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World Tennis League | Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev part of PBG Eagles
Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev will be part of the team owned by Punit Balan Group, PBG Eagles, in the World Tennis League to be played at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi from December 21 to 24. It will be the tenth venture of the Pune group in sports leagues, after the ones in…
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Toni Nadal expects nephew Rafael Nadal to return at Australian Open after almost a year out with hip injury
Toni Nadal is expecting his nephew Rafael Nadal to return to action at the Australian Open in January after almost a year out. Nadal has not featured on the court since a shock second-round exit to MacKenzie McDonald at this year’s Australian Open, with a hip injury ruling him out of the rest of the…
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Peus and Hofflander Wrap up Women’s Tennis ITA Fall Nationals
Story Links SAN DIEGO – Junior Lindsey Hofflander and sophomore Phoebe Peus finished up play at the ITA Fall Nationals in San Diego on Thursday. The duo played against grad student Tanya Sasnouskaya and junior Sabina Zeynalova from Texas and fell 6-2, 6-3. “Phoebe and Lindsey competed hard in their match against an excellent Texas team,” said Head Coach Lucie Schmidhauser.…
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Bencic announces pregnancy with first child
The Hologic WTA Tour’s sorority of moms is about to grow by one. On Friday, World No.14 and Tokyo Olympic champion Belinda Bencic announced her pregnancy. Bencic, 26, revealed the happy news on an Instagram post. “Expecting our little miracle soon!” Bencic wrote alongside a photos of she and longtime boyfriend Martin Hromkovic, 41, holding…
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WTA Finals: Scenarios for Sabalenka and Swiatek to lock up the No.1 ranking
As the last tranche of group-stage matches at the WTA Finals Cancun get under way, the battle for the year-end No.1 ranking between Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek is coming into clearer focus. At the start of Day 6, Sabalenka and Swiatek both have one round-robin match to complete. Sabalenka leads Elena Rybakina 6-2, 3-5…
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Belinda Bencic, Olympic tennis gold medalist, announces pregnancy
Tokyo Olympic tennis gold medalist Belinda Bencic of Switzerland announced she is pregnant with her first child. “Expecting our little miracle soon!” was posted on her social media. “We can’t wait to meet you.” Bencic, 26, did not say if or when she hopes to return to competition after childbirth. Depending on the timeline, if…
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Tennis legend Roger Federer joins Siya Kolisi in Springboks celebrations
Springboks captain Siya Kolisi had notable sporting figure Roger Federer join him as celebrations for South Africa’s Rugby World Cup success continue. Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam winner, joined Kolisi’s Instagram Live as the captain shared his celebrations with his one million followers on the social media platform. The Swiss tennis star is seen taking…
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Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic announces she is expecting her first child
GENEVA — Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic is expecting her first child. The 26-year-old Swiss player and her partner Martin Hromkovič, a former professional soccer player who is also her fitness coach, announced the news on their Instagram accounts on Friday. “Expecting our little miracle soon! We can’t wait to meet you,” Bencic wrote. She…
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‘You have been heard’: WTA apologises to players for Cancún conditions
The Women’s Tennis Association has conceded that this year’s edition of the tour finals was “not a perfect event” and signalled changes to the operation of the circuit after a series of complaints from leading players about how they are treated. In a letter to the players leaked to Sports Illustrated, the WTA chief executive,…
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MM 11.3: Maryland tennis players finish second day of ITA Fall National Championships
By Drew Owens Maryland tennis players Mary Brumfield and Selma Cadar finished their two days of competition at the ITA Fall National Championships in San Diego, California. Cadar entered the competition being qualified for both singles and doubles competition, but fell to Malaika Rapolu (Texas) in singles. She then beat LSU’s Kinaa Graham in a…