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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Thiem Reverses Horror Start To Reach Kitzbuehel QFs
  • August 2, 2023
  • 3 min read

Thiem Reverses Horror Start To Reach Kitzbuehel QFs

Home favourite and 2019 champion Dominic Thiem reached his third quarter-final on clay this year after rallying from a first-set beatdown against Zhang Zhizhen at the Generali Open in Kitzbuehel Wednesday. Thiem took time to adjust to starkly different conditions to the night match he played on Tuesday before pulling away to a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win. The 29-year-old

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National Bank Open 2023: Preview, player list, draws, how to watch and UK timesheet
  • August 2, 2023
  • 4 min read

National Bank Open 2023: Preview, player list, draws, how to watch and UK timesheet

With the final Grand Slam of the year just around the corner, the world’s biggest tennis stars are heading State-side for the first of two combined ATP and WTA 1000 events in the lead-up to the US Open. Find out everything you need to know about the 2023 National Bank Open. When is National Bank

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ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe advances in Washington
  • August 2, 2023
  • 3 min read

ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe advances in Washington

United States countrymen Frances Tiafoe and Brandon Nakashima showed off their tiebreaker prowess on Tuesday at the Mubadala Citi DC Open, winning their matches by taking back-to-back tiebreakers in Washington. Tiafoe, the second seed, got past Russia’s Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in second-round action. Neither player broke serve in the matcIn the first-set

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Kei Nishikori withdraws from the DC Open. It was supposed to be his comeback’s 2nd event
  • August 1, 2023
  • 1 min read

Kei Nishikori withdraws from the DC Open. It was supposed to be his comeback’s 2nd event

Kei Nishikori pulled out of the DC Open on Tuesday because of an injured left knee shortly before he was scheduled to play what was supposed to be his first match at the second ATP tournament of a comeback from hip surgery.   Nishikori, a 33-year-old from Japan who was the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up,

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Isner Holds Off Hijikata, Sets Tsitsipas Clash In Los Cabos
  • August 1, 2023
  • 2 min read

Isner Holds Off Hijikata, Sets Tsitsipas Clash In Los Cabos

John Isner held firm in the face of a late Rinky Hijikata comeback Monday to kick-start his 2023 campaign at the Mifel Tennis Open by Telcel Oppo with a 6-2, 7-6(4) victory in Los Cabos.   The big-serving Isner led Hijikata 6-2, 5-3 at the       Isner Holds Off Hijikata, Sets Tsitsipas Clash In Los Cabos ATP 250 before

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