WIMBLEDON, Great Britain Despite the scores, there was a battle in all four quarterfinal matches. [11] Serena Williams (USA) will meet the dangerous thirty-three-year-old, who is in her first ever major semifinal, [54] Barbora Strycova (CZE). [7] Simona Halep (ROU) will meet [8] Elina Svitolina (UKR). Like Strycova, Svitolina is into her first ever major…
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I am a tennis fan; actually, more than just a tennis fan, so I had heard of Cori (aka: Coco) Gauff (DOB: 03.13.2004). I saw her play live for the first time in the qualifying rounds of the 2018 US Open (08.22.2018). 2018 US Open Qualifying Rounds I got to the stadium early enough to…
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ROLAND GARROS, FRANCE Men’s Quarter-finalists [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) is on a mission and so is his opponent [5] Alexander Zverev (GER). Their head-to-head is tied 2:2 with Zverev winning their only encounter on clay. However, Zverev has been struggling to find his confidence and that may play right into the hands of the Serbian….
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ROLAND GARROS, FRANCE SEEDS UPENDED BY UNSEEDED PLAYERS [1] Naomi Osaka has been hanging on by a thread this entire tournament; and while she did not play her best today, give her opponent credit for capitalizing on the opportunity. [42] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) has always had game; however, lately she has struggled to string wins…
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Qatar Total Open, Doha Championship Match: [3] Simona Halep (ROU) vs. [21] Elise Mertens (BEL) BREAKS WAS THE THEME OF THE MATCH Three straight breaks started the match before Halep finally held; however, unlike their previous two matches on clay where she completely dominated Mertens, Halep had no such domination in this match. It was…
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN: DAY 8 There is no denying it, Serena Williams is playing not only because she loves tennis but because she wants to break Margaret Court’s record at the majors. Court has 24 major titles and Williams would like to surpass that number. Her first real challenge came today in the form of the…
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