set had to cancel even two set points in the tiebreak. Novak Djokovic, Shanghai Masters…
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Anastasia Potapova tops Volynets in the 1st round to play vs Pegula. HIGHLIGHTS – WUHAN RESULTS
Anastasia Potapova gets by Katie Volynets 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Wuhan on Monday. Potapova will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jessica Pegula in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. (image) Wuhan Potapova’s Record (image) Highlights Anastasia Potapova vs. Katie Volynets Wuhan…
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Jannik Sinner reveals what he would change about the ATP schedule
Jannik Sinner – on a specific question from a journalist in a press conference following the young Italian’s qualification for the Shanghai Rolex Masters 4th round – analyzed the much-discussed ATP tennis schedule. The ATP No.1 also said that he would change a detail of the format that currently engages tennis players for almost 11…
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Carlos Alcaraz opens up: ‘Yibing Wu did not surprise me’
Carlos Alcaraz faced Yibing Wu in the third round of the Shanghai Masters, beating the home player 7-6, 6-3 in an hour and 40 minutes. World no. 2 had to work hard to topple world no. 560, prevailing in the opener and delivering a lone break in set number two that carried him over the…
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Camila Giorgi tells her whole truth: tax evasion, escape and fake vaccines
Camila Giorgi tells everything! The former Italian tennis player, after months of speculation, alleged escapes and accusations of various kinds, talked about all the delicate issues that have seen her as the protagonist in recent months, guest on the Italian TV show on Mediaset Verissimo. Camila first explained that she never escaped from Italy for financial…
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16-year-old Iva Jovic wins W75 Rancho Sante Fe title
The upcoming young star Iva Jovic has been making a name for herself on the professional Tour. The 16-year-old American has entered 11 pro-level tournaments, securing her first Major victory at the US Open and lifting three titles from six finals. Iva is 10-0 after the US Open, winning the W35 title in Berkeley and…
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Coco Gauff finds smile and title again: are dark months behind her?
An important victory against the crisis, to smile again and leave the last dark months behind her (professionally speaking): Coco Gauff won the China Open in Beijing and, in the press conference after beating Karolina Muchova, the American tennis player shared an honest analysis of the role that victories and defeats have in her career.…