Iga Swiatek swept past Coco Gauff to reach the Rome Open final on Thursday where Aryna Sabalenka will stand in her way of a third title and her bid to match a Serena Williams record.Swiatek ended with 26 winners and broke her American opponent four times and now stands one victory away from duplicating the Madrid-Rome clay trophy double achieved by Williams 11 years ago.
Chile's Nicolas Jarry powered past 2022 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets to reach his first Masters semi-final in Rome on Thursday.They are the first Chilean duo to reach the semi-finals of an ATP Tour event since 2006 in Vina del Mar, where Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu made the last four His victory on Thursday was his third over a top 10 player this year after defeating Carlos Alcaraz in Buenos Aires and Casper Ruud in Miami.
Andy Murray's build-up to the French Open suffered a setback on Thursday when he was dumped out of the second-tier Challenger event in Bordeaux by Gregoire Barrere.Murray, who will call time on his career later in the year, will now head to the Geneva ATP event next week before a final appearance at the French Open where he was runner-up to Novak Djokovic in 2016. dj/nf
The Scot was defeated 6-4 6-2 by world number 115 Gregoire Barrere.
Iga Swiatek won her 11th straight clay-court match on Thursday as the top seed moved closer to another record with a 6-4, 6-3 semi-final defeat of Coco Gauff at the Rome Open, after Tommy Paul earlier survived a chaotic ending to emerge victorious from his quarter-final encounter with Hubert Hurkacz.- Breaks aplenty - On the men's side, American Paul reached a clay court semi-final for the first time in his career with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 upset of Hurkacz.
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A women’s tournament has not been hosted at Queen’s Club for more than 50 years
An East Kilbride tennis court has reopened after a £93,000 investment.
Queen's Club will host London's first tour-level women's event in more than 50 years in 2025, British tennis chiefs announced on Thursday.The Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, which has staged a WTA Tour event since 1982, will now host a combined men's and women's second-tier tournament in the second week of the French Open.
Tommy Paul reached a clay court semi-final for the first time in his career on Thursday with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 upset of Hubert Hurkacz at the ATP-WTA Italian Open.Hurkacz won the clay title in Estoril last month and suffered only his third loss on clay this spring. str/ea
A decision will be after next summer’s tournament on whether it is a permanent change
The iconic Queen’s Club in west London will host the world’s best female tennis players in a competitive tournament for the first time in 50 years. Home to the men’s pre-Wimbledon championships, a WTA 500 event will now be held at the club from 2025, according to the LTA. As a result of the move,
The west London venue will host a WTA 500 event to kick off the grass-court season in 2025 with the ATP tournament a week later
The women’s tournament will take place in the week preceding the men’s event.
The world’s leading female players are to return to Queen’s Club next summer for the first time in more than 50 years after a rejig of the English grass-court season.
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Andy Murray made a victorious comeback from a serious ankle injury at the ATP Challenger event in Bordeaux."I thought I did quite well," said Murray.
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has said he will always be there for Novak Djokovic after the duo revealed they’ve buried the hatchet on a chequered relationship. In the past Kyrgios has described the Serbian as a “tool” during the period where Djokovic was banned from entering Australia due to his Covid-19 vaccination status. He
A former world No1 pitching up at a small-time event in search of former glories? Yes, that might be the plot of the recent movie Challengers, but it also describes Andy Murray’s visit to Bordeaux this week.
The Briton is back in action as he builds towards a final appearance at the French Open
Alexander Zverev reached his 18th Masters semi-final in Rome on Wednesday but only after a worrying fall which sparked memories of the horror injury he suffered at the French Open two years ago.Zverev, 27, suffered a serious ankle injury at the 2022 French Open after falling on the clay of Roland Garros during his semi-final against Rafael Nadal and missed the rest of the season.
The Scot was leading world number 219 Kyrian Jacquet 7-5 2-0 when the Frenchman was forced to pull out.
Aryna Sabalenka cruised into the semi-finals of the Rome Open on Wednesday after comfortably defeating Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.Second seed Sabalenka needed an hour and 13 minutes to see off Ostapenko and improve her record against her Latvian opponent to three wins and no defeats.
Daniil Medvedev's Rome Open title defence came to an early end on Tuesday after the world number four was knocked out at the last-16 stage by Tommy Paul, while Iga Swiatek cruised into the women's semi-finals.- 'Really proud' Swiatek - World number one Swiatek continued her bid for a third Rome title in imperious style, strolling into the last four past Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3.
Novak Djokovic will lose the World No 1 ranking if he fails to reach the semi-finals of the French Open.