4 d. ago Emma Raducanu handed US Open humbling as she suffers fastest Grand Slam defeat

If Emma Raducanu had been looking to make a statement at the US Open that she can compete with the world's best on a regular basis, then former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina may well have forced her into a rethink

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4 d. ago Emma Raducanu overwhelmed by Rybakina at US Open in straight

Ex-Wimbledon champion wins 6-1, 6-2 in third roundRaducanu admits: ‘I have a lot of work to do’Emma Raducanu has spent the past few months diligently working on improving her game in order to more consistently irritate the best players in the world, but another meeting with one of the elite only illustrated how much more she has to do.In what has become a painfully familiar experience for the British No 1, Raducanu was largely reduced to the role of spectator in her own match as she faced an imperious attacking performance from the 2022 Wimbledon champion, Elena Rybakina, who dismantled her opponent 6-1, 6-2 in 62 minutes to reach the fourth round of the US Open. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Emma Raducanu v Elena Rybakina start time: When is US Open match?

Raducanu has found form as she prepares to face the former Wimbledon champion

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7 d. ago US Open tennis day three: Sinner and Swiatek through, Boulter and Kartal exit – live

Updates from the third day at Flushing MeadowsDay two: Draper digs deep against Gómez | Mail TahaSwiatek has two break points as Arango trails 1-2. The defending Wimbledon champion converts immediately after Arango slices a backhand into the net. Swiatek leads 3-1 in the first set, with no real signs yet of a potential upset.Kostyuk takes the first set against Boulter 6-4. A tough start for the Brits. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US Open tennis day three: Sinner in action, Swiatek through, Boulter and Kartal exit – live

Updates from the third day at Flushing MeadowsDay two: Draper digs deep against Gómez | Mail TahaSwiatek has two break points as Arango trails 1-2. The defending Wimbledon champion converts immediately after Arango slices a backhand into the net. Swiatek leads 3-1 in the first set, with no real signs yet of a potential upset.Kostyuk takes the first set against Boulter 6-4. A tough start for the Brits. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago US Open tennis day three: Swiatek cruises though, Boulter exits, Kartal in action – live

Updates from the third day at Flushing MeadowsDay two: Draper digs deep against Gómez | Mail TahaSwiatek has two break points as Arango trails 1-2. The defending Wimbledon champion converts immediately after Arango slices a backhand into the net. Swiatek leads 3-1 in the first set, with no real signs yet of a potential upset.Kostyuk takes the first set against Boulter 6-4. A tough start for the Brits. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Former Wimbledon champion Angela Mortimer Barrett dies aged 93 as three

Angela Mortimer Barrett, the 1961 Wimbledon ladies' singles champion and one of Britain's most successful postwar players, has died at the age of 93.

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8 d. ago US Open tennis day two: Draper, Norrie and Keys in action – live

Updates from the second day at Flushing MeadowsMedvedev meltdown sparks chaos | Mail TahaMboko, the 22nd seed, has a nervy start and is broken in the first game by Krejcikova. Petra Kvitova, who will retire from tennis after this tournament, is a break down against Diane Parry of France.The future is here at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Victoria Mboko of Canada, the 18-year-old who triumphed in Montreal this month, beating Naomi Osaka in the final, is up against Barbora Krejcikova, Wimbledon champion last year. Mboko won’t be fazed by another slam winner. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Swiatek the one to beat in New York while Alcaraz and Sinner dominate men’s draw

Wimbledon champion faces strong list of women’s US Open title rivals, but the men’s draw is still dominated by Sinner and AlcarazIga Swiatek has finally had a brief moment to catch her breath. Her life has been on fast-forward for the last few hectic yet rewarding weeks, emerging from the heat and humidity of the Cincinnati Open with another significant title. Fourteen hours later she was on court in New York, throwing herself into two long days of competition alongside her new partner, Casper Ruud. The stakes were low for singles players in the mixed doubles this week but every point she played meant more mental energy expended.There is still little time for Swiatek to reflect on how the summer has developed, but with the final grand slam tournament of the year starting on Sunday it is clear the past few months have become a defining moment in her career. Swiatek started the season swimming upstream, still reeling from her doping case last year. She emerged from that difficult peri...

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1 week ago US Open draw: Emma Raducanu faces tough route if she can beat qualifier in first round

Men’s champion Sinner opens against No 87 Vit KoprivaWomen’s title holder Sabalenka draws Rebeka MasarovaEmma Raducanu has avoided the top seeds in the first two rounds of the US Open but she still faces a challenging path as she tries to convert her recent positive form into her first match win in New York since her shock triumph here four years ago.Britain’s Raducanu, who is unseeded, will open her tournament against a qualifier. However, she could face the in-form 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova, a recent semi-finalist at the Cincinnati Open, in round two. A potential third-round opponent is a resurgent Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion and another semi-finalist in Cincinnati last week. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Petra Kvitova: ‘I’m totally ready to retire. I don’t regret anything’

As she prepares for final tournament, two-time Wimbledon champion is grateful for her ‘second career’ after 2016 knife attackIt would be tempting for Petra Kvitova to dwell on what might have been as she prepares for what will be her last tournament before she retires from tennis. For all her many achievements – she won two Wimbledon titles, 31 tournaments worldwide and reached world No 2 – there has long been a feeling that she could, maybe should, have won even more. Martina Navratilova, her fellow Czech who won Wimbledon a record nine times, said she felt Kvitova could go on to win it five times. But like Rafael Nadal, who always found a way to put things in perspective, Kvitova heads into retirement content that she has given absolutely everything she had.“It’s my personality, probably, that I didn’t win more,” Kvitova, 35, says on the eve of the US Open. “I think I had a talent. Maybe I could work a little bit more, but then, on the other hand, I think maybe it will kill m...

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2 w. ago Wimbledon champion tells cameraman to stop filming her as she removes clothes on court

Iga Swiatek was involved in a brief altercation at the end of the opening set during her semi-final clash with Elena Rybakina at the Cincinnati Open, as she demanded a cameraman stopped filming her

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2 w. ago Jannik Sinner retires from Cincinnati Open final with illness ahead of US Open

The reigning Wimbledon champion was forced to withdraw with the US Open just weeks away

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2 w. ago Iga Swiatek highlights key change for final run at Cincinnati Open

The Wimbledon champion contests the final against Jasmine Paolini on Monday night

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2 w. ago Rybakina happy to have controversial coach back as she beats Sabalenka

Former Wimbledon champion races to 6-1, 6-4 victoryShe defends previously banned coach Stefano VukovElena Rybakina has described herself as satisfied by the return of her coach Stefano Vukov as she produced an imperious performance at the Cincinnati Open, dismantling Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1 and defending champion, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the semi-finals.Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, put together a performance of the highest quality on Friday afternoon as she served efficiently and completely overpowered one of the most destructive shotmakers in the world. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Tragedy as couple drown in flash floods while holidaying in Majorca with friends

Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, in the Spanish island of Majorca last year as a "wall of water" cascaded down the canyon they were descending

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4 w. ago Couple drowned in flash floods on Majorca hike, inquest hears

Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, as a ‘wall of water’ cascaded down the canyon they were descending last year.

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