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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Jasmine Paolini beats Anna Kalinskaya to win second career title in Dubai

Jasmine Paolini beats Anna Kalinskaya to win second career title in Dubai

Jasmine Paolini pulled off a gritty come-from-behind victory on Saturday to capture the highest-level title of her career, defeating qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in the WTA 1000 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final. The World No.26 from Italy, outlasted 40th-ranked Kalinskaya in 2 hours and 13 minutes, battling back from a break down

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Thompson upsets Zverev, set Ruud semi-finals clash in Los Cabos

Thompson upsets Zverev, set Ruud semi-finals clash in Los Cabos

Jordan Thompson needed seven match points of his own to seal an upset of top seed Alexander Zverev at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo. Following three hours, 40 minutes of semi-final drama on Friday night, the Aussie advanced to his third tour-level final with a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(2) victory that concluded just after

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Anna Kalinskaya stun Iga Swiatek to enter Dubai final

Anna Kalinskaya stun Iga Swiatek to enter Dubai final

Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya stunned World No.1 Iga Swiatek in Friday’s semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, 6-4, 6-4, snapping the World No.1’s seven-match winning streak and advancing to her first Hologic WTA Tour-level singles final. The loss is just Swiatek’s second in her last 26 matches dating back to last September’s WTA 500

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Ruud continues runs while Tsitsipas reach last four in Los Cabos

Ruud continues runs while Tsitsipas reach last four in Los Cabos

Casper Ruud continues his stunning debut campaign in Los Cabos with a resounding victory in the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 event on Thursday. The 25-year-old Norwegian, who has lost just six games to reach the semi-finals, defeated Nuno Borges 6-3, 6-2 after losing only one game on Wednesday against Marcos Giron. “Yesterday and today

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Jakub Mensik Stun Andrey Rublev to make first ATP tour semi-finals

Jakub Mensik Stun Andrey Rublev to make first ATP tour semi-finals

Jakub Mensik earned his first Top 5 win on Thursday in Doha, where he stunned World No. 5 Andrey Rublev 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach his maiden tour-level semi-final. Mensik was competing in his first tour-level quarter-final having beaten former World No. 1 Andy Murray in the second round in the longest match in tournament history (three

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