Articles filed under Tennis
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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....
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After so many Wimbledon 5-setters, Novak Djokovic would be OK with best-of-3 in early roundsJul 07, 2024 1:16 pm - LONDON — Every so often, a debate bubbles up around whether it makes sense for men to keep playing best-of-five-set matches at Wimbledon and other Grand Slam tournaments....
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Alcaraz and Sinner both reach Wimbledon quarterfinals and are 1 match away from another meetingJul 07, 2024 1:12 pm - LONDON — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner are one match away from another high-stakes meeting in the Wimbledon semifinals. Both men reached...
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No. 1 Iga Swiatek loses in Wimbledon’s third round to Yulia Putintseva of KazakhstanJul 06, 2024 12:01 pm - LONDON — After putting one shot into the net, Iga Swiatek muttered to herself. After another point went awry, she placed her hand over her mouth. Generally, she looked as...
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Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz comes back to beat Frances Tiafoe in the third roundJul 05, 2024 4:09 pm - LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz found himself pushed to a Grand Slam fifth set again, this time at Wimbledon, this time against good pal Frances Tiafoe. And as he usually does un...