Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:27:16 +0000
CINCINNATI (AFP) – Rafael Nadal’s disaster comeback match on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Masters leaves the Spaniard lagging in the chase for the top ATP ranking. Nadal was ambushed 7-6 (11/9), 4-6, 6-3 in his second-round start by Croat Borna Coric, ending his hopes of overtaking Daniil Medvedev for the world number one rankings. Top […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:44:43 +0000
CINCINNATI (AFP) – Serena Williams bowed out of the WTA/ATP Cincinnati Masters at the first hurdle on Tuesday, losing in straight sets to US Open champion Emma Raducanu as the end of her glittering career looms ever closer. Williams, who last week indicated that she is planning to retire after this month’s US Open, was […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:34:48 +0000
Kimi Brodeth achieved what she had failed to do the last time out, nailing two titles, including a reversal over Tiffany Nocos in the girls’ premier division of the PPS-PEPP Mandaue City national age-group tennis tournament in Cebu last Monday. The Ormoc City lass actually faced another drubbing from Nocos but pulled off an escape […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 06:49:31 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA For the second straight week, Alex Eala fell short in her semifinal match Friday, this time, to hometown bet Eva Guerrero Alvarez, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, at the W25 El Espinar/Segovia International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Spain. Unable to sustain her second set uprising, Eala bowed to Guerrero Alvarez, a familiar foe […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 05:42:55 +0000
By CARLO ANOLIN Alex Eala outlasted local bet Rosa Vicens Mas in a thriller of a match, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) and barged into the semifinal of the W25 El Espinar/Segovia International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament Thursday, July 28, in Spain.Both players engaged each other in fast and furious action, coming through with huge shots […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 05:04:27 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Alex Eala trounced American Amy Zhu, 6-4, 6-3, and barged into the quarterfinals of the W25 El Espinar/Segovia International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament Wednesday in Spain. The 17-year-old Eala, seeded fourth in the $25,000 event, dominated her rival with her strong baseline game to set up a meeting with sixth seed Rosa […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:38:41 +0000
Mateo Rivas upended No. 2 Darwin Cosca in the semis then clipped Joshua Diva, 6-3, 6-2, to snare the boys’ 16-and-under crown while fellow Quezon City bet Mica Emana re-stamped her class in the girls’ side of the PPS-PEPP Apalit national age-group tennis tournament in Pampanga last Wednesday. Five others from Makati City; Sta. Rosa, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 02:53:58 +0000
LONDON (AFP) – Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon title and 21st Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios, whose challenge unravelled in frustration after a blistering start. Top seed Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) to equal Pete Sampras’s mark of seven titles at the All England Club […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 03:26:19 +0000
LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal pulled out of Wimbledon with an abdominal injury on Thursday after Ons Jabeur became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final in modern times. Nadal’s decision – which hands a place in the men’s final to Australian maverick Nick Kyrgios – ends his dreams of a completing […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 04:46:14 +0000
LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Nadal conjured up a mesmerizing five-set recovery from a potentially tournament-ending injury on Wednesday to reach an eighth Wimbledon semifinal, where he will take on Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios. Second seed Nadal, the 2008 and 2010 champion, defeated Taylor Fritz of the United States, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/4) in […]
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