Davis Cup Triumph for Great Britain In Manchester
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September 18, 2023
Davis Cup magic comes to Great Britain every so often – and the reward for the weekend’s heroics in Manchester is a quarter-final place in Malaga! There was pandemonium as Dan Evans and Neal Skupski sealed an unlikely victory for GB over France. Both players fell to the floor before Evans jumped into Skupski’s arms […]
Novak Djokovic Downs Daniil Medvedev To Win US Open
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September 10, 2023
Novak Djokovic has made fresh tennis history in the Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows. No wonder he threw away his racquet at the end and buried his face in his hands. He just won his 24th Grand Slam to draw level with Australia’s Margaret Court. One more major and all the talk will be […]
Coco Gauff Is US Open Champion at Flushing Meadows
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September 9, 2023
Coco Gauff just wrote the tennis story everyone has wanted to read for years. In many ways it began at Wimbledon when she was just fifteen. Still a teenager, the American sensation has just created a fairy tale in New York. It made her cry. It even made her father cry. And yet for all […]
Novak Djokovic Faces Daniil Medvedev in the US Open Final
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Novak Djokovic has the chance to make more tennis history on Sunday. If he beats Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final, Djokovic will equal Margaret Court’s record 24 Grand Slam titles. The showdown is a repeat of the 2021 US Open final, won by Medvedev for his one and only major success. But potential […]
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka to Play US Open Final
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September 8, 2023
Coco Gauff produced another composed display to reach her first US Open final. But there was heartbreak for Madison Keys, who twice seemed within touching distance of making it an all-American women’s showpiece. Instead Gauff will play Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s big match – and that also promises to be a cracker. Coco Gauff and […]
Carlos Alcaraz and Madison Keys Keep Finals Dream Alive
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September 7, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz and Madison Keys enjoyed emphatic victories to keep fans dreaming of the perfect finals at the US Open. On the women’s side of the action, that could mean a thrilling all-American final between Coco Gauff and Madison Keys. In the men’s singles, two possible scenarios would have the tennis world buzzing once more: […]
Ben Shelton Shocks Frances Tiafoe in All-American Battle
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September 6, 2023
Ben Shelton just became the youngest American male to reach the US Open semi-finals since 1992. He defeated top-ten star Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 in a late-night thriller on Arthur Ashe. The third-set tie-break proved the key, when Shelton squandered successive set points but Tiafoe simply couldn’t take advantage. Shelton then composed […]
Alexander Zverev Downs Jannik Sinner in Brutal Epic at US Open
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September 5, 2023
Alexander Zverev is back. He said it and he just proved it in four hours and forty-one dramatic minutes. The man whose body couldn’t take the humidity was the favourite, Jannik Sinner. The highly-rated Italian cramped up repeatedly – but you couldn’t fault his courage. Time and again, the man from the mountains picked himself […]
Jelena Ostapenko Knocks Out Champ Swiatek, Americans Thrive!
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September 4, 2023
Jelena Ostapenko continued her unlikely dominance against the best player in the world and shocked the US Open. She defeated Iga Swiatek 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 – and now she plays Coco Gauff in the quarter-finals. ‘I’m expecting a battle and it will be a great match,’ said Ostapenko, who fears no one. Maybe we shouldn’t […]
Jessica Pegula Plays Madison Keys, Jack Draper Marches On
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September 3, 2023
Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys have already ensured American fans will have a quarter-finalist at the US Open. And that’s even before we turn our attention to Coco Gauff and her much-anticipated match against Caroline Wozniacki. Jessica Pegula is moving from strength to strength – and held off a spirited fightback from Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina […]