Perhaps in the future, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff will borrow Roman numerals from the Super Bowl to describe this matchup — welcome to Iga-Coco VII. To this point, it’s on the cusp of a great rivalry, but to date, it’s been a one-sided affair. Swiatek, who will be featured in Part 2 of Netflix’s …
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Sabalenka says she does not support President Alexander Lukashenko ‘right now’ after win over Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, who refused to shake her hands. World tennis number two Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka has said she does not support the war in Ukraine and the stance of her country’s president on it, as she resumed her media duties …
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Novak Djokovic’s 2023 Roland Garros blueprint: Hang tough in the face of a quick start from your opponent, raise your level at key moments to assume control, and accelerate away to victory. It was more of the same on Tuesday in Paris as the third seed braved an early barrage from Karen Khachanov before sealing …
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If you were looking for a distraction from your various fantasy problems, we’ve got you. Here’s a six-pack of stats to help navigate the MLB landscape … 167 – Flame-throwing Atlanta prospect AJ Smith-Shawver is likely to get a look in the rotation this weekend, either Friday or Saturday, and his elevation is an actionable …
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Elina Svitolina has been the story of 2023 French Open. Having missed her last four Grand Slams owing to the birth of her first child, Svitolina scripted a ravishing return to the sport and one her favourite surface as she made a fourth quarterfinal run at the French Open. But the script remained the same …
Tom HamiltonSenior WriterJun 6, 2023, 09:16 AM ET5 Minute Read Andy Cheung/Getty Images PARIS — Coco Gauff has been on a journey of self-discovery in Paris. She’s figuring out what she calls her “transition into adulthood,” in a city she calls her second home. She’s trying to find the form that guided her to the …
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Kyodo News/Getty Images Japanese tennis player Miyu Kato in tears after her disqualification on Sunday. CNN — A day after being controversially disqualified from the French Open for inadvertently hitting a ball girl with a ball, an emotional Miyu Kato struggled to answer questions about the incident. Kato and her partner Aldila Sutjiadi were defaulted …
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Tom HamiltonSenior WriterJun 5, 2023, 09:44 PM4 Minute Read Alex Pantling/Getty Images PARIS — If Carlos Alcaraz is feeling the pressure of being the No. 1 seed at Roland Garros for the first time, he’s not showing it. “I’m winning all the time because I am smiling,” he said after defeating Taro Daniel in the …
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Comment on this storyComment PARIS — If all the tennis tyros who eyeball the sport only occasionally still struggle to discern their Ruud from their Rune, they got some help Monday. By scheduling and by chance, the French Open had an afternoon when it managed the concurrent staging of Casper Ruud on one major stadium …
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She couldn’t win a single game. In the third round of the French Open on Saturday, Wang Xinyu of China had to believe there was at least a chance she could defeat Iga Swiatek, the event’s reigning women’s singles champion and top seed. Wang is no slouch, after all. She is a hard-hitting 21-year-old who …
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