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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

Carlos Alcaraz Reaches Eight Semi-finals of the season after beating Grigor Dimitrov at the Cinch Championships
  • June 23, 2023
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Carlos Alcaraz Reaches Eight Semi-finals of the season after beating Grigor Dimitrov at the Cinch Championships

Playin in a grass-court quarter-final for the first time on Friday, Carlos Alcaraz used a fast start and a strong finish to defeat Grigor Dimitrov at the Cinch Championships.   The Spaniard’s 6-4, 6-4 victory extends his edge to 3-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head and moves him to 5-4 lifetime on grass courts.

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Holger Rune defeats Lorenzo Musetti to reach semi-finals at Cinch Championships
  • June 23, 2023
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Holger Rune defeats Lorenzo Musetti to reach semi-finals at Cinch Championships

Holger Rune overcame a stern test from Lorenzo Musetti on Friday to reach his sixth semi-final of the season at the Cinch Championships. In their first tour-level meeting, the second seed defeated Musetti 6-4, 7-5 after one hour, 54 minutes. Rune won 54 per cent of points behind his second serve, compared to Musetti’s 29

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Zverev Reaches Halle SFs, Sets Bublik Clash
  • June 23, 2023
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Zverev Reaches Halle SFs, Sets Bublik Clash

Two-time finalist Alexander Zverev moved to within two wins of capturing his first Terra Wortmann Open title on Friday when he defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-5, 6-3.   The German overcame Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov in his first two matches and produced another consistent performance in front of his home fans in Halle, committing

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Bublik through to Halle semis after Sinner injury
  • June 23, 2023
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Bublik through to Halle semis after Sinner injury

Kazakh Alexander Bublik advanced to the last four of the Wimbledon warm-up Halle Open, when Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner withdrew hurt in the second set on Friday. Bublik won the first set 7-5 and was up 2-0 in the second when Sinner pulled out with a right leg injury. The Italian had taken a

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Venus Williams outgunned by Jelena Ostapenko in second-round defeat at Birmingham Classic
  • June 23, 2023
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Venus Williams outgunned by Jelena Ostapenko in second-round defeat at Birmingham Classic

Venus Williams’ valiant efforts at the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham ended in a second-round defeat by Jelena Ostapenko. The 43-year-old pulled off her best victory for nearly four years with a three-hour win over Camila Giorgi in the first round on Monday despite struggling with a right knee problem. She had the joint strapped up

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