Kostyuk, the world number 39, had warned she would not shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players due to the ongoing war in Ukraine – a stance she and other Ukrainian athletes have stuck to since Moscow’s forces invaded their country last year, with support from Belarus. The 20-year-old from Kyiv duly avoided her opponent on Court …
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Sunday at Roland Garros was exciting and the first-round action continues on Monday! I’ve found value on two of Monday’s matchups — Pliskova vs Stephens and Haddad Maia vs Maria. Read on for my 2023 French Open expert picks. Match times are subject to change. Read here for tips on viewing tennis matches. 2023 French Open Expert …
The Vermont high school individual tennis state tournament saw three new champions crowned the state’s best. BFA-St. Albans’ Aroa SanJuan Mas stunned the girls tournament with unmatched patience. While Nathan Kim of Brattleboro and the Burlington pair of Nevin Morton and Khiem Nguyen secured redemption in the boys title matches. Stowe’s Gabby Doehla and Kate …
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Karolina Muchova knocked out a Top 10 player on Day 1 of Roland Garros, as the Czech defeated No.8 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-6(5), 7-5 on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Former Top 20 player Muchova, currently ranked No.43, defeated Sakkari at the French Open for the second straight year, by a nearly identical scoreline. Muchova …
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Novak Djokovic is a foundational reason why Serbian teenager Hamad Medjedovic is on Tour today. The 19-year-old first met the 93-time tour-level titlist on a birthday a decade ago and more of Medjedovic’s dreams have come true since. Medjedovic advanced through Roland Garros qualifying to earn his place in the same major main draw as …
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The path to Fremd junior Andrew Spurck’s state singles championship in boys tennis began nearly 10 years ago on a court at Eagle Park in Palatine. There, on the other side of the net, stood his mother, Jennifer, and a bucket of tennis balls. Mom knows a thing or 200 about tennis. “Mom” is the …
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PARIS (AP) — Unable to sleep the night before her first-round match at the French Open against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the Grand Slam tournament’s No. 2 seed, Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine checked her phone at 5 a.m. Sunday and saw disturbing news back home in Kyiv. At least one person was killed when the …
Two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser registered one of the greatest performances in track and field history, breaking his world record and throwing three of the six farthest shot puts of all time at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on Saturday. Crouser unleashed throws of 23.56 meters, 23.31 and 23.23 at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. His previous world record …
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Last week world tennis was hit with the shocking announcement made from Rafael Nadal, who did not just withdraw from the 2023 French Open contest, but also revealed that 2024 could possibly be his final year in professional tennis. The Spaniard has long been suffering from a hip injury which he incurred during Australian Open …
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Straight out of nowhere, Aslan Karatsev made the Mutua Madrid Open semifinals, but that’s how things usually work with the Lion from Vladikavkaz. Knowing him and his consistency issues, nobody could know for sure whether he would make it through the Roland-Garros qualifiers, where he was the No 1 seed, being ranked 62nd in the …
