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Madison Keys wins against Haddad Maia in the 3rd round to set up a clash vs Sabalenka at the China Open. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS
Madison Keys aces Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Monday. Keys will play Aryna Sabalenka in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event. (image)…
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Beijing: Naomi Osaka annihilates world No. 60 to set up blockbuster quarterfinal
Naomi Osaka put up a big performance on Monday to beat world No. 60 Katie Volynets 6-3 6-2 and set up a blockbuster Beijing quarterfinal versus fourth-seeded Coco Gauff. After not taking to the court on Sunday due to rain, the Japanese didn’t appear to be bothered too much by that since she started her…
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ATP SHANGHAI DRAW, PRIZE MONEY. Sinner, Zverev, Alcaraz, Djokovic are the top seeds
Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic are the top seeds of the ATP draw in Shanghai. The defending champion is Hubert Hurkacz who defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3 3-6 7-6(8). The winner of the competition will earn $1,100,000 in prize money while the finalist will take home $585,000. This is the prize money compared…
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H2H, prediction of Carl Emil Overbeck vs Denis Kudla in Tiburon Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 30th September 2024
Carl Emil Overbeck and Denis Kudla will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on BAKER MCKENZIE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction. Prediction, odds and live…
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Race to the Nitto ATP Finals heating up in Asia
With less than two months left the 2024 tennis calendar, the race to Turin for the Nitto ATP Finals is heating up in a big way on the Asian swing. Three have clinched spots: Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, and Carlos Alcaraz. That means five place remain. have clinched, so five spots remain Here are the…
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Coach answers if Aryna Sabalenka can relate to Maria Sharapova’s iconic clay quote
Coach Anton Dubrov says the days of Aryna Sabalenka not believing she can do well on clay are long gone and therefore he wouldn’t draw any similarities between the Belarusian and the iconic comment Maria Sharapova made about playing on the slowest tennis surface. After winning her first Grand Slam title as a 17-year-old girl…
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Emma Raducanu’s ex-coach issues strong reaction amid latest attacks on Jannik Sinner
Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray’s former coach Mark Petchey issued a very harsh statement on some of the comments made about the Jannik Sinner doping case, saying that it is plain ridiculous to believe that the Italian avoided any suspension because double standards were involved. For context, ever since the ITIA announced that the world…
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Challenge Tour: second title for Euan Walker
The Scotsman Euan Walker, with a final round of 66 (-6) shots, the best score of the round, recovered six positions and won with 135 (69 66, -9) the Swiss Challenge, played on the Golf Saint Apollinaire course (par 72) in Folgensbourg, a French city on the border with Switzerland. The Challenge Tour tournament, due…
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Aryna Sabalenka’s coach on Elena Rybakina-Stefano Vukov split amid shock accusations
Aryna Sabalenka’s long-time coach Anton Dubrov claims the Elena Rybakina and Stefano Vukov split isn’t something that is being discussed in the locker room but dropped some hints about what may have happened in the case that shocked the tennis world. After the 2022 Wimbledon champion arrived at the US Open with Vukov but then…
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[UPDATED R3]. Prediction, H2H of Naomi Osaka’s draw vs Volynets, Gauff, Kalinskaya, Pegula, Sabalenka to win the Beijing
Naomi Osaka is 5 wins away to conquer the title in Beijing. Osaka has defeated Lucia Bronzetti 6-3 6-2 and Yulia Putintseva 3-6 6-4 6-2 to reach the 3rd round where she will face Katie Volynets. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Naomi Osaka’s projected draw andherpresumable opponents in China Open. Naomi…