Tennis

4 years ago

World No 2 Medvedev wins; to face Fognini in third round at Tokyo Olympics

Second seed Daniil Medvedev scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over India's Sumit Nagal...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 22, 2021 Alexander Zverev of Germany during training.
4 years ago

Fourth seed Zverev through to third round of Tokyo Olympics

24-year-old Alexander Zverev defeated Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2, 6-4 to reach the third...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Barbora Krejcikova at Roland-Garros in 2021
4 years ago

Roland-Garros champion Krejcikova gets past Canadian teen to reach Olympics third round

Barbora Krejcikova, winner of three of her last four events, defeated 18-year-old Leylah...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Ariake Tennis Park - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates after winning her first round match against Zheng Saisai of China
4 years ago

Osaka marches into third round of Tokyo Olympics

23-year-old Naomi Osaka will take on Marketa Vondrousova in the third round on...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Naomi Osaka - Tokyo 2020 - OG
4 years ago

Your daily guide to tennis at the Olympics: Osaka headlines women’s action on Monday July 26

23-year-old Osaka opens proceedings on Day 3 at the Tokyo Olympics with a...
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Samuel Hamon
Djokovic-Tokyo-2020-OG
4 years ago

Your daily guide to tennis at the Olympics: Djokovic, Zverev and Medvedev headline men’s action on Monday July 26

Djokovic will hope to improve to 6-0 lifetime against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff and...
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Samuel Hamon
Stefanos Tsitsipas at Tokyo Olympics in 2021
4 years ago

Tsitsipas needs three sets to reach second round at Tokyo Olympics

The No. 3 seed beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to become...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Kei Nishikori, Miami, 2021
4 years ago

Home favourite Nishikori stuns Rublev at Tokyo Olympics for 1st top 10 win since 2018

The former world No 4 scored defeated Rublev in straight sets to move...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Ariake Tennis Park - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Gael Monfils of France in action during his first round match against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus
4 years ago

Mixed fortunes for the Monfils at Tokyo Olympics: Gael exits, Elina wins in first round

Playing their first matches since their wedding, 10th seed Gael Monfils was defeated...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Australia's Max Purcell in action during his semi final match
4 years ago

Murray’s replacement Max Purcell stuns ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime

Ranked No 190 in the world in singles, 23-year-old Purcell came in as...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 23, 2021 - Naomi Osaka of Japan during training.
4 years ago

Osaka scores straight-sets win at Tokyo Olympics in first match since French Open withdrawal

23-year-old Naomi Osaka is through to the second round of the singles event...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Ariake Tennis Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 22, 2021 Alexander Zverev of Germany during training.
4 years ago

Zverev and Hurkacz score straight-set wins to reach second round of Tokyo Olympics

Fourth seed Alexander Zverev scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over Yen-Hsun Lu while...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Carla Suarez Navarro
4 years ago

Cancer survivor Carla Suarez Navarro beats Ons Jabeur to reach Tokyo Olympics second round

The Spaniard, who returned to the tour after successfully fighting off Hodgkin's Lymphoma,...
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Haresh Ramchandani
Jennifer Brady, Australian Open, 2021
4 years ago

American Jennifer Brady upset in first round of women’s singles at Olympics

11th seeded Brady, the only American tennis player to be seeded in singles...
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Haresh Ramchandani
4 years ago

Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova through to second round of Tokyo Olympics

Fifth seeded Pliskova scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet and...
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Haresh Ramchandani