Articles filed under Tennis
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Coco Gauff loses an argument with the chair umpire and a match to Donna Vekic at the Paris OlympicsJul 30, 2024 7:27 pm - PARIS — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn't listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks...
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Djokovic beats rival Nadal at the Paris Olympics in their 60th and possibly last head-to-head matchJul 29, 2024 8:20 pm - PARIS — Novak Djokovic, who won, and Rafael Nadal, who lost, met at the net and hugged after playing at the Paris Olympics in the 60th — and quite possibly last — install...
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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...