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Sinner moves past Shelton, set quarter final showdown with Medvedev
  • October 9, 2024
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Sinner moves past Shelton, set quarter final showdown with Medvedev

Jannik Sinner got his revenge from his meeting with Ben Shelton last year to advance to the quarter-finals at the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Italian and World’s top ranked player scored a 6-4, 7-6(1) win in an entertaining match full of electric shotmaking, improving to 4-1 in the pair’s ATP meetings.

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France boss offers support to Pogba on ban reduction

France boss offers support to Pogba on ban reduction

France head coach, Didier Deschamps, has offered support to Paul Pogba, following the reduction in his ban. The Juventus and France midfielder has seen his four-year ban cut to just 18 months earlier this month. Pogba was handed a four-year ban from soccer back in February, after failing a routine drug test. Non-endogenous testosterone was

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Shanghai Masters: Djokovic eased past Cobolli to reach round 16
  • October 8, 2024
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Shanghai Masters: Djokovic eased past Cobolli to reach round 16

Novak Djokovic defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday to move on to the Rolex Shanghai Masters fourth round, passing the most recent test in his quest for a 100th tour-level title with flying colors. “From the beginning I had a clear game plan of what I needed to do, staying aggressive and trying to

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Tennis Icon Lea Pericoli dies at age 89
  • October 7, 2024
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Tennis Icon Lea Pericoli dies at age 89

The Italian Tennis Federation announced on Friday that Lea Pericoli, the flamboyant former national No.1 whose playing career captured the spirit of the Swinging Sixties, passed away on October 4. She was 89. Born in Milan on March 22, 1935, Pericoli spent her formative years in Africa, after her businessman father, Filippo, moved the family

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Shanghai Masters: Fritz beats Atmane while Dimitrov reach third round after victory
  • October 7, 2024
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Shanghai Masters: Fritz beats Atmane while Dimitrov reach third round after victory

Taylor Fritz hopes of ending this season on a high took a huge step with a hard-earned opening victory Monday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. The 26-year-old American kept his cool in the face of a free-spirited performance from Terence Atmane to secure a 7-6(4), 7-6(5) win at the Chinese ATP Masters 1000 in two-hour,

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