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Rafael Nadal wins in Olympic singles and will play rival Novak Djokovic on Monday
Read full article: Rafael Nadal wins in Olympic singles and will play rival Novak Djokovic on MondayRafael Nadal made a last-minute decision to play singles at the Paris Olympics and won his first-round match against Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Djokovic struggles for set at French Open after government official critiques Kosovo comments
Read full article: Djokovic struggles for set at French Open after government official critiques Kosovo commentsNovak Djokovic refrained from any political messages at the French Open after a second-round victory that was a struggle for a set, hours after a government minister criticized the 22-time Grand Slam championโs comments about clashes in Kosovo as โnot appropriate.โ.
Djokovic holds off Tiafoe; Venus hobbles out in Australia
Read full article: Djokovic holds off Tiafoe; Venus hobbles out in AustraliaSerbia's Novak Djokovic makes a forehand return to United States' Frances Tiafoe during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. 1, had never beaten anyone in the Top 5, and now he'd just won a tiebreaker against Novak Djokovic to level their second-round match at the Australian Open. But it wasn't quite enough to beat the eight-time Australian Open champion, who won the 3 1/2-hour afternoon match 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-3. AdAnother U.S. Open champion, Naomi Osaka, needed only an hour to sweep Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-3. 29 Ugo Humbert 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in a rollicking night cap full of turns and twists.
Emotions flood back for Kvitova as she reaches quarterfinals
Read full article: Emotions flood back for Kvitova as she reaches quarterfinalsAt the U.S. Open last month, at the same stage of the competition, Kvitova wasted four match points in a loss to American Shelby Rogers. โIt happen to me after such a long time that I didnโt win the match from the match point. Success has so far eluded the former second-ranked player on Roland Garrosโ red clay. 13-seeded Andrey Rublev reached the last eight at Roland Garros for the first time. Tsitsipas has some treatement for an irritation to his eye at the start of the second set and saved two set points in the tiebreaker.
Djokovic leads been-there-done-that crew at wild French Open
Read full article: Djokovic leads been-there-done-that crew at wild French OpenSerbia's Novak Djokovic plays a shot against Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan in the third round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Is it the two-week gap from the end of the U.S. Open to the start of the French Open? The other fourth-round menโs matches Monday: Djokovic vs. No. The womenโs matchups established Saturday: Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin against Fiona Ferro; two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova against Zhang Shuai; Paula Badosa against Laura Siegemund; amd No. The 22-year-old from Spain, ranked 87th, defeated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-3.