Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:57:52 +0000
The three-time Grand Slam champion is homing in on her first title of the year and has now reached the semifinals in her last four grass court events.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:44:18 +0000
Seeded fourth, Kerber beat Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson 7-6 (4), 6-0 and now has a 5-1 record on grass this season ahead of next week’s Wimbledon. The 31-year-old German reached the Eastbourne final in 2012 and 2014, losing both times.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 14:30:30 +0000
The 37-year-old Federer held off a persistent world number 144 Otte, saving all four break points he faced in a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win on Court Philippe Chatrier.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 06:00:33 +0000
Serena Williams admitted the ‘mother, champion, queen, goddess’ logo which adorned her Roland Garros outfit on Monday was “a lot to carry, but so is being Serena”
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 13:07:47 +0000
The 37-year-old Williams is still waiting for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam triumph, with her last victory coming at the 2017 Australian Open shortly before taking a break from the sport due to pregnancy.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 10:30:54 +0000
Nadal starts against qualifiers in the first two rounds while 37-year-old Federer, bidding to become the oldest Grand Slam title winner of all time, faces Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego, ranked at 73.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 10:00:04 +0000
The 22-year-old Aussie quit tennis five years ago after finding the mental grind of the tour too much to bear, turning to professional cricket in a bid to find sporting happiness.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:22:41 +0000
Bencic, ranked 56, followed up her third-round knockout of number eight Aryna Sabalenka, where she saved six match points, with her two-and-a-quarter hour win over 2015 champion Halep.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:00:13 +0000
Pliskova, her country’s top player in the absence of world number two Petra Kvitova, swept past Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-1, 6-4 before Halep disposed of Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-0 to bring Romania level.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:15:10 +0000
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Fourth seed Naomi Osaka outgunned Karolina Pliskova Thursday to set up an Australian Open final against Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova. The 21-year-old Japanese star overcame the seventh seed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, to reach a second straight Grand Slam decider after her breakthrough triumph over Serena Williams at last year’s US Open. […]
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