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Paris, June 5 (Ians) Former World No.3 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and former Roland Garros runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced to the women’s singles quarterfinals at the French Open on Sunday, scoring contrasting wins here.
Svitoline continued her remarkable run in Paris, defeating No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 7-5(5) to advance to the quarterfinals. The victory put the 28-year-old Ukrainian into her first Slam quarterfinal in just her fifth tour-level event since her return from maternity leave.
Pavlyuchenkova became the lowest-ranked French Open quarterfinalist in the Open Era after defeating Elise Mertens, coming back from a set and a break down.
After giving birth to her daughter Skai last October, Svitolina returned to competition earlier this spring in Charleston. After starting her season 0-3 at the tour level, Svitolina caught fire in her fourth tournament back, storming to her 17th career title in Strasbourg. By making her fourth French Open quarterfinal and first,...
Svitoline continued her remarkable run in Paris, defeating No.9 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 7-5(5) to advance to the quarterfinals. The victory put the 28-year-old Ukrainian into her first Slam quarterfinal in just her fifth tour-level event since her return from maternity leave.
Pavlyuchenkova became the lowest-ranked French Open quarterfinalist in the Open Era after defeating Elise Mertens, coming back from a set and a break down.
After giving birth to her daughter Skai last October, Svitolina returned to competition earlier this spring in Charleston. After starting her season 0-3 at the tour level, Svitolina caught fire in her fourth tournament back, storming to her 17th career title in Strasbourg. By making her fourth French Open quarterfinal and first,...
- 6/4/2023
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Melbourne, Jan 23 (Ians) Aryna Sabalenka has extended her winning ways Down Under to eight straight, notching her maiden Australian Open quarterfinal at the expense of Olympic champion Belinda Bencic on Monday.
Despite a slow start, the fifth seed was again a master of composure under pressure as she produced a 7-5 6-2 victory, reports ausopen.com.
It was a position she could not have imagined herself in 12 months ago, after her emotional rollercoaster ride came to a halt against Kaia Kanepi at this stage.
“It takes me a little while to understand that negative emotions are not going to help you on court and you just have to stay strong and believe no matter what and do everything you can to get back on this court, just to win the match,” Sabalenka said.
“(I’m) just super happy with my mindset during the game today.”
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Despite a slow start, the fifth seed was again a master of composure under pressure as she produced a 7-5 6-2 victory, reports ausopen.com.
It was a position she could not have imagined herself in 12 months ago, after her emotional rollercoaster ride came to a halt against Kaia Kanepi at this stage.
“It takes me a little while to understand that negative emotions are not going to help you on court and you just have to stay strong and believe no matter what and do everything you can to get back on this court, just to win the match,” Sabalenka said.
“(I’m) just super happy with my mindset during the game today.”
Two of the most in-form...
- 1/23/2023
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Melbourne, Jan 21 (Ians) Fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka and No.12 seed Belinda Bencic continued their winning streaks as they won their respective women’s singles third-round matches on Saturday to set up a blockbuster Round-of-16 encounter in the Australian Open here
Bencic of Switzerland continued her excellent start to the season, claiming a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Italy’s Camila Giorgi to reach the fourth round. She was followed into the second week by Sabalenka, who maintained her undefeated run of 2023 by easing past her former doubles partner, No.26 seed Elise Mertens, 6-2, 6-3.
Bencic and Giorgi have not met since 2019 but the Tokyo Olympic Games gold medallist enjoyed a 3-2 head-to-head advantage going into their sixth clash. She is also on an unbeaten run in January, having begun the 2023 season with a bang, defeating players like Garbine Muguruza, Caroline Garcia and Daria Kasatkina en route to the Adelaide International title.
Bencic of Switzerland continued her excellent start to the season, claiming a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Italy’s Camila Giorgi to reach the fourth round. She was followed into the second week by Sabalenka, who maintained her undefeated run of 2023 by easing past her former doubles partner, No.26 seed Elise Mertens, 6-2, 6-3.
Bencic and Giorgi have not met since 2019 but the Tokyo Olympic Games gold medallist enjoyed a 3-2 head-to-head advantage going into their sixth clash. She is also on an unbeaten run in January, having begun the 2023 season with a bang, defeating players like Garbine Muguruza, Caroline Garcia and Daria Kasatkina en route to the Adelaide International title.
- 1/21/2023
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Melbourne, Jan 19 (Ians) World No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka’s winning start to the year continued on Thursday, as she defeated dangerous floater Shelby Rogers to reach the third round of the 2023 Australian Open.
Sabalenka registered a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Rogers to reach the third round in Melbourne for the third straight year at Rod Laver Arena. She hit 32 winners, nearly doubling Rogers’ 17 in the match that lasted for 1 hour and 27 minutes.
The 24-year-old has started this year 6-0, having won the Adelaide International 1 title earlier this month. It is the second time in the last three years that Sabalenka has won her first six matches of the season, having also done so in 2021.
Sabalenka had saved nearly 80 per cent of break points she had faced during her hot start to the year, but Rogers was still able to draw first blood, taking a 3-1 lead in an opening set filled with lengthy games.
Sabalenka registered a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Rogers to reach the third round in Melbourne for the third straight year at Rod Laver Arena. She hit 32 winners, nearly doubling Rogers’ 17 in the match that lasted for 1 hour and 27 minutes.
The 24-year-old has started this year 6-0, having won the Adelaide International 1 title earlier this month. It is the second time in the last three years that Sabalenka has won her first six matches of the season, having also done so in 2021.
Sabalenka had saved nearly 80 per cent of break points she had faced during her hot start to the year, but Rogers was still able to draw first blood, taking a 3-1 lead in an opening set filled with lengthy games.
- 1/19/2023
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Melbourne, Jan 17 (Ians) Aryna Sabalenka extended her stellar season start, beating Tereza Martincova, while Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia stormed past Katherine Sebov of Canada to reach the women’s singles second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Sabalenka defeated the 74th-ranked Czech player Martincova in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 in just 1 hour and 9 minutes. Garcia edged Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov, who was making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, 6-3, 6-0 here at Rod Laver Arena.
The 24-year-old Sabalenka, who won her 11th career title at the Adelaide International 1 last week, has started the year with a 5-0 record for the third time in the last five seasons. She has also won her last 10 Grand Slam first-round matches.
Sabalenka’s typical power game was bolstered by supreme steeliness when down break points — she saved all five she faced. She had to fend off four of those at 1-1 in the first set.
Sabalenka defeated the 74th-ranked Czech player Martincova in straight sets 6-1, 6-4 in just 1 hour and 9 minutes. Garcia edged Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov, who was making her Grand Slam main-draw debut, 6-3, 6-0 here at Rod Laver Arena.
The 24-year-old Sabalenka, who won her 11th career title at the Adelaide International 1 last week, has started the year with a 5-0 record for the third time in the last five seasons. She has also won her last 10 Grand Slam first-round matches.
Sabalenka’s typical power game was bolstered by supreme steeliness when down break points — she saved all five she faced. She had to fend off four of those at 1-1 in the first set.
- 1/17/2023
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Brisbane, Jan 3 (Ians) Maria Sakkari sealed a Perth City Finals place for Greece at the United Cup a 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Elise Mertens in one hour and 23 minutes.
Greece required only two points from the final tie of Group A to advance, and Sakkari’s win backed up compatriot Stefanos Tsitsipas’ defeat of David Goffin on the previous day, reports unitedcup.com.
Sakkari and Mertens brought one of the longest-standing rivalries of the competition into this pivotal match. The two 1995-born peers have been squaring off since their days in Itf 10Ks back in 2014, and this was the 10th time they had met in pro action.
It’s a head-to-head that has been swinging Sakkari’s way in recent years, and the Wta No.6 underlined that with her most straightforward scoreline of the series so far — the first time that she has required neither a third set nor a tiebreak to defeat Mertens.
Greece required only two points from the final tie of Group A to advance, and Sakkari’s win backed up compatriot Stefanos Tsitsipas’ defeat of David Goffin on the previous day, reports unitedcup.com.
Sakkari and Mertens brought one of the longest-standing rivalries of the competition into this pivotal match. The two 1995-born peers have been squaring off since their days in Itf 10Ks back in 2014, and this was the 10th time they had met in pro action.
It’s a head-to-head that has been swinging Sakkari’s way in recent years, and the Wta No.6 underlined that with her most straightforward scoreline of the series so far — the first time that she has required neither a third set nor a tiebreak to defeat Mertens.
- 1/3/2023
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Monastir (Tunisia), Oct 9 (Ians) Belgium’s Elise Mertens charged past Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-0 to claim the Jasmin Open and her first title of the season, here on Sunday.
No.5 seed Mertens captured her seventh career title after the 80-minute match, reeling off the last 11 games of the affair. She also edged ahead 3-2 in her head-to-head against Cornet with the victory.
“It means a lot. I had a pretty tough year. When they said I was in my first semifinal this year, I was like, ‘Ok, it’s October, it’s never too late to start the year, or end the year with a good one.” So I’m very happy about it,” Mertens said after her win.
“It gives you confidence, and it gives you a little boost for all the work that you do. Never stop believing, I guess, and I have my seventh title,...
No.5 seed Mertens captured her seventh career title after the 80-minute match, reeling off the last 11 games of the affair. She also edged ahead 3-2 in her head-to-head against Cornet with the victory.
“It means a lot. I had a pretty tough year. When they said I was in my first semifinal this year, I was like, ‘Ok, it’s October, it’s never too late to start the year, or end the year with a good one.” So I’m very happy about it,” Mertens said after her win.
“It gives you confidence, and it gives you a little boost for all the work that you do. Never stop believing, I guess, and I have my seventh title,...
- 10/9/2022
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Monastir (Tunisia), Oct 9 (Ians) Belgium’s Elise Mertens charged past Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-0 to claim the Jasmin Open and her first title of the season, here on Sunday.
No.5 seed Mertens captured her seventh career title after the 80-minute match, reeling off the last 11 games of the affair. She also edged ahead 3-2 in her head-to-head against Cornet with the victory.
“It means a lot. I had a pretty tough year. When they said I was in my first semifinal this year, I was like, ‘Ok, it’s October, it’s never too late to start the year, or end the year with a good one.” So I’m very happy about it,” Mertens said after her win.
“It gives you confidence, and it gives you a little boost for all the work that you do. Never stop believing, I guess, and I have my seventh title,...
No.5 seed Mertens captured her seventh career title after the 80-minute match, reeling off the last 11 games of the affair. She also edged ahead 3-2 in her head-to-head against Cornet with the victory.
“It means a lot. I had a pretty tough year. When they said I was in my first semifinal this year, I was like, ‘Ok, it’s October, it’s never too late to start the year, or end the year with a good one.” So I’m very happy about it,” Mertens said after her win.
“It gives you confidence, and it gives you a little boost for all the work that you do. Never stop believing, I guess, and I have my seventh title,...
- 10/9/2022
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Melbourne, Feb 3 (Ians) Naomi Osaka on Wednesday entered the quarter-finals at the Gippsland Trophy after securing a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Great Britain's Katie Boulter, thus stretching her unbeaten run to 13 matches.
"After I lost the first set... I wanted to fight as hard as I can. She was playing really amazing, so I thought that if I lost at the end of the day, it's okay, but I just wanted to give my best effort," the Wta website quoted Osaka as saying on-court after the match.
"I like playing long matches because I feel like I can gauge the condition of the court and that my fitness gets better. I played a short match yesterday, so maybe subconsciously, I felt like I needed to play a long match today," she added.
Third seed Elina Svitolina also reached the last eight after overcoming former French Open champion and No.
"After I lost the first set... I wanted to fight as hard as I can. She was playing really amazing, so I thought that if I lost at the end of the day, it's okay, but I just wanted to give my best effort," the Wta website quoted Osaka as saying on-court after the match.
"I like playing long matches because I feel like I can gauge the condition of the court and that my fitness gets better. I played a short match yesterday, so maybe subconsciously, I felt like I needed to play a long match today," she added.
Third seed Elina Svitolina also reached the last eight after overcoming former French Open champion and No.
- 2/3/2021
- by IANS
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A battle between young tennis titans Coco Gauff of the Us and top-seeded Naomi Osaka of Japan at the Us Open tennis tournament drew a 1.9 overnight rating for the 90-minute segment on ESPN2, according to Nielsen.
The match – in which Osaka prevailed 6-3, 6-0 – peaked in its final quarter hour, 8:15-30 p.m. Et, at a 2.3 rating. Both numbers are high points for a match and a peak rating for the tournament to date. The entire evening session averaged a 1.4, up nearly triple from a 0.5 last year. The entire 12-hour day earned a 1.1 rating, up 83% from last year’s 0.6.
The world has gone gaga over 15-year-old Gauff, who made a strong Wimbeldon appearance that caused some to predict she’s the next big thing, particularly as Venus and Serena Williams age. The match with the equally heralded Osaka was viewed by many as a glimpse of the future of women’s tennis,...
The match – in which Osaka prevailed 6-3, 6-0 – peaked in its final quarter hour, 8:15-30 p.m. Et, at a 2.3 rating. Both numbers are high points for a match and a peak rating for the tournament to date. The entire evening session averaged a 1.4, up nearly triple from a 0.5 last year. The entire 12-hour day earned a 1.1 rating, up 83% from last year’s 0.6.
The world has gone gaga over 15-year-old Gauff, who made a strong Wimbeldon appearance that caused some to predict she’s the next big thing, particularly as Venus and Serena Williams age. The match with the equally heralded Osaka was viewed by many as a glimpse of the future of women’s tennis,...
- 9/1/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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