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Madison Keys Clinched her seventh career title after beating Daria Kasatkina in straight sets at Eastbourne
  • July 1, 2023
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Madison Keys Clinched her seventh career title after beating Daria Kasatkina in straight sets at Eastbourne

Madison Keys clinched her second Eastbourne International crown in thrilling fashion with a straight-sets win over Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in Saturday’s final.   The world number 25 – who won her maiden WTA Tour crown at the 2014 Eastbourne International – came up trumps in an exhilarating final tie-breaker to win 6-2 7-6[13] in one

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Cerundolo Reaches Final In Rainy Eastbourne, Paul Advances
  • July 1, 2023
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Cerundolo Reaches Final In Rainy Eastbourne, Paul Advances

Francisco Cerundolo overcame the Eastbourne rain and American Mackenzie McDonald to reach the final at the Rothesay International on Saturday. The Argentine led McDonald 2-6, 7-5, 5-2 when the wet weather intervened on Friday evening, but he wasted little time in reaching his fourth tour-level final and first on grass when the action resumed Saturday,

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Eubanks Saves Five MPs, Reaches Mallorca Final
  • June 30, 2023
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Eubanks Saves Five MPs, Reaches Mallorca Final

Christopher Eubanks continued his breakthrough season in dramatic fashion Friday when he saved five match points to reach his maiden ATP Tour final at the Mallorca Championships.   The 27-year-old survived a three-setter thriller against Lloyd Harris 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(9) after two hours, 18 minutes. Eubanks dug out of a 0/40 hole while serving at

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Madison Keys overcomes injury scare to beat Coco Gauff at Eastbourne
  • June 30, 2023
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Madison Keys overcomes injury scare to beat Coco Gauff at Eastbourne

Madison Keys shrugged off an injury scare to progress to her second Eastbourne final by upsetting fellow American Coco Gauff with a straight-sets win at the Rothesay International.   The 2014 champion, who suffered a nasty slip in the middle of the second set, triumphed 6-3 6-3 against the world number seven at a blustery

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Swiatek eases past Blinkova to reach her first grass semifinal ahead of Wimbledon
  • June 29, 2023
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Swiatek eases past Blinkova to reach her first grass semifinal ahead of Wimbledon

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek seems to be finding her groove on grass ahead of Wimbledon.   Three times a French Open winner on clay and once a U.S. Open winner on the New York hard courts, Swiatek played her first tour-level, grass-court quarterfinal on Thursday against Anna Blinkova at the Bad Homburg Open. The Polish player

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