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Tennis Star Pete Sampras Reveals Wife and Actress Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Has Ovarian Cancer
Former tennis star Pete Sampras revealed his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, has ovarian cancer. In a statement posted on the ATP Tour’s official social media account, Sampras shared a lengthy statement explaining that though he is typically a quiet and private person, he wanted to share the news of his wife’s cancer diagnosis. “This past…
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WTA Finals: Aryna Sabalenka slams organisation of tournament – ‘I feel really disrespected by the WTA’
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka has criticised the organisation of the WTA Finals in Mexico, saying she feels “disrespected” by the Women’s Tennis Association and revealing that she felt “unsafe” moving on the court during her opening victory. Cancun was only confirmed as the host city in September after talks between the WTA and Saudi…
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Men’s Tennis Concludes Fall Season at Seahawk Invitational – Coastal Carolina University Athletics
Story Links Wilmington, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina men’s tennis team concluded its 2023 fall season today with final round of play at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational in Wilmington, N.C. During the tournament’s first two days, the Chants went 13-5 across the singles and doubles brackets, with Rivers Cahill, Jesus Garcia, Guilherme Toresan and Lucas…
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Girls Tennis: McNair wins Hudson team title, Galeano captures 1S indiv. crown
The Hudson County Team Tournament and the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League Individual Tournament finished up this past weekend. Top-seeded McNair edged second-seeded Memorial, 3-2, on Friday at Lincoln Park in Jersey City in the team tournament final while Laura Galeano of North Bergen won her second-straight first singles individual title.
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Santiago 2023 – Laura Pigossi takes women’s tennis title at Pan Am Games
Tokyo 2020 women’s double bronze medallist Laura Pigossi of Brazil defeated Argentina’s Lourdes Carle Sunday evening (29 October 2023) to claim Pan American Games women’s tennis singles gold. The final score was 6-2, 6-3. In the opening set, Pigossi broke early for 2-0 lead after Lourdes had to be attended to by the trainer at…
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Conestoga girls tennis squad finishes 2nd at PIAA 3A state team tournament
The PIAA 3A girls’ tennis team state championship finals Saturday featured a rematch of the District 1 3A team finals, Conestoga facing Council Rock South. And, in a repeat of the district final, Conestoga lost, 3-1, this time at the Hershey Racquet Club. For Conestoga, Jennifer He at third singles recorded the Pioneers’ lone match…
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Pete Sampras reveals wife Bridgette Wilson’s ovarian cancer battle:…
American tennis great Pete Sampras revealed that his wife Bridgette Wilson Sampras, 50, had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The 14-time Grand Slam champion released the news through the ATP and asked for “good thoughts and prayers” from the tennis community as his wife battles the disease. Wilson Sampras had been diagnosed in December, according…
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Mesa celebrates opening of eight new pickleball courts
PHOENIX — Mesa celebrated the addition of eight new pickleball courts at the Mesa Tennis and Pickleball Center on Wednesday. The Mesa Tennis and Pickleball Center is open to the public and is located at Gene Autry Park on East McKellips Road. The grand opening event featured a brief program and ribbon-cutting ceremony before players put…
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Shelton vs Davidovich Fokina Prediction (R1): 2023 ATP Paris Tennis
Ben Shelton will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the 2023 ATP Paris tennis event this week. This will be a first-round match in the tournament, a competition that is also known as the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters. The match will be on Monday’s order of play from Paris. For those following Shelton in the USA,…
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Dan Evans out of Great Britain’s Davis Cup Finals clash with Novak Djokovic’s Serbia with calf injury
Dan Evans has been forced to withdraw from the Davis Cup Finals after picking up a calf injury at the Vienna Open. Great Britain are set to face Serbia in the quarter-finals in Malaga next month but will do so without the 33-year-old. Team GB captain Leon Smith had named an unchanged side of Cameron…