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World no. 9 Tommy Paul is through to his second semi-final of the season in Dallas. The Australian Open quarter-finalist faced fellow American Reilly Opelka in the quarter-final and scored a 7-6, 6-2 win in an hour and a half. Opelka fought well in the opening set. He denied break points in two games before…
No. 1 seed Anastasia Potapova has been through to the final of the WTA 250 tournament in Cluj-Napoca after ousting 128th-ranked lucky loser Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 7-5. Early in the match, the Russian tennis star claimed a break in the fourth game and that one break was enough for her to seal the opener. After…
Carlos Alcaraz has definitely raised his level in his last two matches at the Rotterdam ATP 500. The Spanish ace – who struggled a lot on his debut against Botic van de Zandschulp on Tuesday – dropped just three games to both Italian Andrea Vavassori and his compatriot Pedro Martinez to reach his first semi-final in…
World no. 21 Hubert Hurkacz will compete in his first semi-final since June last year. The Pole faced Andrey Rublev in the ATP 500 Rotterdam quarter-final and prevailed 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 24 minutes. Hubert ousted Andrey for the fourth time in six encounters. The Russian took the opener but failed to…
Aryna Sabalenka kept her promise to Paula Badosa and gifted her best friend a luxurious bracelet after being the one who prevented the Spaniard from making her first Grand Slam final. At this past Australian Open, the Spanish tennis star enjoyed her best-ever run after upsetting Coco Gauff and reaching her maiden Major semifinal. But…
Tommy Paul is happy to be through to the Dallas Open semifinal but funnily acknowledged that it’s probably time for him to also figure out how to play better in non-indoors tournaments. On Friday, the No. 3 seed beat fellow American Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinal of an indoor-hard tournament in Dallas. Since the world No.…
Rafael Nadal has not played tennis since retiring at last year’s Davis Cup Finals in Malaga. However, Rafa can not say no to his other sporting love: football! The Spaniard enjoyed a relaxed day with his friends at the Academy. They embraced a football match, and Rafa joked with La Liga if they needed new talents. After…
Doubles specialist Andrea Vavassori enjoyed a great singles ride at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam. The Italian passed the qualifying stage and delivered two victories in the main draw to arrange the quarter-final clash versus Carlos Alcaraz. World no. 3 scored a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory in 63 minutes. The Italian could not do much…
Karolina Muchova is withdrawing from the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha due to an unspecified injury but hopes to be ready to return to action in Dubai. After suffering a second-round exit at the Australian Open following a loss to Naomi Osaka, the Czech tennis star competed at the WTA 500 tournament in Linz last…