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CNN —It wasn’t pretty, but Novak Djokovic booked his spot in the 2024 Australian Open third round on Wednesday, beating Australian home favorite Alexei Popyrin in four sets 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in a hard-fought affair. 1 seed was able to race away during the second half of the match to continue his run for a record-extending 11th Australian Open men’s title. He deserves a big round of applause.”During his opening two matches at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Djokovic hasn’t played at the imperious levels we’ve come to expect from him. He dropped a set in his opening round match against Dino Prižmić and he struggled for consistency against Popyrin. “She has a big game, big serve, big shots, very athletic.
Persons: Novak Djokovic, Alexei Popyrin, Djokovic, , Djokovic hasn’t, Dino Prižmić, Popyrin, Lillian Suwanrumpha, Ravi Ubha, haven’t, I’m, I’ll, Gauff, Coco Gauff, Caroline Dolehide, Leylah Fernandez, Issei Kato, ” Gauff, Sloane, Stephens, Maria, Sakkari, Organizations: CNN, Popyrin, Parks, Dolehide, Reuters Locations: Melbourne, AFP, Delray Beach
CNN —Coco Gauff showcased a devastating new serve as she sealed an impressive straight sets – 6-3 6-0 – victory against Anna Karolína Schmiedlová at the Australian Open on Monday. It worked with devastating effect in the first round demolition of Schmiedlova, with Gauff recording 123 mph for her fastest serve. “I don’t think I could have gotten anybody else better to help me,” Gauff told reporters after her win, speaking about Roddick’s influence. “I just told myself, ‘I feel good, I look good, so just have fun,’” Gauff told reporters after the match. That’s why I play tennis, to have fun, so I remind myself.”She added: “I was able to just calm down and then play good, not my best, but good tennis from that point.
Persons: Coco Gauff, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Andy Roddick, Gauff, Roddick, ” Gauff, Jason Heidrich, she’s, Rod Laver, , Caroline Dolehide Organizations: CNN, Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Sakkari beats Dolehide to win Guadalajara title
  + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Second seed Sakkari powered past Dolehide, who is ranked 111th in the world, for a 7-5 6-3 victory to capture her second career title, ending the week without dropping a set. Sakkari had lost six finals since winning her first title at the WTA 250 tournament in Rabat in 2019. "We've heard so many bad things - that I will never win a title, that I'm a top-five player with only winning one title," said Sakkari, who broke down in tears after her win. We've waited for more than four years for a second title." In Saturday's final, Dolehide rallied from a break down in a tight opening set to take a 5-4 lead, but Sakkari won the next three games to take the set.
Persons: Maria Sakkari, Caroline Dolehide, Henry Romero, American Caroline, Sakkari, Jessica Pegula, We've, Tom, Dolehide, Hritika Sharma, Jamie Freed Organizations: Panamerican Tennis Center, U.S, REUTERS, WTA, Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, Greece, American, Rabat, Hyderabad
Playing in her first career semi-final, the 25-year-old Dolehide fought back from a break down in both sets against Kenin to win the all-American clash 7-5 6-3 in an hour and 25 minutes. "I'm really proud of myself for getting through that one today, because Sonya is not an easy player to get by," Dolehide, 25, said before Saturday's final, using Kenin's nickname. World number nine Sakkari reached the Guadalajara final for the second straight year after a 6-3 6-0 win over third seed Caroline Garcia of France. Sakkari, who lost to Jessica Pegula in last year's final, has not dropped a set this week and is aiming to win her first title since the WTA 250 tournament in Rabat in 2019. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Caroline Dolehide, Sofia Kenin, Henry Romero, Maria Sakkari, Dolehide, Kenin, Martina Trevisan, Sonya, Caroline Garcia of, Sakkari, Jessica Pegula, that's, couldn't, Hritika Sharma, William Mallard Organizations: Panamerican Tennis Center, Sofia, U.S, REUTERS, Rights, WTA, Guadalajara, Caroline Garcia of France, Wimbledon, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, Rights GUADALAJARA, Greece, Rabat, Hyderabad
WTA roundup: Greet Minnen, Yulia Putintseva advance in China
  + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The unseeded Putintseva eliminated third seed Tatjana Maria of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-0. Putintseva converted six of 12 break points and saved nine of 11, overcoming Maria's 6-1 edge in aces. Minnen, the seventh seed, ousted fourth seed Lucia Bronzetti of Italy 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-1. Top seed Magda Linette of Poland avoided the upset in defeating fifth seed Rebeka Masarova of Spain 7-5, 7-6 (6). In the semifinals, Dolehide will face countrywoman Sofia Kenin, who was a 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1 winner over Canada's Leylah Fernandez on Thursday.
Persons: Belgium's, Minnen, Venus Williams, Shannon Stapleton, Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, Putintseva, Tatjana Maria, Lucia Bronzetti, Magda Linette, Rebeka, China's Xiyu Wang, Wang, Linette, Caroline Dolehide, Martina Trevisan, Dolehide, Trevisan, countrywoman Sofia Kenin, Canada's Leylah Fernandez, Maria Sakkari, Colombia's Emiliana Arango, Caroline Garcia of Organizations: Tennis, U.S, REUTERS, Guangzhou, Slovakian Viktoria Hruncakova, Guadalajara Open Akron, Caroline Garcia of France, Victoria Azarenka, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, China, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Putintseva, Guadalajara, Mexico
"I'm very happy, very proud of myself," said Kenin, who is bidding to make her first WTA 1000 final. In the semi-finals, Kenin will take on American world number 111 Caroline Dolehide who saved four matchpoints to beat Martina Trevisan 3-6 7-6(9) 6-3. "To be honest, I had to find a way today to win," Dolehide said after reaching her first Tour-level semi-final. "I just played with my kick, played with my best shots and I ended up winning that set. The Frenchwoman meets second seed and last year's runner-up Maria Sakkari, who eased past Emiliana Arango 6-3 6-4.
Persons: Sofia Kenin, Canada's Leylah Fernandez, Henry Romero, Leylah Fernandez, Kenin, I've, Caroline Dolehide, Martina Trevisan, Dolehide, Caroline Garcia, Garcia, Maria Sakkari, Emiliana Arango, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Panamerican Tennis Center, Canada's Leylah Fernandez REUTERS, Rights, San Diego Open, Victoria Azarenka, Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, Rights GUADALAJARA, Melbourne, Bengaluru
WTA roundup: Russian teen wins opener at Guangzhou
  + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Shnaider won six straight games in the first set and came back from a 2-0 hole in the second set to win in 75 minutes. Denmark's Clara Tauson eliminated Fruhvirtova 6-2, 7-6 (6). In other second-round matches, Martina Trevisan upset 15th-seeded Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-2 in an all-Italian matchup, and seventh-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia downed Canada's Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Colombia's Emiliana Arango knocked out 11th-seeded Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-4, 6-3, and Italy's Camila Giorgi defeated Egypt's Mayar Sherif, the No. 14 seed, 7-5, 6-3.
Persons: Maria Sakkari, Russia's Diana Shnaider, Carl Recine, Diana Shnaider, Claire Liu, Shnaider, Liu's, Linda Fruhvirtova, Denmark's Clara Tauson, Magda Linette, Jodie Burrage, Minnen, Harriet Dart of, Akron Hailey, Karolina Pliskova, Baptiste, Pliskova, Martina Trevisan, Jasmine Paolini, Veronika Kudermetova, Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, Victoria, Caroline Dolehide, Emma Navarro, Sofia Kenin, Sachia Vickery, Colombia's Emiliana Arango, Anastasia Potapova, Italy's Camila Giorgi, Egypt's Mayar Sherif Organizations: Melbourne, Guangzhou, Harriet Dart of Great Britain, Guadalajara, Akron, D.C, WTA, Victoria Azarenka, Thomson Locations: Melbourne, Australia, China, Czech Republic, Poland, Britain, Spain, Belgium, Harriet Dart of Great, Akron Hailey Baptiste, Washington, Guadalajara, Mexico, Russia, Belarus, United States
Kasatkina speeds through to Wimbledon's third round
  + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/5] Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 5, 2023 Russia's Daria Kasatkina celebrates winning her second round match against Britain's Jodie Burrage REUTERS/Dylan MartinezJuly 5 (Reuters) - Daria Kasatkina made swift and short work of her second round match at Wimbledon thumping British wildcard Jodie Burrage 6-0 6-2 in an hour on Wednesday. Burrage, who accumulated only eight points in the first set, dropped her first service game with a double fault and served another to hand Kasatkina the first set. But her brief flurry was curbed when Kasatkina broke back immediately before the players were ushered off court because of a shower. Kasatkina won the match with another break of serve when Burrage heaved a forehand long. Kasatkina reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2018 and plans to do better this year.
Persons: Daria Kasatkina, Britain's Jodie Burrage, Dylan Martinez, Jodie Burrage, Kasatkina, Caroline Dolehide, Burrage, Clare Lovell, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Wimbledon, Court, Briton, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Russian
WTA roundup: Katie Volynets escapes 5-0, third-set hole
  + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
March 2 - Down 5-0 and a match point in the third set, the United States' Katie Volynets rallied to upset third-seeded Anastasia Potapova of Russia 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday in the second round of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas. Volynets heated up while winning the last seven games, as she lost just one point total in the final three games. Abierto GNP SegurosThird-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia needed just 80 minutes to rout the United States' Emma Navarro 6-3, 6-2 in the second round at Monterrey, Mexico. Fifth-seeded Lin Zhu of China registered a 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3 win over Canada's Rebecca Marino, and Belgium's Ysaline Bonaventure topped Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova 7-6 (2), 1-6, 6-3. In the last match of the night, Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova was scheduled to oppose the United States' Caroline Dolehide.
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