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1 day ago · In 2017, Williams entered the Australian Open as the second seed and began her campaign by defeating Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-3, and then Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-4 in the first and second rounds ...
2 days ago · 0. World No.5 Jessica Pegula became the highest-seeded women’s player to be eliminated at Wimbledon, falling to Wang Xinyu in the second round on Thursday, while top seed Iga Swiatek confidently progressed past Petra Martic. The 42nd-ranked Wang defeated Pegula 6-4 6-7 (7) 6-1, securing her first Top 10 victory and advancing to the third ...
4 days ago · Iga Swiatek won her 20th match in a row and sailed into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-3 6-4 victory over fellow Grand Slam champion Sofia Kenin. In one of Wimbledon’s most anticipated opening matches, Swiatek had little trouble dispatching the 2020 Australian Open winner.
5 days ago · Talking to the press at Wimbledon, Sabalenka revealed details about the injury that is preventing her from being physically ready for the grass-court Grand Slam. Last month at Roland Garros, the Belarusian struggled with a stomach issue in her quarterfinal loss to Mirra Andreeva.
1 day ago · Bývalá světová pětka a prostějovská legenda Lucie Šafářová zahájila ve dvouhře svůj krátkodobý návrat na kurty porážkou. Na turnaji ITF 75 Macha Lake Open v Doksech a Starých Splavech nestačila v 1. kole na Američanku Katrinu Scottovou, které podlehla 6:7, 6:3, 3:6 po více než dvou hodinách.
3 days ago · Australian Open, one of the world’s major tennis championships (the first of the four annual Grand Slam events), held at the National Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. Started by the Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia (later, of Australia), the first tournament for men.
3 days ago · In 1891 the first French national championships were held in the Stade Français, as a men’s interclub competition. In 1897 women’s singles matches were added to tournament play. Women’s doubles matches were added in 1925, the same year that the championships were opened to non-French players.
