Casper Ruud earned a solitary win for Norway while Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz finished with a flourish. Paula Badosa didn’t have it all her own way, spluttering a whopping 12 double-faults before suffering with cramp, yet eventually recovered from the brink to overpower Britain’s Harriet Dart in an exhausting three-hour encounter to keep Spain’s qualification hopes alive. Continue reading “United Cup: Ruud, Otte and Hurkacz win while Badosa outlasts Dart in three-hour tussle”
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United Cup: Dimitrov, Swiatek among winners before Norrie finally overcomes Nadal in three-set battle
Grigor Dimitrov and Iga Swiatek were among the day’s winners for their respective nations in contrasting circumstances, before Cameron Norrie ended an eventful 2022 with a long-awaited scalp: recovering from a set down to beat Rafael Nadal for the first time in five attempts, helping Great Britain take an early lead in their United Cup group clash against Spain. Continue reading “United Cup: Dimitrov, Swiatek among winners before Norrie finally overcomes Nadal in three-set battle”
United Cup: Berrettini, Sakkari, Wawrinka all prevail before Kubler clinches big win for team Australia
There were straight-set victories for Matteo Berrettini, Maria Sakkari and Stan Wawrinka among others but the big story came in the evening as home favourite Jason Kubler recovered from a 5-0 second set deficit to overwhelm world no. 27 Dan Evans and secure Australia’s first-ever United Cup triumph, on an eventful second day of group action at the tournament. Continue reading “United Cup: Berrettini, Sakkari, Wawrinka all prevail before Kubler clinches big win for team Australia”
Rio 2016: Andy Murray eyeing second gold medal after SW19 success
The Wimbledon champion, who won Gold back at the London 2012 Olympics, is eager for history to repeat itself this summer as he prepares for his first-round clash.
Andy Murray is eyeing a second Olympic gold medal in the Men’s Singles tournament this summer, especially after his morale-boosting Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon earlier this summer.
He goes into the Olympic Games as the defending champion and having won it in style four years ago, he’ll be eager to retain his title this time around too.
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