Tennis
Djokovic confronted again by pressures of Paris
The world number one's collection of 17 Slams is made up of eight Australian Opens, five Wimbledon titles, three triumphs at the US Open but only one so far in...
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French prosecutors probe match-fixing at Roland Garros
A source within the investigation said the bets placed on a women's doubles match were "abnormally large" and amounted to "tens of thousands of euros".
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Djokovic braces for Nadal, Roland Garros demons
The only man to beat Novak Djokovic in 2020 is Djokovic himself after the Serb's hair-trigger temper prompted a sensational disqualification from the US Open.
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Relaxed Halep heads into French Open as clear favourite
But Serena Williams can never be discounted as she launches another bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles crown.
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Serena to continue record-equalling chase at French Open
Serena Williams crashed out of the US Open semi-finals on Thursday, blowing a set lead to lose in three hard-fought sets to former world number Victoria Azarenka.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Silence please - The US Open in times of corona
Our new normal is very, very weird, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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Djokovic brushes aside Struff to advance in New York
The three-times champion at Flushing Meadows was never really pushed by the German, who has taken just one set off the Serb in their five career meetings.
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Djokovic's move to form new players association meets resistance
World number one Djokovic, Canadian Vasek Pospisil and top-ranked American John Isner all resigned from the council after they were formally requested to step down by other members, a source told Reuters on Saturday.
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Player tests positive for coronavirus before WTA Palermo Open
The unnamed player, who did not have any symptoms of COVID-19, has withdrawn from the tournament which gets underway in Sicily on 3 August.
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WTA, ATP tennis cancel all tournaments in China over coronavirus
The major blow to attempts to restart tennis comes after China said it would not stage most international sports events for the rest of 2020 to keep the pandemic in check.
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Serena to play the new Top Seed Open in August
It will mark the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s first match since she helped Team USA defeat Latvia in Fed Cup play in Everett, Washington in February.
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Nadal wavers over US Open and Roland Garros, Murray fears player safety
The US Open will run from August 31 to September 13 on the hard courts of New York with the rescheduled French Open on clay taking place just a fortnight after.
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#ExtraTime with SA tennis star Chanel Simmonds
In #ExtraTime, South Africa’s top-ranked female tennis player Chanel Simmonds speaks to us about life as a professional, meeting Billie Jean King and how she would like to see the sport grow on home soil.
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What now for tennis in 2020?
Roger Federer, whose 20-Grand Slam title haul includes five titles at the US Open and one in Paris, is not keen on seeing rows and rows of empty seats.
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Thiem, Kyrgios to compete in July event in Berlin
The ATP and WTA tours have been on hiatus since mid-March. Wimbledon, whose finals had been slated for July 11-12, was canceled for the first time since World War II.
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Djokovic to host Balkan event after finally returning home from Spain
The first leg will take place on red clay in Belgrade on 13 and 14 June at Djokovic’s complex and the second in Croatia’s coastal resort Zadar on 20 and 21 June.
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#ExtraTime with Tennis SA CEO Richard Glover
The latest instalment of #ExtraTime sees EWN Sport catch up with Tennis South Africa CEO Richard Glover, to talk about the growth of the sport – and about working for Arsenal FC many years.
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#ExtraTime with TSA Director of Tennis Jeff Coetzee
In the latest instalment of Extra Time, we take a deeper look into tennis in South Africa. We speak to former SA doubles star Jeff Coetzee who has recently been appointed Director of Tennis by Tennis South Africa.
