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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Danielle Collins extends winning run with triumph in Charleston
  • April 7, 2024
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Danielle Collins extends winning run with triumph in Charleston

Danielle Collins won her 13th straight match and her second straight title with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 victory over No.4 seed Daria Kasatkina in the Credit One Charleston Open final on Sunday. The unseeded American and World No.22 Collins needed just 1 hour and 17 minutes to dismiss 11th-ranked Kasatkina and back up her hard-court

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Estoril Open: Hurkacz overcames Martinez to lift eight career title
  • April 7, 2024
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Estoril Open: Hurkacz overcames Martinez to lift eight career title

Hubert Hurkacz deployed his booming delivery to great effect Sunday at the Millennium Estoril Open, where he overcame Pedro Martinez 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match to lift his eighth ATP Tour title. Hurkacz sent down 15 aces in a classy one-hour, 27-minute display as he stepped into the winners’ circle at a tour-level event

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Berrettini ends Baena’s winning run to clinch crown in Marrakech
  • April 7, 2024
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Berrettini ends Baena’s winning run to clinch crown in Marrakech

Matteo Berrettiniu marched to the title in just his second tour-level event of the season on Sunday in Morocco where he snapped Roberto Carballes Baena’s nine-match winning streak in Marrakech with a 7-5, 6-2 victory. The Italian produced a superb display of hitting in a high-quality championship match to lift his first trophy since his Queen’s

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Estoril Open: Ruud reach last four in Portugal

Estoril Open: Ruud reach last four in Portugal

Casper Ruud advanced to the semi-finals at the ATP 250 clay-court event on Friday when he dispatched Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 6-2. The top seed is chasing his first title since last year, when he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic  in the Estoril championship match. In a dominant performance against Fucsovics, he won 82 per cent (28/34)

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Rafael Nadal Pulls out of Monte Carlos

Rafael Nadal Pulls out of Monte Carlos

Rafael Nadal announced on social media Thursday his withdrawal from the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.   “Hi all, these are very difficult moments for me, sporting wise,” Nadal wrote. “Unfortunately I have to tell you that I am not going to be playing in Monte-Carlo. My body simply won’t allow me. And even if I am

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