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Slovenia beat Australia in BJK Finals opener
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Kaja Juvan got outsiders Slovenia off to a flyer with a 6-4 6-1 defeat of a rusty Ajla Tomljanovic. Former French Open semi-finalist Tamara Zidansek then overcame Daria Saville 6-1 6-4 to give Slovenia an unassailable lead, although a doubles rubber was still to be played. A strong-looking Kazakhstan team are the other country in Group B. The 12 qualifying nations are split into four sections of three with the group winners progressing to the semi-finals. Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Billie Jean King, Tamara Zidansek, Australia's Daria Saville, Marcelo Del Pozo, Kaja Juvan, Daria Saville, Martyn Herman, Ken Ferris Organizations: La, Billie Jean King Cup, Australia, French, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Thomson Locations: Seville, Spain, Slovenia, Czech Republic
CNN —Tennis player Amarissa Toth has apologized to her opponent Zhang Shuai after their match at the Hungarian Grand Prix ended in controversy on Tuesday. The Hungarian later celebrated as a tearful Zhang retired from the match. “I’m extremely sorry for what happened,” Toth said in a video posted by the Hungarian Grand Prix’s Instagram page Thursday. “I respect Zhang Shuai as a person and just as much as an athlete. A visibly distressed Zhang was heard asking, “Why did you do that?” as Toth retorts, “You’re making problems.”A tearful Zhang later opted to retire from the match, where she was trailing 6-5, prompting Toth to celebrate.
Persons: Amarissa Toth, Zhang Shuai, Toth, Zhang, , ” Toth, , Australia’s, Victoria, Victoria Azarenka tweeting, ” Zhang Organizations: CNN — Tennis, Victoria Azarenka Locations: Hungarian, Ukrainian
CNN —Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai retired from a match in tears after a tense incident with Amarissa Toth at the Hungarian Grand Prix saw Toth use her foot to erase a contested ball mark from the court. In Tuesday’s opening set, Zhang hit a crosscourt forehand that appeared to land on the line, with a line judge and later an umpire calling the ball out. Though the match continued for another point, the disputed call remained a sore point, and Zhang continued to question the decision. Zhang was incensed by the call during Tuesday's match in Budapest, Hungary. A number of tennis players decried Toth’s actions, with Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović criticizing Toth’s actions as “absolutely disgusting behaviour.”“Shuai is a better person than a lot of us for shaking the ref and that girl’s hand,” Tomljanovic wrote on Twitter.
Persons: Zhang Shuai, Amarissa Toth, Toth, Zhang, , , Australia’s, ” “ Shuai, ” Tomljanovic, Victoria Azarenka, Ellen Perez Organizations: CNN, WTA, Twitter, ” CNN Locations: Hungarian, Budapest, Hungary
“By the way,” Tomljanovic says at one point, “do we have a room?” Shortly after his daughter sealed her spot in the final eight of the world’s pre-eminent tennis tournament, Ratko was seen on booking.com, extending their stay in London. This is not the stuff of your typical sports documentary, but it is the life of a professional tennis player. “Break Point,” executive-produced by Paul Martin and the Oscar-winning filmmaker James Gay-Rees, arrived this year as a gift to tennis fans, for whom splashy, well-produced and readily accessible documentaries about the sport have been hard to come by. Perhaps this is because the narrative tropes of the genre tend toward triumphs and Gatorade showers, while the procedural and psychological realities of professional tennis lie elsewhere. The 10 episodes of “Break Point” render tennis unromantically: This is the rare sports doc whose primary subject is loss.
Persons: Ajla, Ratko, Chris Evert, ” Tomljanovic, Taylor Fritz, Paul Martin, Oscar, James Gay, Rees, splashy, Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic —, Michael Jordan’s, Nas, Isiah Thomas, , ” Barack Obama, Andre Agassi’s, , Stefanos Tsitsipas Organizations: Netflix, Tennis, Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, Gatorade Locations: London, Chicago
Zhang retires in tears after opponent erases mark on court
  + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
July 19 (Reuters) - China's Zhang Shuai retired from her Hungarian Grand Prix match in tears on Tuesday after her local opponent Amarissa Toth erased a ball mark on the clay court following a disputed line call. Second seed Zhang hit a crosscourt forehand that appeared to land on the line but was called out by the line judge. "Wait, wait, wait! Keep the mark," Zhang yelled. The home crowd jeered Zhang's retirement, while Toth shook hands with her before putting her arms up in celebration.
Persons: Zhang Shuai, Amarissa Toth, Zhang, Toth, Instagram, Tomljanovic, Shuai, Ellen Perez, I'm, Rohith Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Twitter, Thomson Locations: Budapest, Bengaluru
A boom in sports documentaries has offered athletes more ways to be on screen and build their brands. Players and their agents are looking for hits like Netflix Formula 1 doc series "Drive to Survive." Being featured in a sports doc can dramatically raise an athlete's profile, giving them more fans and more branding power. Netflix's "Drive to Survive" was credited with doing wonders for F1 fandom, particularly stateside, where American interest has historically been scarce. "These people can go on the air and broadcast their own content and they can capture and keep their own content," said Octagon VP of content and development Jason Weichelt.
[1/3] Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 22, 2023 Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in action during her fourth round match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Loren ElliottMELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Grand Slam success came to Jelena Ostapenko in a hurry when she hoisted the French Open trophy as an unseeded 20-year-old but the early career triumph soon became a burden. She next plays Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, who sent world number one Iga Swiatek packing in the early match at Rod Laver Arena. Her country's first Grand Slam champion, Ostapenko is hardly alone in being unable to back up after winning a major title but her retreat from the spotlight was sudden and sustained. Of course, (there was) a lot of attention from everywhere outside the court, like photo shoots and all those kind of things. Ostapenko is no shrinking violet and has sometimes let her emotions get the better of her on court.
Stosur announced on social media she will retire from the sport after a last appearance in the doubles tournaments at Melbourne Park, 21 years after her first Australian Open. read moreSince becoming a mum in mid-2020, Stosur has made a staged departure from the game, taking on a mentoring role with some of the country's emerging players. Still got to work out exactly what that is going to be," Stosur told reporters at Melbourne Park. "I'm too passionate about it, too invested in what all the other players are doing to just walk away. It's only going to take one to maybe get through that next spot and we'll seemore coming through."
January 15 - Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek are massive favorites to win their respective draws ahead of the start of the Australian Open on Sunday night. Djokovic makes his return to Melbourne after being deported ahead of last year's tournament because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. He is seeking a 10th Australian Open title, which would also pull him into a tie with Rafael Nadal for the most major titles of all time with 22. Fritz, 25, is seeking his first major title and faces a potential semifinal match against Djokovic if he can get that far. Ons Jabeur was turned back in the finals at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year.
For anyone who enjoyed, or sweated through, the white-knuckle excitement of last year’s U.S. Open, the first five episodes of “Break Point” will serve a followup, highlighting a new generation of professional tennis. Although the event saw the departure from professional sports of Serena Williams , it marked the emergence of a virtual constellation of nascent stars, including Casper Ruud , Ajla Tomljanović , Ons Jabeur , Frances Tiafoe and the men’s and women’s champions, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Świątek . Mr. Alcaraz and Ms. Świątek get scant mention in these initial parts of “Break Point,” but that will likely be addressed when the series resumes in June with another five sections; Netflix wouldn’t say what the subsequent chapters contain, but a teaser at the end of episode 5 indicates that most sins of omission will be corrected. In the meantime, the series begins following its subjects at last year’s Australian Open (with a couple of flashes further back for context), and the sense is of a series so rich in material—from games, interviews, crowds and aerial shots to triumphs, tears and tantrums—it makes one appreciate the kind of highly polished documentary one can make with enough resources and a hyperactive approach to editing.
A boom in sports documentaries has offered athletes more ways to be on screen and build their brands. Players and their agents are looking for hits like Netflix Formula 1 doc series "Drive to Survive." Apple TV+, HBO, and Amazon are all competing for sports docs that bring viewers into athletes' lives. Being featured in a sports doc can dramatically raise an athlete's profile, giving them more fans and more branding power. Netflix's "Drive to Survive" was credited with doing wonders for F1 fandom, particularly stateside, where American interest has historically been scarce.
The Year in Pictures 2022
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +57 min
Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. But 2022 undoubtedly belongs to the war in Ukraine, a conflict now settling into a worryingly predictable rhythm. Erin Schaff/The New York Times “When you’re standing on the ground, you can’t visualize the scope of the destruction. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25. We see the same images over and over, and it’s really hard to make anything different.” Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26.
The teams also clashed in the semi-finals of last year's event in Prague, where Teichmann overcame Sanders and Bencic defeated Tomljanovic before Switzerland went on to finish runners-up to Russia. Seven-times winners Australia had beaten hosts Britain in the semi-final and were seeking their first title since 1974. Australia had replaced the Russian team in this year's competition after the country was banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup titles following its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. Switzerland became the 12th different country to win the tournament, formerly known as the Fed Cup, and the first new champions since Italy in 2006. "You saw how many close points there were, who knows why we win some and lose some.
Australia knock out Britain in nail-biting BJK Cup semis
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Storm Sanders was Australia's hero after she won the first singles rubber before returning for the deciding doubles match alongside 38-year-old Samantha Stosur. It's a real honour to represent Australia in the final," Sanders said in a post-match interview while Stosur said "nobody deserved to lose that one". Britain, who reached the semi-finals for the first time in 41 years, started poorly as Sanders put Australia on the board when she beat Heather Watson 6-4 7-6(3) in the opening singles match. With the home crowd firmly behind Dart, she served for the set and Tomljanovic's return went long on the first match point as Britain levelled the tie. Australia will play either Switzerland or the Czech Republic in the final on Sunday.
Storm Sanders dispatched Alison van Uytvanck 6-2 6-2 and Ajla Tomljanovic rallied from a set and a break down before Elise Mertens retired injured trailing 4-6 6-4 3-0 to earn Australia their second Group B win. Britain also booked a semi-final spot from Group C after Alicia Barnett and Olivia Nicholls sealed a surprise 3-0 win over Spain and they face Australia on Saturday. Heather Watson defeated Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-0 6-2 and Harriet Dart earned a surprise victory over Paula Badosa 6-3 6-4. Canada crushed Italy 3-0 after Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez claimed impressive singles victories to get their campaign off to a perfect start. Katerina Siniakova and Marketa Vondrousova outclassed Polish duo Katarzyna Kawa and Magda Linette 6-2 6-3.
Bencic leads Switzerland past Italy, Slovakia beat Belgium
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Nov 9 (Reuters) - Belinda Bencic led Switzerland to victory over Italy in their opening Billie Jean King Cup tie on Wednesday while Slovakia bounced back from a tough loss to Australia to defeat Belgium and get their campaign back on track. Earlier, Viktoria Kuzmova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova won their singles ties to help secure a 2-1 victory over Belgium in their final Group B tie. Schmiedlova sealed the tie for Slovakia in a tenacious 5-7 6-2 6-3 win over Maryna Zanevska before the doubles pairing of Elise Mertens and Kirsten Flipkens got Belgium on the board with a crushing 6-0 6-3 win over Kuzmova and Mihalikova. The United States will take on Poland in Group D while Spain face Kazakhstan in Group C later on Wednesday. Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Mandatory Credit: Danielle ParhizkaranNov 2 (Reuters) - TMRW Sports, a tech-focused company co-founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, announced on Wednesday a star-studded investor group that includes tennis great Serena Williams and seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton. The team of investors also includes four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry, three-times tennis Grand Slam winner Andy Murray, Japanese two-way standout Shohei Ohtani of Major League Baseball and two-time women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan. According to TMRW Sports, the initial investment group's sports experience also includes team ownership in every major league and ranges across F1, NFL, NBA, Premier League, MLB, NHL, MLS, tennis, esports, surfing, and golf. TMRW Sports -- pronounced 'tomorrow sports' -- was launched in August with the goal of using technology to help create new pathways for the next generation to enjoy sports. "Connect Ventures is thrilled to work alongside this world-class group of investors to support Tiger, Rory and Mike's vision to further accelerate the evolution of sports and make it more accessible for all."
CNN —Serena Williams continues to tease tennis fans about whether they will see her back on court, this time saying she is “not retired” from the sport. Williams, considered by many as the greatest player of all time, announced she would “evolve away from tennis” after this year’s US Open, adding that she “never liked the word retirement.”In a brief comeback to the sport last year, the 23-time grand slam champion completed in singles at Wimbledon, the National Bank Open, the Western & Southern Open and the US Open, where she was knocked out by Ajla Tomljanović in the third round. Speaking at the recent TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco to promote Serena Ventures, her investment company, Williams, 41, said: “I’m not retired … The chances are very high [of playing again]. You come to my house, I’ve got a court.”Last month, in an interview on Good Morning America, Williams said “you never know” to a return to competitive tennis and explained how NFL quarterback Tom Brady had “started a really cool trend.”The 45-year-old Brady said he was retiring from the NFL in February, only to later reverse that decision and continue his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season. As part of her plans to “evolve away from tennis,” Williams said she would be spending more time with her family, as well as pursuing her business interests and charity ambassador roles.
Samsonova shines in Tokyo for third title in two months
  + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Tennis - Pan Pacific Open - Women's Singles - Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan - September 25, 2022. Russia's Liudmila Samsonova reacts after winning against China's Zheng Qinwen during their final match. World number 30 Samsonova won consecutive titles in Washington and Cleveland in the run-up to the hardcourt Grand Slam in New York and she is projected to reach a career-high ranking just outside the top 20 on Monday. I need little bit of time," Samsonova said on court, having won all four Tour-level championship matches she has reached. With Sunday's win Samsonova capped a strong week at the WTA 500 event, having not dropped a set all week and with victories over Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and multiple major winner Garbine Muguruza during the tournament.
Sursa foto: Getty ImagesScandal la Wimbledon: Jelena Ostapenko și Ajla Tomljanovic, schimb dur de repliciAjla Tomljanovic a învins-o pe Jelena Ostapenko, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, în turul trei de la Wimbledon, meci care a oferit un scandal, chiar între cele două jucătoare. În setul trei, la 0-4, Jelena Ostapenko a solicitat intervenția fizioterapeutului, însă Ajla Tomljanovic a acuzat-o că a cerut pauza doar pentru a-i provoca ieșirea din ritm. După ce Jelena Ostapenko a mers la bancă, Ajla Tomljanovic s-a îndreptat spre arbitrul de scaun, căruia i-a spus: ”Știi că minte, nu? După ultimul punct, Jelena Ostapenko și Ajla Tomljanovic au purtat un schimb dur de replici, la fileu, unde, în mod normal, jucătoarele se felicită la finalul confruntării. În turul patru, unde a acces datorită victoriei cu Jelena Ostapenko, Ajla Tomljanovic va juca împotriva Emmei Răducanu, cea care a trecut în a treia rundă de Sorana Cîrstea, 6-3, 7-5.
Persons: Tomljanovic, Ajla, Emmei Răducanu Organizations: Dac, Slam Locations: Wimbledon
Noua revelație a tenisului feminin, Emma Răducanu, s-a calificat în optimile de finală ale turneului de Mare Șlem de la Wimbledon. În optimi, Răducanu o va întâlni pe Ajla Tomljanovic din Australia. Angelique Kerber o va înfrunta în optimi pe Cori Gauff din Statele Unite ale Americii. În următorul tur, sportiva din Cehia o va întâlni pe spaniola Paula Badosa Gibert. Campioana turneului de la Wimbledon va încasa un milion 980 de mii de euro.
Persons: Emma Răducanu, Sorana, . Răducanu, Răducanu, Angelique, Cori, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Paula Badosa Organizations: Mare, WTA, Open Locations: Wimbledon, română, Canada, Anglia, Australia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Franței, Cehia
Jucătoarea rusă de tenis Iana Sizikova a fost arestată joi seara la Paris, fiind suspectată că a pierdut în mod intenţionat un meci de dublu feminin, la ediţia 2020 a turneului de Mare Şlem de la Roland Garros, anunţă cotidianul Le Parisien, citat de agerpres.ro, informaţia fiind confirmată de surse judiciare. Le Parisien scrie că agenţii de poliţie s-au lovit de opoziţia agenţilor serviciului de securitate în momentul arestării rusoaicei, a cărei cameră de hotel a fost percheziţionată. Meciul suspectat ar fi, conform publicaţiei pariziene, cel pe care Iana Sizikova şi americanca Madison Brengle l-au disputat împotriva româncelor Andreea Mitu şi Patricia Ţig, în prima rundă a ediţiei de anul trecut de la Roland Garros. "Dacă româncele, considerate favorite, au câştigat în mod logic (7-6, 6-4), suspiciunile sunt legate de cel de-al cincilea ghem al celui de-al doilea set. Iana Sizikova a comis două duble greşeli şi a pierdut un alt punct în timpul acestui ghem", scrie Le Parisien.
Persons: Roland, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Storm Saunders, Le, Madison Brengle, Andreea Mitu, Patricia Ţig, Roland Garros ., Acestea, Sizikova, Le Parisien, Anastasia Potapova Organizations: rusă, Madison Locations: Sizikova, Paris, Roland Garros, Iana, Lausanne
Le Parisien scrie că agenţii de poliţie s-au lovit de opoziţia agenţilor serviciului de securitate în momentul arestării rusoaicei, a cărei cameră de hotel a fost percheziţionată. Meciul suspectat ar fi, conform publicaţiei pariziene, cel pe care Iana Sizikova şi americanca Madison Brengle l-au disputat împotriva româncelor Andreea Mitu și Patricia Țig, în prima rundă a ediţiei de anul trecut de la Roland Garros. „Dacă româncele, considerate favorite, au câştigat în mod logic (7-6, 6-4), suspiciunile sunt legate de cel de-al cincilea ghem al celui de-al doilea set. Iana Sizikova a comis două duble greşeli şi a pierdut un alt punct în timpul acestui ghem”, scrie Le Parisien. Câştigurile sale din carieră se ridică, potrivit WTA, la aproximativ 170.000 de euro.
Persons: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Storm Saunders, Le, Madison Brengle, Andreea Mitu, Patricia Țig, Roland Garros ., Acestea, Sizikova, Le Parisien, Anastasia Potapova Organizations: Madison Locations: Paris, Iana, Lausanne
Sursa foto: championat.comO jucătoare de tenis, arestată; Este acuzată de trucarea unui meci la turneul de Grand SlamRusoaica Yana Sizikova (26 de ani) a fost "ridicată" de autoritățile franceze imediat după încheierea meciului din primul tur al probei de dublu, pierdut alături de compatrioata sa, Ekaterina Alexandrova, în fața perechii Tomljanovic/Sanders, 1-6, 1-6. A 101-a jucătoare a lumii la dublu este acuzată că nu și-ar fi apărat corect șansele în game-ul cinci din setul doi. Rusoaica este acuzată de „escrocherie în grup organizat" și „corupție sportivă activă și pasivă", potrivit Le Parisien. Aceeași sursă scrie că agenţii de poliţie s-au lovit de opoziţia agenţilor serviciului de securitate în momentul arestării Yanei Sizikova, a cărei cameră de hotel a fost percheziţionată. Aflată la serviciu, jucătoarea din Rusia a făcut două duble greșeli și a ratat o minge care părea destul de ușoară.
Persons: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Sanders, Roland Garros, Patricia Țig, Andreea Mitu, Madison, Rusoaica, Le, Româncele Mitu, Țig, Anastasia Organizations: Slam Locations: Rusia, Iana, Lausanne
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