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- Al Arabiya
Wimbledon: Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova loses to American Emma Navarro in the third round
Defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova lost to No. 10 seed Emma Navarro 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the third round on Saturday, extending a recent run of one-and-done winners at the All England Club. Krejcikova faded in the third set, getting her blood pressure checked at the changeover after Navarro broke her to lead 3–2 at No. 1 Court. Krejcikova ate a banana and drank liquids during the medical timeout while Navarro walked to her guest box and spoke to her coach during the break in action. When play resumed, Krejcikova showed clear signs of being in distress, often leaning over and placing her hands on her knees between points. Still, she managed to break right back to 3–all before Navarro broke yet again and then held to lead 5–3. Two games later, it was over. Most points were decided by what Krejcikova did. That's how she ended up with 34 winners – 21 more than Navarro – and 53 unforced errors. Remarkably, Navarro finished with just 11 unforced errors. Whoever ends up winning the women's title on July 12 will be the ninth champion in the past nine editions of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Serena Williams was the last repeat champ in 2016. The trophy-takers since then have been Garbiñe Muguruza in 2017, Angelique Kerber in 2018, Simona Halep in 2019, Ash Barty in 2021 – all of whom are now retired – Elena Rybakina in 2022, Marketa Vondrousova in 2023, and then Krejcikova. Rybakina also lost Saturday, while Vondrousova exited in the second round. Last year's triumph was the second at a major tournament for Krejcikova, who also won the 2021 French Open and was the No. 17 seed at Wimbledon this year. This has been a fortnight filled with surprises, and Navarro is one of four top-10 seeds left in the women's bracket. The others are No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who won her third-round match Friday against Emma Raducanu, and No. 7 Mirra Andreeva and No. 8 Iga Swiatek, who both won Saturday.
Al Arabiya
3 hours ago
- Al Arabiya
Max Verstappen bests his F1 title rivals Piastri and Norris for British Grand Prix pole
Max Verstappen showed he had the pace when it mattered most as he beat Formula 1 title rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris to claim pole position Saturday for the British Grand Prix. Verstappen went fastest by 0.103 of a second to beat Piastri's time, with Norris third, 0.015 further back, after both of the McLaren drivers made small but costly errors. Lewis Hamilton, a record nine-time winner of his home race, was also in the fight for pole but had to settle for fifth after a relatively slow end to his lap. Verstappen had seemed pessimistic about having the pace to challenge the McLarens at Silverstone – Ferrari had been closer than Red Bull in practice – and he described his car as 'so difficult' over the radio partway through the session. Even so, he found the pace for pole. 'At Silverstone you have to be really committed, and that's really enjoyable,' Verstappen said. 'It's a big boost for the team as well and excited to go racing tomorrow.' Piastri lost time with a slight slide in the last corner on his final run, while Norris clipped a curb on an otherwise strong lap. Piastri heads into Sunday's race with a 15-point lead over Norris, while Verstappen is third, 61 points off the lead.
Arab News
3 hours ago
- Arab News
Sinner demolishes Martinez to reach Wimbledon last-16
'Obviously very happy but I think we all saw that he was struggling with his shoulder,' said SinnerThe Italian said his first week at Wimbledon 'couldn't have gone better'LONDON: Imperious Wimbledon top seed Jannik Sinner made short work of Spain's Pedro Martinez on Saturday to reach the the last 16 without dropping a Italian three-time Grand Slam champion eased past his 52nd-ranked opponent, who was struggling with a shoulder problem, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in less than two hours.'Obviously very happy but I think we all saw that he was struggling with his shoulder,' said Sinner.'He couldn't serve very well. Especially on this surface when you don't serve well, then it's not easy to play.'The Italian said his first week at Wimbledon 'couldn't have gone better.''Every time when you reach the second week of a Grand Slam it's a very special occasion,' he said.'Even more special here in Wimbledon, so I'm very happy to be in the second week.'Sinner, a Formula One fan, said he would organize his practice schedule around the British Grand Prix, which takes place at Silverstone on will face either 19th seed Grigor Dimitrov or Sebastian Ofner in the fourth round at the All England 23-year-old took a vice-like grip on the Center Court match from the start, racing into a 5-0 was given a time-out at that point and received treatment on his right shoulder before winning the next game to love on his own serve but Sinner wrapped up the set in the following second set was tighter until Sinner broke in the fifth game, repeating the feat to take the required further treatment before the third set but it had little impact as Sinner raced into a 5-0 Spaniard, 28, held up a finger to the crowd after clawing a game back but that only delayed the has lost just 17 games in total across his three matches in the first week of Wimbledon, in contrast to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who has shown patchy Italian returned from a doping ban in May, losing the Italian Open final to Alcaraz and squandering three championship points against the same opponent in the French Open best performance at Wimbledon was a run to the semifinals in 2023 and he reached the quarters last year.
