Articles filed under Tennis
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Coco Gauff to be female flag bearer for U.S. team at Olympic opening ceremony, joining LeBron JamesJul 24, 2024 5:21 pm - PARIS — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony. Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is ...
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Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon by beating Novak Djokovic and now owns 4 Slam titles at age 21Jul 14, 2024 1:46 pm - LONDON — For Carlos Alcaraz, there was one brief blip in the Wimbledon men's final against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, one five-point stretch that took him from the verge o...
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Novak Djokovic is 37 and had knee surgery last month but faces Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon finalJul 13, 2024 4:03 pm - LONDON — Not surprisingly, Novak Djokovic was far from convinced he could win Wimbledon when the tournament began less than a month after his surgery to repair a torn men...
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Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine PaoliniJul 13, 2024 11:10 am - LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova kept insisting that nobody — not her friends, not her family, not even herself — would believe she won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam tit...
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Sports fans rejoice: Wimbledon, Euro 2024 and Copa America finals make for a Super SundayJul 13, 2024 10:50 am - BERLIN — Sports fans: How about this for a Super Sunday? Start with the men's singles final at Wimbledon, then take in the soccer European Championship title match betwe...
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beats Daniil Medvedev to return to the Wimbledon finalJul 12, 2024 11:46 am - LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz is only a couple of months past his 21th birthday, and yet this whole Grand Slam success thing is already a bit been-there, done-that for him. Mov...
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Jasmine Paolini wins Wimbledon’s longest women’s semifinal and faces Barbora Krejcikova nextJul 11, 2024 3:18 pm - LONDON — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women's semifinal on record ...
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Lorenzo Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and will face Novak DjokovicJul 10, 2024 2:58 pm - LONDON — Lorenzo Musetti threw his head back and spread his arms wide to celebrate reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, then covered his face with both h...
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Daniil Medvedev beats Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon and faces defending champ Carlos Alcaraz nextJul 09, 2024 8:34 pm - LONDON — Jannik Sinner felt ill. He was dizzy. Hadn't slept well the night before. Wimbledon's top-seeded man, who recently attained the No. 1 ranking, definitely did not...
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Coco Gauff can't get a new game plan at Wimbledon and loses to Emma NavarroJul 07, 2024 4:59 pm - LONDON — Things were not going well for Coco Gauff against Emma Navarro at Centre Court, not well at all, and she kept looking at her guest box for help from her coaches....