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World No 1 Elena Rybakina has withdrawn injured against Leylah Fernandez in the Pan Pacific Open to exit the tournament at the quarter-final stage.The Kazakh player withdrew from the match before a point was played, giving the Canadian Fernandez safe passage into the last four in Osaka, where she will play Kamilla Rakhimova for a place in the final. “I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming today, but unfortunately I won’t be able to play,” the 27-year-old said on-court. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of Elena Rybakina against Alina Charaeva…
Carlos Alcaraz was forced to work hard to reach the quarter-finals of the Vienna Open, as the world No 3 was taken to a dramatic second-set tiebreak by Nikoloz Basilashvili, before he sealed a 6-1 7-6 (13-11) victory.The Spaniard has now qualified for the 60th quarter-final in his ATP Tour career and will face Tommy Paul in the last eight. Alcaraz raced to a commanding lead in the opening set, hitting nine winners before Basilashvili hit back in the second, responding to an early break from the Spaniard before saving two break points to force the tiebreak. Twitter This content…
Medvedev PUNCHES court in frustration against Norrie
Naomi Osaka, seeded No 7 and playing before home fans in Japan, was knocked out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday by teenager Mia Pohankova.Slovakia’s Pohankova, who turned 18 a week ago and was a wild-card entry in Japan, upset Osaka 6-3 7-5 to advance to the quarter-finals. Pohankova will face Alycia Parks in the last eight. Pohankova, the 2025 junior singles champion at Wimbledon, stunned Osaka, who was coming off a win over Jasmine Paolini in the first round in Tokyo.In other round-of-16 matches on Thursday, Parks defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-3 6-1, and Leylah Fernandez defeated No 5…
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Wawrinka’s emotional farewell to tennis in Basel
Stan Wawrinka’s illustrious career came to a close on Tuesday at the 41-year-old’s home tournament, the Swiss Indoors Basel.With a packed home crowd vocally supporting him, Wawrinka fell 7-5 7-6 to eighth seed Jiri Lehecka at the ATP 500 event. The fans’ favourite Wawrinka ascended to a career-high No 3 in the ATP rankings in 2014 and amassed 16 tour-level titles, including three major trophies. Wawrinka earned his three Slam titles after defeating the then-world No 1 player in each final.He secured his first major triumph at the 2014 Australian Open, downing Rafael Nadal in the title match. Wawrinka won…
Home favourite Naomi Osaka said she wanted to bring “a bit of a show” to the Pan Pacific Open after wearing a Japan-inspired outfit before beating Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in the opening round.The seventh seed defeat Paolini in 6-3 7-6 (4) in a match lasting one hour and 37 minutes in Tokyo, saving saved three consecutive set points in the second set before sealing victory in the tiebreak to advance to the second round. Osaka returned to Tokyo for the first time in four years and wore a blue-and-white, crane-embroidered kimono-inspired outfit designed by Hana Yagi – who created her…
Osaka impresses again with Tokyo crane kimono outfit!
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