Matteo Berrettini won the Stuttgart Open for a second time after he beat Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 on Sunday to deny the Scot what would have been his first title on grass in six years. Second seed Berrettini, who missed the clay-court swing after undergoing surgery on his hand in March, was playing in …
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Multiple Major semi-finals are always an excellent indicator of a prominent season. The most significant players of the Open era have achieved that many times over their careers, with eight names topping the charts. They have reached at least two Major semi-finals in seven seasons or more, raising the bar for the young guns who …
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World No.4 Ons Jabeur leads the pack at the bett1open, where four of the Hologic WTA Tour’s Top 10 are in action this week in Berlin. Draws, prize money, storylines and everything you need to know about Berlin Berlin once again boasts a strong field during the first WTA 500 of the grass season. Seven …
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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have reached 125 Major semi-finals since Wimbledon 2003. Federer and Djokovic are the only players with 40 Major semi-finals, but that’s not enough to keep them safe from Nadal’s charge. The Spaniard has been the most efficient player when a Major battle reaches the last four, winning 52 …
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Winning a medal at the Olympics is the dream of every athlete. However, what makes them take a bite of the medal, they’ve just won? Even legends like Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, and Rafael Nadal are always up for this gesture. Is it just a photo trend? Or are they trying to prove their ownership …
Roland Garros number fourteen and the Grand Slam title number twenty-two for Rafael Nadal. No one like him, so far: both for the number of Slam trophies lifted, as Djokovic and Federer are at number 20; as well as for the dominance he has created on clay, especially in France. Due to these incredible results …
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Having won a Grand Slam at 18 was certainly a blessing and a curse, at the same time, for Emma Raducanu. The very young British tennis player, after the triumph at the US Open 2021 in the teen final against Leylah Fernandez, showed a confident, solid tennis ruler. Then, from that victory, an endless abyss …
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet for the 59th time in the Roland Garros quarterfinals on Tuesday night. His biggest rival, Roger Federer, has been forced to skip the second Major of the season, missing all the action since Wimbledon following his third knee operation last summer. Roger has only played six tournaments since …
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Stefanos Tsitsipas was asked about Rafael Nadal’s victory at the French Open while his foot was completely anesthetized for two weeks, and he took the opportunity to recount the moment he used an anesthetic injection. Nadal was severely affected by pain just before the start of the French Open and the use of anti-inflammatories and …
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