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Author: Onyekachi Chimezie

ANDY MURRAY BEGINS QUEEN’S CLUB QUEST WITH ALEX DE MINAUR MATCH, CARLOS ALCARAZ COULD FACE MATTEO BERRETTINI
  • June 17, 2023
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ANDY MURRAY BEGINS QUEEN’S CLUB QUEST WITH ALEX DE MINAUR MATCH, CARLOS ALCARAZ COULD FACE MATTEO BERRETTINI

Andy Murray will face Australia’s world No. 18 and seventh seed Alex de Minaur in the first round of the Queen’s Club Championships. The Brit has lost all three of his matches against De Minaur – the last of which was a 6-1 6-3 humbling at the Monte Carlo Masters earlier this year – but

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Frances Tiafoe beats qualifier Marton Fucsovics to reach Stuttgart final
  • June 17, 2023
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Frances Tiafoe beats qualifier Marton Fucsovics to reach Stuttgart final

Frances Tiafoe advanced to his seventh tour-level final and first on grass on Saturday when he battled past Hungarian qualifier Marton Fucsovics 6-3, 7-6(11) at the BOSS OPEN in Stuttgart. The American, who did not face a break point in the match, saved six set points in an epic second-set tie-break to book his spot

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Dutch Open: Kudermetova to face Alexandrova in final
  • June 17, 2023
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Dutch Open: Kudermetova to face Alexandrova in final

Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the top seed, defeated Slovak Viktoria Hruncakova 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the final of the Dutch Open at the Autotron Rosmalen in’s-Hertogenbosch on Saturday. Kudermetova, ranked No 14, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 4 seed, next. The Russian won against American Alison Riske-Amritraj (6-3, 3-0 ret.), Canadian qualifier Carol

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TIAFOE BOOKS STUTTGART OPEN SEMI-FINAL OVER MUSETTI
  • June 16, 2023
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TIAFOE BOOKS STUTTGART OPEN SEMI-FINAL OVER MUSETTI

Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Musetti played a very heated match earlier this year in Rome with this one delivering on the quality as well with the American winning 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2. The match was a very interesting one between two players who are somewhere on the same level but depending on the surface it’s either

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Venus Williams beaten by Swiss teen Celine Naef in first match since January
  • June 13, 2023
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Venus Williams beaten by Swiss teen Celine Naef in first match since January

Seven-time major champion Venus Williams lost her first competitive singles match since injuring her hamstring in January, succumbing to 17-year-old Céline Naef 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Libema Open grass-court tournament on Tuesday.   With family members including her sister, Serena, in the stands, the 42-year-old Williams battled temperatures around 30C and an opponent

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