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Late bloomer Jasmine Paolini confesses what didn’t allow her to be successful in past
Jasmine Paolini didn’t only make evident progress in her game but she also changed her mindset this year as the 28-year-old admitted that she used to fear in the past and that was one of the things that kept her being where she was for years. As all of you probably know very well, the…
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Carlos Alcaraz bluntly rips umpire mid-match in Beijing opener
Carlos Alcaraz wasn’t happy with chair umpire Raluca Alexandra Andrei during his opening match in Beijing and he made sure to let the Romanian hear about it. During the first set of his match against rising French star Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, the No. 2 seed was hit with two time violations. The second one didn’t…
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Caroline Garcia opens up on major struggle with anxiety, panic attacks
Caroline Garcia announced the end of her 2024 season but also the opportunity to very candidly open up about the struggles she has battling over the last couple of months, including panic and anxiety attacks which make playing the game less enjoyable. After rediscovering her best game in 2022 and returning to being one of…
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China Open Draws and Schedule for Saturday, September 28, 2024
US Open champion Aryna Sabalenka takes the court in Beijing on Saturday. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images China Open Beijing, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2024Prize Money: ATP $3,720,165 Elite Players Converge at China OpenThe Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, built for the 2008 Olympic Games, is the venue for the China Open. In 2011, the centre…
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LIVE RANKINGS. Rakhimova improves her rank prior to fighting against Zheng in Beijing
Kamilla Rakhimova is about to play against Qinwen Zheng on Saturday the 28th of September in Beijing. Here is an update about her live rankings. Kamilla Rakhimova is now ranked no.71 with 905 points with the status of Russian no.11. On the other side, Qinwen Zheng is now ranked no.7 with the status of Chinese…
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LIVE RANKINGS. Mertens down right before fighting against Cocciaretto in Beijing
Elise Mertens is about to play against Elisabetta Cocciaretto on Saturday the 28th of September in Beijing. Here is an update about her live rankings. Elise Mertens is presently ranked no.29 positioned as Belgian no.1 with 1749 points before Greetje Minnen who has 738 points and is ranked no.94. On the other part of the…
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BEIJING DRAW. Elise Mertens’s prediction with Cocciaretto next. H2H and rankings
Elise Mertens is about to start her campaign in the draw in Beijing. The past year in Beijing, Elise lost in the 1st round to Yue Yuan 3-6 6-1 6-4. Draw prediction with head to head records This is Elise Mertens’s projected draw alongsideherpresumable opposition in China Open. The Belgian has a negative record (10-13)…
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LIVE UPDATES. Paula Badosa obliterates Tomova in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Sramkova at the China Open – BEIJING RESULTS
Paula Badosa Gibert outpaces Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Beijing on Friday after playing a tremendous match to play Rebecca Sramkova in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the…
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TOKYO RESULTS. Jack Draper, Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Ugo Humbert win their matches on Friday
Jack Draper, Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, Ugo Humbert reach the quarter in Tokyo on Friday. Here is what has happened. 2nd J.Draper H.Hurkacz (image) 6-4 6-4 Spotlight 2nd B.Shelton M.Navone (image) 6-4 6-3 2nd A.Fils M.Berrettini (image) 6-75 ret. 2nd U.Humbert B.Nakashima (image) 6-3 6-2 SeeDraw (image) See fullDRAW Jack Draper in 2024 Jack Draper(image)…
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Bouchard on Djokovic: “He’s just not normal. He’s like a freak, obviously.”
Former world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard recently sat down with Caroline Garcia on her podcast Tennis Insider Club and opened up about various aspects of her career—from her early passion for tennis and the challenges of balancing school and sports, to the pressure of reaching the Wimbledon final in 2014. The Canadian athlete also shared…