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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Venus Williams to play in the US Open for the 24th time after getting wild card entry
  • August 16, 2023
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Venus Williams to play in the US Open for the 24th time after getting wild card entry

Venus Williams be playing in her 24th US Open when the tournament gets underway later this month after receiving a wild card from the United States Tennis Association on Wednesday. Williams, 43, returned to competition earlier this summer after being sidelined for six months because of injury. She recorded her first top-20 win in four

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Western & Southern Open Wrap: Taylor Fritz Moves Past Jiri Lehecka As defending champion Borna Coric, Tommy Paul and Brandon Nakashima reach next round
  • August 16, 2023
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Western & Southern Open Wrap: Taylor Fritz Moves Past Jiri Lehecka As defending champion Borna Coric, Tommy Paul and Brandon Nakashima reach next round

Taylor Fritz came through a thrilling 19-minute tie-break on Tuesday at the Western & Southern Open en route to a 7-6(14), 6-2 first-round victory against Czech Jiri Lehecka in Cincinnati. The American saved five set points in the first-set tie-break before he was gifted the set on his seventh opportunity when Lehecka double faulted. After

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Cincinnati Open: Carlos Alcaraz Survives third round test to enter round 16
  • August 16, 2023
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Cincinnati Open: Carlos Alcaraz Survives third round test to enter round 16

Carlos Alcaraz battled past unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson 7-5 4-6 6-3 to reach the Cincinnati Open third round yesterday as the world number one wobbled again in his build-up to the US Open starting later this month. An off-colour Alcaraz trailed midway through the opening set which was briefly halted by rain, but the 20-year-old

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Western & Southern Open: Venus Williams garnered her first Top 20 win in four years with a straight-sets upset of Veronika Kudermetova
  • August 15, 2023
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Western & Southern Open: Venus Williams garnered her first Top 20 win in four years with a straight-sets upset of Veronika Kudermetova

Former World No.1 Venus Williams notched her first Top 20 win in four years with a 6-4, 7-5 upset of No.16 seed Veronika Kudermetova in the first round of the Western & Southern Open on Monday. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams, currently ranked No.533, had not beaten a Top 20 player since this very event

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Svitolina Withdraws From Cincinnati Masters Shortly Before Clash With Wozniacki
  • August 15, 2023
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Svitolina Withdraws From Cincinnati Masters Shortly Before Clash With Wozniacki

Elina Svitolina withdrew from the 2023 Cincinnati Masters shortly before her first-round match against Caroline Wozniacki. It should have been a match of two mothers at the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, also called the Western & Southern Open, but that won’t be happening as the 28-year-old Ukrainian is unable to compete due to an

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