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☆ Tiafoe beats 'annoying' Mannarino, Paul inspired by young fan at U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Tiafoe managed to convert just five of 15 break points and said the 35-year-old Frenchman's unpredictable style gave him fits in the nearly three-hour affair. "He's so annoying to play," Tiafoe said to laughs during an on-court interview. "I think we got him tickets to our box but he ended up getting better tickets right on the side of the court," Paul told reporters. Next up for Paul is 20-year-old American Ben Shelton after the 20-year-old ran away with a 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0 win over Aslan Karatsev earlier on Friday. American men are looking to snap a 20-year major drought at this year's U.S. Open.

Persons: Frances Tiafoe, France's Adrian Mannarino REUTERS, Brendan Mcdermid, Adrian Mannarino, Tiafoe, what's, I'm, shrugged, I've, Arthur Ashe, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, SUPERFAN Paul, Eddy, Paul, Ben Shelton, Aslan Karatsev, Taylor Fritz, Jakub Mensik, Rory Carroll, Ken Ferris Organizations: Tennis, Louis Armstrong, U.S, Flushing, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Flushing Meadows, Brooklyn, Czech, U.S, Los Angeles

☆ Ace king Isner calls it a career after U.S. Open loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Aug 31, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; John Isner of the United States serves against Michael Mmoh of the United States (not pictured) on day four of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Isner had match point at 5-4 in the fifth but Mmoh was able to serve his way out of trouble and levelled with a drop shot. After a successful college career at Georgia, Isner turned pro in 2007 and went on to reach a career high of world number eight. He won the longest professional tennis match in history against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and took place over three days. Isner finishes his 17-year pro career with 14,470 aces, a record that is unlikely to be broken anytime soon.

Persons: John Isner, Michael Mmoh, USTA Billie Jean King, Geoff Burke, Isner, Mmoh, it's, It's, Madison, Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, Jack Sock, Albano Olivetti, Robert Galloway, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Rory Carroll, Frank Pingue, Ed Osmond Organizations: United States, USTA Billie, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, USA, U.S ., Georgia, Miami, Wimbledon, England, U.S, Thomson Locations: Flushing , NY, USA, United, United States, Robert Galloway . U.S, Los Angeles, Toronto

☆ Flawless Fritz eases past Varillas into US Open third round
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Aug 30, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Taylor Fritz of the United States reaches for a backhand against Juan Pablo Varillas of Peru (not pictured) on day three of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Ninth seed Taylor Fritz marched into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1 6-2 6-2 win over Juan Pablo Varillas on Wednesday to match his best result at his home Grand Slam. They're also good confidence builders," said Fritz, who has dropped only 10 games in two matches so far. Fritz set the tone at Louis Armstrong Stadium by breaking Peruvian Varillas in the second game and grabbed another break late in the opening set to close it out in only 26 minutes. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Juan Pablo Varillas, USTA Billie Jean King, Geoff Burke, Fritz, Daniil Medvedev, They're, Louis Armstrong, Varillas, Jakub Mensik, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Peter Rutherford Organizations: USTA Billie, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, USA, U.S, Louis, Czech, Thomson Locations: Flushing , NY, USA, United, Peru, U.S, Bengaluru

☆ US Open order of play on Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Tennis - U.S. Open - Flushing Meadows, New York, United States - August 30, 2023 Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action during his second round match against Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles REUTERS/Mike Segar Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Order of play on the main show courts on the fifth day of the U.S. Open on Friday (play starts 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding):ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM (1600 GMT/12 PM ET)14-Tommy Paul (U.S.) v 21-Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain)Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Jennifer Brady (U.S.)32-Elise Mertens (Belgium) v 6-Coco Gauff (U.S)32-Laslo Djere (Serbia) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)LOUIS ARMSTRONG STADIUM10-Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic) v Taylor Townsend (U.S.)1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Kaja Juvan (Slovenia)22-Adrian Mannarino (France) v 10-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) v 9-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)4-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 30-Sorana Cirstea (Romania)Compiled by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Mike Segar, ARTHUR ASHE, Tommy Paul, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Caroline Wozniacki, Jennifer Brady, Elise Mertens, Coco Gauff, Laslo Djere, Novak Djokovic, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, Karolina Muchova, Taylor Townsend, Swiatek, Adrian Mannarino, Frances Tiafoe, Jakub Mensik, Taylor Fritz, Elena Rybakina, Sorana, Janina Nuno Rios, Ed Osmond Organizations: Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles REUTERS, U.S, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Serbia, Czech Republic, U.S, Poland, Slovenia, France, Kazakhstan, Romania, Mexico City

☆ Djokovic, Swiatek advance before China's Zhang shocks Ruud at US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/7] Aug 30, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits to Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain on day three of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. But while results followed the form book for much of the day at the year's final Grand Slam, shocks sprung up as the sun went down. Earlier, Swiss young gun Dominic Stricker delivered a shock by grinding out a 7-5 6-7(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3 win over Greek seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas for his first top-10 win. Djokovic remains on course for a fourth U.S. Open title that would pull him level with Margaret Court's record haul of 24 Grand Slams. Sixth seed Gauff warmed up the home crowd early when the teenager beat Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-3, before handing the baton to the U.S. men.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Bernabe Zapata Miralles, USTA Billie Jean King, Robert Deutsch, Iga Swiatek, Casper Ruud, Petra Kvitova, Billie Jean King, Coco Gauff, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Zhang Zhizhen, Ruud, Caroline Wozniacki, Dominic Stricker, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Djokovic, Arthur Ashe, Spain's Bernabe Zapata Miralles, Margaret Court's, Swiatek, Daria Saville, Wozniacki, you'd, Mirra, Andy Roddick, Fritz, Tiafoe, Austrian Sebastian Ofner, Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas, Tommy Paul, American Ben Shelton, Dominic Thiem, Thiem, Amy Tennery, Toby Davis, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Serbia, USTA Billie, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, U.S, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, COVID, Flushing, U.S ., Austrian, Thomson Locations: Flushing , NY, USA, Spain, Swiss, Flushing Meadows, U.S, Russian, American, New York

☆ Djokovic and Wozniaki make winning returns to US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On the women's side, Coco Gauff was made to work for her place in the second round. Djokovic, prevented from playing in last year's U.S. Open due to being unvaccinated against COVID-19, began his latest campaign to match Margaret Court's all-time record haul of 24 Grand Slams with a 6-0 6-2 6-3 win over Alexandre Muller. read more"This court has seen so much history and so many battles," Djokovic told the New York crowd. SPARSE CROWDWhile Djokovic played in front of a packed house, Swiatek performed to a sparse sleepy morning audience. In contrast to Gauff's laboured win, Danielle Collins, the 2022 Australian Open finalist, turned on the jets to dispose of Czech Linda Fruhvirtova 6-2 6-0 in a lightning quick 52 minutes.

Persons: Serbia's Novak Djokovic, France’s Alexandre Muller, Mike Segar, Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Swiatek, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Coco Gauff, Margaret Court's, Alexandre Muller, Carlos Alcaraz, Djokovic, Frenchman, Arthur Ashe, Daniil Medvedev, Barack Obama, Michelle, Serena Williams, Swede Rebecca Peterson, mercifully, Daria Saville, I'm, Wozniacki, Tatiana Prozorova, Andy Roddick, Fritz, Tiafoe, Steve Johnson, Christopher Eubanks, South Korea's Kwon, Laura Siegemund, Gauff's, Danielle Collins, Czech Linda Fruhvirtova, Steve Keating, Pritha Sarkar, Shri Navaratnam, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Tennis, France’s Alexandre Muller REUTERS, U.S, Djokovic, COVID, Cincinnati, New, U.S ., Djokovic's, Russian, Wimbledon, South, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, U.S, New York, Flushing, American, Cincinnati, Czech

☆ Fritz, Tiafoe lead American charge into U.S. Open second round
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The top-ranked Americans were hardly tested as ninth seed Fritz crushed compatriot Steve Johnson 6-2 6-1 6-2 in Louis Armstrong Stadium after Tiafoe, the 10th seed, beat American Learner Tien 6-2 7-5 6-1 inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. There have been 78 consecutive Grand Slams played since Andy Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, and hopes that an American man can snap that title drought at one of the sport's blue-riband events have fallen largely on the shoulders of Fritz and Tiafoe. I was calm and I thought I played a really good match," said Fritz. Tiafoe faced a tricky opening test in Tien, who at 17 was the youngest player in the main draw and earned a U.S. Open wild card after winning a second consecutive USTA Boys' 18s National Championship. "I have so many good memories from last year and all I am focused on is the U.S. Open," said Tiafoe.

Persons: Frances Tiafoe, Learner Tien, Shannon Stapleton, Taylor Fritz, Fritz, Steve Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Arthur Ashe, Andy Roddick, Tiafoe, Johnson's, Tien, Tommy Paul, Stefano Travaglia, Christopher Eubanks, South Korean Kwon, Frank Pingue, Josie Kao Organizations: Tennis, Learner, U.S, REUTERS, Tiafoe, USTA Boys, New York, U.S ., South, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, American, U.S, South Korean, Toronto

☆ Ace king Isner says he will retire after U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Isner, 38, turned pro in 2007 and reached a career high of world number eight. He won 16 singles titles, the biggest being the Miami Open crown in 2018, his most successful season. "After 17+ years on the ⁦@atptour, it's time to say goodbye to professional tennis," Isner said on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. He came out on the winning side of the longest pro tennis match in history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes and took place over three days at Wimbledon in 2010. After 183 games in that match, Isner defeated qualifier Nicolas Mahut in the first round.

Persons: John Isner, Taylor Fritz, Henry Romero, Isner, Madison, Nicolas Mahut, Rory Carroll, Sonali Paul Organizations: U.S, REUTERS, ATP, Miami, Wimbledon, Isner, England, Thomson Locations: Acapulco, Mexico, North Carolina, Los Angeles

"It's hard to envision," McEnroe said of whether anyone not named Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev or even Jannik Sinner could triumph. "But it would be incredible for an American player to make a breakthrough to me, but the likelihood is that it isn't going to happen. "You can see it's going to be Djokovic or Alcaraz, Medvedev is the next guy, and then Sinner. But the North American hard court swing following Wimbledon has been disappointing for the 25-year-old son of immigrant parents from war-torn Sierra Leone. Tommy Paul, who beat Alcaraz at the Canadian Open, Wimbledon quarter-finalist Christopher Eubanks and Sebastian Korda are among the other American players who will look to snap the Grand Slam dry spell at the U.S. Open, which runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.

Persons: Frances Tiafoe, Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, Mike Segar, John McEnroe, Andy Roddick, Taylor Fritz, McEnroe, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Francis, Alcaraz, Medvedev, Rafa Nadal, Michelle Obama, Fritz, Djokovic, Tommy Paul, Christopher Eubanks, Sebastian Korda, Rory Carroll, Toby Davis Organizations: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz REUTERS, U.S, Flushing, ESPN, Spanish, Wimbledon, Washington DC, Canadian, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows , New York, United States, New York, Flushing Meadows, American, Sierra Leone, Washington, Toronto, Cincinnati, Los Angeles

☆ Calendar slam hopes doused but Djokovic fired up for U.S. Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Aug 18, 2023; Mason, OH, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB) reacts after a point against Taylor Fritz (USA) during the Western and Southern Open tennis tournament at Lindner Family Tennis Center. There's still a fire going," said Djokovic, who won the Australian Open and French Open titles to leapfrog Rafa Nadal into top spot in the list of men's major champions. "There's still that drive and motivation to really come at the biggest events in sport and try to win, try to win titles and try to bring some good sensation to the crowds." HARDCOURT DOMINANCEIf the chasing pack feel Djokovic's days of dominance are numbered, the three-time U.S. Open champion's record on hardcourts should give them pause for thought. I think Novak can play much better than he did in the Wimbledon final.

Persons: Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Katie Stratman, Carlos Alcaraz, Djokovic, leapfrog Rafa Nadal, ramped, Nadal, Patrick Mouratoglou, Alcaraz, Novak, Mouratoglou, Carlos, Margaret Court's, Will, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Southern Open, Lindner, Tennis Center, U.S, Wimbledon, Flushing Meadows, Cincinnati, Thomson Locations: Mason, OH, USA, Flushing Meadows, tennis, United States, America, Flushing, Bengaluru

☆ U.S. Open 2023: dates, schedule, seeds and how to watch on TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

* The three main showcourts at the U.S. Open are Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and the Grandstand. * Arthur Ashe Stadium (capacity: 23,771) is named after the only Black man to claim singles titles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. * Louis Armstrong Stadium (capacity: 14,053) was named after jazz great Armstrong who lived a few blocks from the venue until he died in 1971. * Poland's Iga Swiatek, the French Open champion, is the women's world number one and will defend her New York crown. * Latin America & Caribbean: ESPN Brazil, ESPN Caribbean, ESPN Latin America (North and South), TV Globo.

Persons: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, Norway's Casper Ruud, Violeta Santos Moura, Arthur Ashe, Louis Armstrong, Armstrong, Holder Carlos Alcaraz, Swiatek, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff, Caroline Garcia, Maria Sakkari, Vondrousova, Karolina Muchova, Stan Sport, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: U.S, United States Tennis Association, National, OPEN, U.S ., Louis, Wimbledon, Australian, Open, WHO, TOP, MEN, Sports, SuperSport, Eurosport, Sky Sports, Telefonica, Oceania, Digicel, MIGU, TVNZ, Sony Sports Network, Caribbean, ESPN Brazil, ESPN Caribbean, ESPN, America, TV Globo, beIN, TSN, Thomson Locations: Murcia, Spain, New York, Serbia, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Greece, United States, Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Jabeur, Tunisia, France, Czech Republic, Africa, Europe, SuperTennis, India, Bengaluru

☆ Alcaraz ends Purcell's dream Cincinnati run, Hurkacz advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Mandatory Credit: Kareem Elgazzar-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsAug 18 (Reuters) - World number one Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell's dream run with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals on Friday, while Poland's Hubert Hurkacz got past lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6(8). The Spaniard failed to convert his only break point chance of the first set in the second game before helping Purcell to the crucial break in the seventh game with an unforced error. The win set up a semi-final with 20th-ranked Hurkacz, who sent over 10 aces and never faced a break point in his lopsided win over Australian Popyrin. "Alexei raised his level and was serving really good throughout that second set, I just got to the tiebreaker," Hurkacz said. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Tommy Paul, Kareem Elgazzar, Max Purcell's, Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, Alexei Popyrin, Purcell, Casper Ruud, Stan Wawrinka, Hurkacz, Alexei, Taylor Fritz, Novak Djokovic, France's Adrian Mannarino, Alexander Zverev, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: & Southern, Lindner, Tennis Center, Cincinnati, U.S, Court, Wimbledon, Thomson Locations: Mason, OH, USA, Spain, United States, Switzerland, Toronto, Serbian, New York

☆ Holder Coric beats Korda in Cincinnati opener, Fritz outlasts Lehecka
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Aug 15, 2023; Mason, OH, USA; Taylor Fritz, of the United States, reacts to scoring a point against Jiri Lehecka, of Czech Republic, during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Albert Cesare-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsAug 15 (Reuters) - Defending champion Borna Coric battled past American Sebastian Korda 7-6(5) 6-4 in the Cincinnati Open first round on Tuesday, as Taylor Fritz survived a first-set thriller to beat Czech Jiri Lehecka 7-6(14) 6-2. Korda, who has suffered a handful of early exits since reaching the Queen's Club semi-finals, appeared to have the edge as he converted a break point in the third game. Earlier on Tuesday, top American Fritz mustered all of his resources in an epic 30-point first set tiebreak with Lehecka. The momentum belonged to Fritz in the second set, though, when he never faced a break point and won all but one of his first-serve points.

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Jiri Lehecka, Albert Cesare, Borna Coric, Sebastian Korda, Czech Jiri Lehecka, Croatian Coric, Korda, Coric, Hubert Hurkacz, Fritz, Monte, Amy Tennery, Ken Ferris Organizations: & Southern, Lindner, Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Monte Carlo, Thomson Locations: Mason, OH, USA, United States, Czech Republic, Czech, Croatian, Toronto, Cincinnati, New York

The swashbuckling Spaniard got off to a nightmare start as Hurkacz jumped out to a 3-0 first set lead in just six minutes en route to capturing the first set. FOKINA TOPPLES RUUDEarlier, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled back from a third set deficit to beat Casper Ruud 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4) and deny the third seed a place in the Canadian Open quarter-finals. Ruud was two points away from victory at 5-3 30-0 before Davidovich Fokina served his way out of trouble. Ruud dug himself into an early hole in the breaker with some tentative serving and poor forehands and Davidovich Fokina claimed the win with a drop shot. Up next for Davidovich Fokina is American Mackenzie McDonald, who reached his first quarter-final of a Masters 1000 tournament by dispatching Canadian Milos Raonic 6-3 6-3.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Hubert Hurkacz, Dan Hamilton, Hurkacz, Tommy Paul, Marcos Giron, Scot Andy Murray, Italy's, FOKINA TOPPLES RUUD, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Casper Ruud, Ruud, Davidovich Fokina, Fokina, Mackenzie McDonald, Milos Raonic, Raonic's, McDonald, FRITZ FIZZLES Australia's Alex De Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Fritz, De Minaur, Daniil Medvedev, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, Medvedev, Rory Carroll, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sobeys, Wimbledon, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Toronto, Alcaraz, Marcos Giron ., Norwegian, Los Angeles

☆ Monfils stuns Tsitsipas, joins Medvedev and Raonic in third round
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TORONTO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Gael Monfils rolled back the years to upset Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-3 on Wednesday at the Canadian Open while Daniil Medvedev got his first U.S. Open tune-up event off to a solid start and home favourite Milos Raonic eased into the third round. The 36-year-old Monfils saved all three break points he faced and broke Tsitsipas' serve three times, including in the final game to send off the world number four in 85 minutes. Second seed Medvedev, competing for the first time since losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the Wimbledon semi-finals, dominated proceedings from the baseline during his 6-2 7-5 win over Italian qualifier Matteo Arnaldi. Former champion Medvedev, whose sole Grand Slam title came at the 2021 U.S. Open, saved the three break points he faced against Arnaldi and produced 29 winners as he wrapped up the victory in 86 minutes. Eighth seed American Taylor Fritz, who followed up his Atlanta title with a run to the semi-finals last week in Washington, advanced with a 7-6(7) 3-6 6-3 win over Frenchman Ugo Humbert.

Persons: Monfils, Stefanos, Daniil Medvedev, Milos Raonic, Frenchman, Russia's Medvedev, Medvedev, Carlos Alcaraz, Matteo Arnaldi, Mackenzie McDonald, Raonic, Frances Tiafoe, Taro Daniel, Daniel's, Taylor Fritz, Frenchman Ugo Humbert, Frank Pingue, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: TORONTO, Canadian, U.S, Wimbledon, Italian, Arnaldi, Eighth, Atlanta, Thomson Locations: Indian Wells, Washington, Toronto

☆ Murray tames wind and Sonego to reach second round in Toronto
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

TORONTO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Andy Murray tamed blustery conditions to grind out a 7-6(3) 6-0 win over Italy's Lorenzo Sonego on Tuesday and reach the second round of the Canadian Open. The 36-year-old former world number did well to save a pair of set points in a tight opening set which he finally wrapped up in 90 minutes with a dominant display during the tiebreaker. Up next for Murray will be either 10th-seed Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime or Australia's Max Purcell. For Murray, who was coming off a round-of-16 loss to Taylor Fritz last week in Washington, the win over Sonego marked his first in Toronto since lifting the title in 2015. Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andy Murray, Italy's Lorenzo Sonego, Sonego, Murray, He's, Scot, Felix Auger, Australia's Max Purcell, Taylor Fritz, Frank Pingue, Clare Fallon Organizations: TORONTO, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Washington, Toronto

☆ Fritz says climate protests 'annoying' after match suspended
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsAug 5 (Reuters) - World number nine Taylor Fritz said climate activists need to find a better way of protesting instead of "annoying" sports fans by interrupting events, after his Washington Open match against Andy Murray was briefly halted on Friday. "I get they're protesting, but there's just got to be a better way to do it," Fritz told reporters. I jokingly said, 'Honestly, this makes me want to go fly on jets more'," Fritz said with a smile. "I think they're supporting a good cause, but the way they're doing it... Who's going to want to listen when they're just annoying everybody?" Fritz returned in the evening to seal a 6-3 6-3 victory over Jordan Thompson to storm into the semi-finals, where he takes on Tallon Griekspoor.

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Andy Murray, Geoff Burke, there's, Fritz, doesn't, Jordan Thompson, Tallon Griekspoor, Shrivathsa Sridhar, William Mallard Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, Washington, Mubadala, Citi, Wimbledon, Premiership Rugby, National, Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, Bengaluru

☆ Fritz edges Murray to reach quarters in Washington
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Aug 4, 2023; Washington, D.C., USA; Taylor Fritz (USA) celebrates after match point against Andy Murray (GBR) (not pictured) on day seven of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsLOS ANGELES, Aug 4 (Reuters) - American Taylor Fritz won an entertaining three-hour battle against Andy Murray 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 in their rain-delayed match on Friday in Washington DC and will face Jordan Thompson in the quarter-finals in the evening session. In the tight third set, Fritz took advantage of a sloppy service game from Murray to arrive on the doorstep of victory at 5-4. But Murray was not done and threatened to level when he jumped ahead 0-40 in the next game. Fritz, who crushed 17 aces, managed to serve his way out of trouble and hit a lovely lunging volley to set up match point, which he converted with a cross-court forehand winner.

Persons: Taylor Fritz, Andy Murray, Geoff Burke, Jordan Thompson, Scot, Fritz, Murray, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, Frenchman Ugo Humbert, Rory Carroll Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, LOS ANGELES, Washington DC, Los Angeles Our, Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, American, Bulgarian, Los Angeles

☆ Murray wins first match in Washington since tearful 2018 appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Aug 2, 2023; Washington, D.C., USA; Andy Murray (GBR) reacts after a point against Brandon Nakashima (USA) (not pictured) on day five of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsAug 3 (Reuters) - Three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray showed he is still relishing competition at the elite level after battling to his first victory at the Washington Open since his tearful pullout ahead of the 2018 quarter-finals due to exhaustion. I was in a terrible place," said Murray, who had further surgery on his troublesome hip in 2019 and has since resurrected his career. "I wasn't able to enjoy the wins, because I couldn't sleep in the evenings after matches because of my hip and everything. World number 44 Murray, who lost his Wimbledon second-round match to Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets last month, is gearing up for the U.S. Open which begins on Aug. 28.

Persons: Andy Murray, Brandon Nakashima, Geoff Burke, Taylor Fritz, Murray, Marius Copil, Scot, It's, Stefanos, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Christopher Cushing Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, Washington, Wimbledon, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, Bengaluru

☆ ATP roundup: Yosuke Watanuki records upset in Washington
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Aug 2, 2023; Washington, D.C., USA; Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) hits a backhand against Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) (not pictured) on day five of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Fitzgerald Tennis Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsAugust 3 - Japan's Yosuke Watanuki prevailed in a wild first-set tiebreaker en route to a 7-6 (10), 7-6 (3) upset of No. 3 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime on Wednesday in a second-round match at the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington. Watanuki jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set's tiebreaker, but Auger-Aliassime stormed back and eventually held leads of 5-4 and 9-8. But Watanuki held firm, and on his fifth set point, he was finally able to get past the Canadian.

Persons: Yosuke, Felix Auger, Geoff Burke, Watanuki, Aliassime, Jordan Thompson, Adrian Mannarino, Frenchman Gregoire Barrere, Daniel Evans of, Tallon Griekspoor, Christopher Eubanks, Ugo Humbert, Gael Monfils, Great, Andy Murray, Taylor Fritz, Zachary Svajda, Alex Molcan, Sebastian Ofner, Molcan, Argentina's Sebastian Baez, Roberto Carballes Baena, France's Arthur Rinderknech, Colombia's Daniel Elahi Galan, Dominic Thiem, Djere, Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Pedro Cachin Organizations: D.C, Citi DC, Fitzgerald Tennis, USA, ., Austrian, Thomson Locations: Washington, USA, France, Daniel Evans of Great Britain, Slovakia, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Spain, Serbia

☆ ‘Break Point’ Just Might Be the Best Way to Watch Tennis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jake Nevins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“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

☆ Tiafoe sees off Wu to march into Wimbledon second round
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

I'm happy to get the win and hope you guys enjoyed it," said Tiafoe. "I love playing on grass and I have high hopes here for Wimbledon," added Tiafoe, who warmed up by winning the Stuttgart grasscourt title. "I'm a really relaxed guy but I do like finishing a tennis match. The 10th seed, who reached the fourth round last year, meets Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker or Australian Alexei Popyrin in the next round. The world number nine, along with Tiafoe, is now looking to become the first American men's Grand Slam champion since Andy Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003.

Persons: Frances Tiafoe, China's Yibing Wu, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Wu Yibing, Tiafoe, Pete Sampras, it's, you've, Wu, Dominic Stricker, Alexei Popyrin, Taylor Fritz, Mikael Ymer, Yannick Hanfmann, Fritz up, Andy Roddick, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ed Osmond Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Wimbledon, Stuttgart, Swiss, U.S, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Bengaluru

☆ Djokovic, Swiatek advance as climate protesters disrupt rain-hit Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Earlier, Kostyuk battled from a set down and overcame three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2. She became only the third women's player to beat a top-10 seed at Wimbledon in the Open Era after losing the first set 6-0. American world number 10 Frances Tiafoe saw off China's Wimbledon debutant Wu Yibing 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 before compatriot Taylor Fritz completed a 6-4 2-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 victory over Yannick Hanfmann. Sixth seed Holger Rune sailed through to the second round for the first time with a 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 victory over British wildcard George Loffhagen. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond and Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Serbia's Novak, Australia's Jordan Thompson, Dylan Martinez, Medvedev, Fritz, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo, Daria Kasatkina, Jodie Burrage, Daniil Medvedev, Arthur Fery, Marta Kostyuk, Maria Sakkari, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Dominic Thiem, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, Japan's Sho Shimabukuro, Katie Boulter, Australian Daria Saville, Dimitrov, Briton Fery, Arthur, Kostyuk, Frances Tiafoe, Wu Yibing, Taylor Fritz, Yannick Hanfmann, Holger Rune, George Loffhagen, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ed Osmond, Toby Davis Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Wimbledon, All England Club, Stop Oil, Bulgarian, Security, Briton, British, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Australian, Belarusian, British, Bengaluru

☆ Alcaraz sails into Queen's Club quarters, Fritz knocked out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Top seed Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the quarter-finals of the Queen's Club Championships after he beat Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-3 on Thursday but third seed Taylor Fritz was knocked out by Adrian Mannarino. I'm feeling really comfortable here on grass, getting experience and hours on grass," world number two Alcaraz said. Alcaraz carried that momentum into the second set as Lehecka struggled to read his low groundstrokes while the Spaniard also saved three break points to go 4-1 up. It was a second victory over a top-10 player for Mannarino in as many weeks having beaten Daniil Medvedev in 's-Hertogenbosch. Mannarino will face Australia's Alex de Minaur who swept Diego Schwartzman aside with an emphatic 6-2 6-2 victory, breaking the Argentine six times and wrapping up the contest in just 65 minutes.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Jiri Lehecka, Taylor Fritz, Adrian Mannarino, Alcaraz, I'm, Lehecka, Daniil Medvedev, Alex de Minaur, Diego Schwartzman, Rohith Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: Queen's, Wimbledon, Frenchman, Argentine, Thomson Locations: Czech, American, Bengaluru

☆ Frances Tiafoe becomes third Black American to reach men’s top 10
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Frances Tiafoe has become just the third Black American to break into the men’s top 10 after winning his third career title in Stuttgart on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after his nail-biting 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8) win over German Jan-Lennard Struff, Tiafoe said he was “super emotional” after moving to 10th in the world rankings. “I’m a guy who shouldn’t even really be here doing half the things he’s doing,” Tiafoe said. “Hopefully, I can ride that for a long time.”Tiafoe has been heralded as the potential future of men’s tennis in the US and he’s starting to fulfil those expectations. His father, Constant Tiafoe, started working at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in Washington, D.C. back in 1999 and eventually moved into one of its vacant storage rooms while working around the clock.

Persons: Frances Tiafoe, Arthur Ashe, James Blake, Lennard Struff, Tiafoe, “, ” Tiafoe, Frances, Constant Tiafoe, Marijan Murat, –, ”, Taylor Fritz – it’s, Mardy Fish, John Isner Organizations: CNN, American, Sunday, Sierra Leone, Junior Tennis, Center, AP Locations: Stuttgart, Franklin, Washington ,

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