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Roland Garros: Casper Ruud Races Into Second Round with win over Elias Ymer

Roland Garros: Casper Ruud Races Into Second Round with win over Elias Ymer

Last year’s Roland Garros finalist Casper Ruud is up and running at the clay-court major in 2023, dispatching Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round for the sixth consecutive season. The fourth seed, who lost against Rafael Nadal in the title match 12 months ago, quickly found his range on

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Spalletti Declares Break From Football

Spalletti Declares Break From Football

Napoli’s coach, Luciano Spalletti has announced his immediate leave from Napoli at the end of the Serie A season after leading the club to their first league title since Maradona’s era. Spalletti said this at the Italian national team’s Coverciano training centre, where he also confirmed that he’d take time away from football and would

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Roland Garros: World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz Opens Campaign with Victory Over Flavio Cobolli

Roland Garros: World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz Opens Campaign with Victory Over Flavio Cobolli

Carlos Alcaraz wasted little time getting his Roland Garros title quest underway on Monday when he raced past Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the second round. The 20-year-old Alcaraz is the top seed at a Grand Slam for the first time and the youngest in Paris since a then-19-year-old Bjorn Borg in

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Roland Garros: Cameron Norrie Downs Paire In Five-Set Thriller While Fognini Upsets Felix

Roland Garros: Cameron Norrie Downs Paire In Five-Set Thriller While Fognini Upsets Felix

Cameron Norrie earned a dramatic first-round win on Monday at Roland Garros, where he clawed past Frenchman Benoit Paire in a five-set thriller. The British lefty fought hard throughout the three-hour, 36-minute clash, triumphing 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. The 14th seed showed great agility to handle Paire’s court craft and he rallied from 2-4

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Roland Garros: Djokovic Moves into round two with 6-3,6-2,7-6, 7-1 Victory over Aleksandar Kovacevic

Roland Garros: Djokovic Moves into round two with 6-3,6-2,7-6, 7-1 Victory over Aleksandar Kovacevic

Novak Djokovic launched his quest for a record-breaking 23rd men’s Grand Slam singles title with a no-nonsense 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-1) first-round victory over debutant Aleksandar Kovacevic in the French Open on Monday. The twice Roland Garros champion breezed through the first two sets before encountering resistance from the 24-year-old American whose lack of experience

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