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'Greatest' Serena, the pioneer of 'tennis intimidation', turns 40
AFP, Published on 25/09/2021
» BIOT (FRANCE) - Serena Williams turns 40 on Sunday with her long-time coach hailing her as the "greatest of all time" and a pioneer of tennis "intimidation".
Raducanu to face Fernandez in historic all-teen US Open final
AFP, Published on 10/09/2021
» NEW YORK - British 18-year-old qualifier Emma Raducanu and Canadian 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez completed astonishing runs to their historic first Grand Slam final on Thursday at the US Open.
'My lucky place': Kvitova to face Kenin in first Roland Garros semi-final in eight years
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» PARIS - Petra Kvitova returned to the French Open semi-finals for the first time in eight years on Wednesday after defeating Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-3, describing Roland Garros as her "lucky place".
Hunger games?: Tennis foot soldiers struggle in time of virus
AFP, Published on 29/03/2020
» PARIS - With careers spent scratching around dusty outposts, sometimes with "just $100" in their pockets, tennis' unheralded army of foot soldiers claim they are struggling to afford food after being made unemployed overnight by the coronavirus pandemic.
Goodbye, tennis: Sharapova announces retirement
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» PARIS - Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable and highest-paid sportswomen, on Wednesday announced her retirement at the age of 32.
Goodbye, tennis: Sharapova announces retirement
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» PARIS - Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable sportswomen, on Wednesday announced her retirement at the age of 32.
Nike risks being burned by Salazar doping scandal
AFP, Published on 03/10/2019
» NEW YORK - With Nike-backed athletics coach Alberto Salazar slapped with a four-year ban for doping, the US sportswear giant risks being caught up in the scandal -- its CEO is even quoted in the suspension ruling.
Wimbledon day six - three matches to watch
AFP, Published on 06/07/2019
» LONDON - Three third round matches to watch at Wimbledon on Saturday, the sixth day of the 2019 tournament (x denotes seeded player:
Sharapova stuns Wozniacki as ice men Nadal and Federer plough on
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Maria Sharapova stunned defending champion Caroline Wozniacki to sweep into the Australian Open last 16 Friday and join ice men Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who clinically disposed of their opponents.
Federer, Nadal stay on track as Sharapova sets up Wozniacki showdown
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Roger Federer ground out a tough three-set win to make the Australian Open third round for an incredible 20th straight year Wednesday, with long-time rival Rafael Nadal also safely through in his drive towards an 18th Grand Slam title.