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Daniil Medvedev defeated fellow Russian Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in scorching conditions Wednesday to reach his fourth US Open semi-final and set up a possible meeting with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. Third seed and 2021 champion Medvedev rallied from a break down in all three sets as he condemned a frustrated Rublev to a…
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Aryna Sabalenka stayed on course for her second Grand Slam title of the season after cruising past China’s Zheng Qinwen in straight sets to reach the US Open semi-finals on Wednesday. Australian Open champion Sabalenka — who will take over as world number one next week — booked her place in the last four with…
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Coco Gauff in action during US Open 2023© AFP Coco Gauff thrashed Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time on Tuesday. American sixth seed Gauff dominated Latvia’s 20th seed Ostapenko from start to finish, winning 6-0, 6-2 in just 1hr 8min. Gauff, 19, will face…
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Jessica Pegula in action against Madison Keys at the US Open.© AFP Madison Keys upset third seed Jessica Pegula to win their all-American US Open clash and advance to the quarter-finals on Monday. Keys, a finalist at the US Open in 2017, dominated an out-of-sorts Pegula from the outset to win 6-1, 6-3. The 17th…
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Iga Swiatek crashed out of US Open 2023© AFP Top-seed Iga Swiatek crashed out of US Open, suffering a 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 defeat to world no. 21 Jelena Ostapenko in Women’s Singles Round of 16. Swiatek, who was also the defending champion in the competition, started off well against Ostapenko, winning the first set 6-3…
Ons Jabeur kept her dream of a first Grand Slam alive at the US Open on Saturday, reaching the last 16 after finally overcoming injured opponent Marie Bouzkova in three sets. Tunisian fifth seed Jabeur, whose own US Open campaign has been disrupted by a flu virus, completed a 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 victory to…
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Aryna Sabalenka in action during US Open© AFP Second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus swatted aside France’s Clara Burel to power into the last 16 of the US Open on Saturday. Sabalenka — who defeated Burel in straight sets at the same stage of the tournament last year — once again had too much power…
File photo of Elena Rybakina.© AFP Fourth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan crashed out of the US Open on Friday, losing a three-set third-round battle to Romania’s Sorana Cirstea. The Russian-born 2022 Wimbledon champion was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4 by Cirstea, who will now face Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in the last 16 on Sunday….
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Iga Swiatek at the US Open© AFP World number one Iga Swiatek demolished “best friend” Kaja Juvan in straight sets on Friday to march into the last 16 at the US Open. Swiatek, who has been a close friend of Juvan since her youth tennis playing days, showed no mercy to the Slovenian world No.145 with a…
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Andy Murray conceded he might “need to accept” he is no longer capable of reaching the latter stages at Grand Slams after a demoralising straight-sets loss to Grigor Dimitrov in the US Open second round. The 36-year-old Murray, the 2012 US Open champion, produced a flat display in his 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 defeat to 19th…
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