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Apr 16 2021, 02:20 PM
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Dan Evans playing really well this week, he's into the semi-finals of Monte Carlo. He's the first British man to reach a Masters semi since Andy Murray in 2016.
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May 10 2021, 08:24 PM
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I've just been watching my favourite player, Camila Giorgi, in the first round in Rome. She was beaten 7-6 6-7 7-5 by Sara Sorribes Tormo in a dramatic, fluctuating match that lasted for 3 hours 51 minutes, making it the sixth longest WTA match ever. She led 4-1 40-15 in the final set but somehow managed to muck it up from that position.
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May 11 2021, 09:44 AM
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British number one Dan Evans lost in the first round of the Italian Open against American opponent Taylor Fritz.
Evans, who is ranked a career-high 26th in the world, has enjoyed success on the clay this season, but was out of sorts in a 6-3 6-2 defeat in Rome. |
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May 11 2021, 08:57 PM
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British number one Johanna Konta was outplayed by Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the Italian Open first round but Cameron Norrie won his opener.
Konta, a French Open semi-finalist in 2019, offered little resistance in a 6-3 6-1 defeat by the 2017 Roland Garros champion. Earlier in the day, Norrie beat Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-4 to continue his good form on clay. |
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May 12 2021, 03:36 PM
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British number two Cameron Norrie missed the chance to face top seed Novak Djokovic after losing to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the Italian Open second round.
Norrie, ranked one place below Davidovich Fokina at 49th in the world, lost 6-2 6-3. |
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May 12 2021, 09:53 PM
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Serena Williams saw the 1,000th match of her illustrious career end in a straight-set defeat by Argentina's Nadia Podoroska at the Italian Open.
The 39-year-old American, playing her first competitive match since mid-February, was beaten 7-6 (8-6) 7-5. Podoroska looked assured in her first meeting with the 23-time Grand Slam champion as she reached the last 16. Naomi Osaka suffered a second straight defeat on clay, while Simona Halep's title defence was ended by injury. Japanese world number two Osaka lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 to American Jessica Pegula in a blow to her preparations for the French Open, which starts on 30 May. |
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May 13 2021, 07:22 PM
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Rafael Nadal saved two match points to overcome a huge test from Denis Shapovalov and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals.
The Spaniard was a set and a break down but outlasted the Canadian to win 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in a near three-and-a-half-hour contest. Nadal, chasing a 10th title in Rome, forced a third-set tie-break by saving match points at 6-5. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic reached his 15th Rome quarter-final in a row. The world number one and defending champion dropped his opening serve but recovered immediately to beat Spanish qualifier Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-1. |
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May 15 2021, 04:47 PM
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Rafael Nadal secured his place in the Italian Open final with a 6-4 6-4 win over Reilly Opelka.
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May 15 2021, 05:04 PM
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Iga Swiatek warmed up for her French Open title defence with two wins in a day to set up a Internazionali BNL d'Italia final against Karolina Pliskova in Rome.
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May 16 2021, 02:29 PM
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Andy Murray will not play at the French Open and will instead focus on preparing for the grass-court season.
The British former world number one played doubles with Liam Broady at the Italian Open but turned down a wildcard for this week's Geneva Open. Murray's doubles return was his first match since March, after he pulled out of the Miami Open with a groin injury. |
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May 23 2021, 04:36 PM
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RG quallies:
Jay Clarke vs Filip Horansky Liam Broady vs. Jason Jung Fran Jones vs Vera Zvonereva Harriet Dart vs. Barbara Haas Sam Murray Sharan vs. Richel Hogenkamp |
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May 29 2021, 09:49 AM
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French Open Men's Odds
R.Nadal 5/6f N.Djokovic 4/1 S.Tsitsipas 9/2 A.Zverev 10/1 D.Thiem 10/1 C.Ruud 33/1 Jannik Sinner 40/1 A.Karatsev 50/1 A.Rublev 50/1 D.Medvedev 50/1 M.Berrettini 50/1 R.Federer 50/1 D S.Schwartzman 66/1 |
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May 29 2021, 09:59 AM
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French Open Women's Singles Odds (Coral)
Iga Swiatek 11/4f A.Barty 11/2 A.Sabalenka 13/2 G.Muguruza 12/1 N.Osaka 14/1 Paula Badosa 16/1 B.Andreescu 18/1 P.Kvitova 18/1 Cori Gauff 25/1 S.Williams 25/1 E.Svitolina 28/1 E.Mertens 33/1 K.Muchova 33/1 M.Sakkari 33/1 Ka.Pliskova 40/1 V.Kudermetova 40/1 M.Vondrousova 50/1 S.Kenin 50/1 A.Anisimova 66/1 D.Kasatkina 66/1 J.Ostapenko 66/1 J.Pegula 66/1 P.Martic 66/1 S.Stephens 66/1 V.Azarenka 66/1 B.Bencic 80/1 E.Rybakina 80/1 F.Ferro 80/1 J.Brady 80/1 K.Bertens 100/1 M.Keys 100/1 N.Podoroska 100/1 O.Jabeur 100/1 |
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May 29 2021, 10:10 AM
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May 29 2021, 10:11 AM
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May 29 2021, 10:20 AM
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May 30 2021, 02:44 PM
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So Dan Evans still waiting for his first RG Win.
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May 30 2021, 03:00 PM
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Naomi Osaka fined £15,000 for not attending her post-match press conference
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May 30 2021, 04:20 PM
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Number 4 seed Dominic Thiem already out having been 2 sets up in his match and Grigor Dimitrov loses after leading by 2 sets and 5-1 but that was down to an injury.
Naomi Osaka earns lots of money from sponsors who would expect her to turn up for press conferences so I don't have much sympathy for her. |
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May 31 2021, 02:09 AM
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Naomi Osaka fined £15,000 for not attending her post-match press conference Making a stand for athletes like this is pretty damn good. Only a few would have the power to do this and she's one of them - and her willingness to speak up like this is part of the reason she's one of my most liked players in tennis at the moment. I've never seen the sense in speaking to losing athletes and getting gotcha lines from a tired person - they should be able to duck out if they choose. Talk she may be disqualified for this, which is pretty brave, that would really set eyes on the issue. |
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