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Stefanos Tsitsipas (#4) will play Andrey Rublev (#6) or rising Norwegian Casper Ruud in his third Masters 1000 Final tomorrow and hopes the number three proves lucky, after needing just 68 minutes to end Dan Evans’ red-hot tournament in Monte Carlo – with an impressive 6-2, 6-1 win.
Continue reading “Monte Carlo 2021: Stefanos Tsitsipas tames in-form Dan Evans in straight sets”
Naomi Osaka (#3) saved two match points, world no. 2 Simona Halep set up an exciting quarter-final clash vs. Serena Williams after both earned gritty three-set wins over Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka respectively. Elsewhere, Aslan Karatsev’s historic run continued against all odds while Novak Djokovic continued his unbeaten H2H streak at Milos Raonic’s expense.
Continue reading “Australian Open 2021: Comebacks aplenty as Osaka, Halep and Karatsev all recover”
Defending champion Novak Djokovic earned his fourth-round berth with an impressive 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over American Denis Kudla in Friday’s evening session at Flushing Meadows. An intriguing clash up against 2016 US Open winner Stan Wawrinka now awaits on Sunday. Continue reading “US Open 2019: Novak Djokovic with routine win over Denis Kudla, to face Wawrinka next”
Novak Djokovic struggled with a niggling shoulder injury but nonetheless came through during a different type of challenge to earn his third-round berth after a 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 win against a valiant Juan Ignacio Londero display in two hours 15 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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