Djokovic is still going strong in Paris (Picture: Clive Mason/Getty Images) The French Open 2023 has entered the second week with the action set to culminate with the two singles’ finals at the weekend. Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz remain on course for a blockbuster semi-final showdown, whilst last year’s runner-up Casper Ruud is lurking…
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French Open doubles player Miyu Kato and her partner have been forced to forfeit a match when the Japanese player accidentally hit a ball girl in the neck with a ball after a point. In the second set on Court 14 at Roland Garros on Sunday, Kato took a swing with her racquet and the ball…
We’ve all heard the arguments against Super Rugby’s eight-team finals series. In a 12-team competition, it lacks integrity, it rewards teams with 35 per cent winning records and minus 122 points differentials, and it sets up first versus eighth and second versus seventh quarter-finals that are unlikely to be competitive. As unarguable as all of…
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Rafael Nadal may not feature again until 2024 with recovery to take five months (Picture: Twitter) Rafael Nadal has revealed that his keyhole surgery was successful and that the recovery process will take five months – if there are no setbacks. The Spanish tennis legend, who recently confirmed that 2024 is likely to be his…
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Rafael Nadal has not played since January 18 at the Australian Open (Picture: Getty) Rafael Nadal is set to undergo surgery to help him return from his long-term injury issues as retirement looms for one of the greatest players of all time. The 36-year-old has not played since January 18 due to a nasty hip flexor…
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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size His pal Nick Kyrgios had hailed it a not-to-be-missed “popcorn match” – but when push came to shove in the middle of the night back home, he didn’t even stay up to watch buddy Thanasi Kokkinakis star in his…
Alex de Minaur has saluted the growing strength-in-depth of Australian men’s tennis on the day he ensured there will be a quartet in the second round for the first time in 23 years. Despite the disappointment of in-form Chris O’Connell and Alexei Popyrin both being beaten on Monday, de Minaur made it a hat-trick of…
The French Open is back on our screens (Picture: Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images) The finest stars of the tennis world will descend on Paris over the next two weeks for the French Open 2023. Despite the absence of 14-time Roland-Garros champion Rafael Nadal and British duo Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu, the clay court…
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A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Carlos Alcaraz is ready to take top billing at a grand slam for the first time as he steps into Rafael Nadal’s clay-court shoes. With the 14-time champion choosing to sit out a chunk of the season ahead of…
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Novak Djokovic is one of seven men looking to stop Carlos Alcaraz in Paris (Picture: Getty) Move aside Rafael Nadal, there is a new King of Clay in town. That’s not a dig at the 14-time champion, the best clay-court player of time, who misses Roland-Garros though injury. It’s more of an indication of a…
