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Reuters
2 days ago
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WTA roundup: Alycia Parks cruises in Prague opener
July 21 - No. 8 seed Alycia Parks cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Japan's Mai Hontama in the first round of the Livesport Prague Open on Monday in the Czech Republic. Parks was inconsistent with her serve in the 77-minute match, offsetting 10 aces with eight double faults, but she saved five of six break points and converted four of seven. No. 2 seed Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia was leading Czech Jesika Maleckova 6-3, 4-5 when play was suspended due to rain. Home hopeful and No. 5 seed Marie Bouzkova smashed China's Xinyu Gao 6-0, 6-2. No. 9 Ann Li was a 7-6 (1), 6-3 winner against Australia's Astra Sharma. Also winning in straight sets were Czech Sara Bejlek and Italians Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucrezia Stefanini. --Field Level Media
The Star
16-07-2025
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- The Star
Tennis-Sabalenka withdraws from US Open tune-up event in Montreal
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2025 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her second round match against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo (Reuters) -World number one Aryna Sabalenka has decided to skip the U.S. Open tune-up event in Montreal due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday. The 27-year old Belarusian's decision to sit out the July 26-August 7 Canadian Open follows her semi-final appearances at Wimbledon and Berlin and after losing in the French Open final. "I'm looking forward to kicking off the North American hard-court swing, but to give myself the best chance for success this season, I've decided it's in my best interest to skip Montreal," Sabalenka said in a Tennis Canada press release. "I'll miss my amazing Canadian fans, but I'm already looking forward to seeing you all next year. Thanks for your understanding and support it means the world to me!" Tennis Canada also said Spanish world number 10 Paula Badosa, who announced this week that she has a fresh back injury, has also withdrawn from the Canadian Open. (Reporting by Frank Pingue in TorontoEditing by Toby Davis)
Straits Times
16-07-2025
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- Straits Times
Sabalenka withdraws from US Open tune-up event in Montreal
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2025 Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in action during her second round match against Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo World number one Aryna Sabalenka has decided to skip the U.S. Open tune-up event in Montreal due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday. The 27-year old Belarusian's decision to sit out the July 26-August 7 Canadian Open follows her semi-final appearances at Wimbledon and Berlin and after losing in the French Open final. "I'm looking forward to kicking off the North American hard-court swing, but to give myself the best chance for success this season, I've decided it's in my best interest to skip Montreal," Sabalenka said in a Tennis Canada press release. "I'll miss my amazing Canadian fans, but I'm already looking forward to seeing you all next year. Thanks for your understanding and support it means the world to me!" Tennis Canada also said Spanish world number 10 Paula Badosa, who announced this week that she has a fresh back injury, has also withdrawn from the Canadian Open. REUTERS
RNZ News
03-07-2025
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- RNZ News
Wimbledon over for Lulu Sun with doubles exit
Lulu Sun has had an early exit from Wimbledon. Photo: PHOTOSPORT New Zealander Lulu Sun's Wimbledon has ended early, with her elimination from the doubles in the first round. Sun, who was beaten in the first round of the singles earlier this week, teamed with Leylah Fernandez in the doubles, but they were beaten 6-2 6-1 by sixth Asia Muhammad (US) and Demi Schuurs (Netherlands). Despite the decisive scoreline, the match took one hour and 13 minutes, with Sun and Canadian Fernandez attacking hard but failing to convert five break points. Sun was one of the big stories at last year's tournament , making the quarterfinals after starting as a qualifier, but this year's event has been a short-lived affair. She was beaten 6-4 6-4 by Marie Bouzkova in the first round of the singles on Tuesday. Sun was ranked 68th as a singles player at the start of the tournament but faces a rankings drop following her early exit. Sun said she and Fernandez had a difficult draw in the doubles. "Not really a first-round match-up you want to face,'' she told Tennis NZ. "But it was also not the best match from me and Leylah. We had a lot of opportunities in the first part of the first set, and then they started to be the aggressor, so they didn't give us a lot of chances when they came forward, and they were varying the different types of balls to make it hard to rally with them." Sun said despite her results this week she loved playing on grass again. "But unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of wins. I did get some good matches here and there, not as in wins, but against good opponents and I can potentially turn that and work on it for the end of the season to create something." Fellow New Zealander Erin Routliffe and regular partner Gaby Dabrowski, who won their first round doubles match against China's Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai 6-1 6-4 on Thursday, will play Polina Kudermetova (Russia) and Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey) in the second round. In the men's doubles, Michael Venus and Croatian Nikola Mektic advanced from the first round with a 6-4 7-6 victory over Briton Lui Maxted and Connor Thomson in a tight match that lasted one hour 25 minutes. The eighth seeds, Venus and Mektic will play Brazilians Rafael Matos and Marcelo Melo in the second round.
Free Malaysia Today
03-07-2025
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- Free Malaysia Today
Sabalenka praying for no more Wimbledon upsets after battling win
Aryna Sabalenka is a three-time Grand Slam champion but has never gone beyond the Wimbledon semi-finals. (AP pic) LONDON : World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka said she hopes there are 'no more upsets' at Wimbledon after reaching the third round with a hard-fought 7-6(7/4), 6-4 win over Marie Bouzkova today. Several stars suffered shock first round exits from the All England Club, including second seed Coco Gauff, third seed Jessica Pegula and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen. Top seed Sabalenka was pushed hard by Bouzkova in today's opening match on Centre Court as her Czech opponent matched fire with fire in a bruising encounter. But she eventually had too much in her locker for her 48th-ranked opponent, firing an impressive 41 winners in a match lasting 1 hour and 35 minutes. The Belarusian said after her win she was aware of the seeds who had crashed out but planned to focus on her own game. 'Honestly it's very sad to see so many top players losing in the first round but you better focus on yourself and stay away from the results,' she said. 'I mean of course you're going to know the overall picture but it's better to take it one step at a time and do your best every time you're out here competing and I'm trying to stay away. 'I hope it's no upsets anymore in this tournament, if you know what I mean!' The first set went with serve until Sabalenka doubled-faulted in the 11th game to hand Bouzkova the chance to serve for the set. But the Belarusian broke back with a searing backhand down the line and came out on top in the tie-break to establish a foothold in the match. Sabalenka broke again in the fifth game of the second set to move within sight of victory and closed out the match with little fuss. She will face 2021 US Open winner Emma Raducanu or former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova in the third round on Friday. Although Sabalenka is a three-time Grand Slam champion, she has suffered agonising three-set defeats in this year's Australian Open and French Open finals. The 27-year-old has never been beyond the Wimbledon semi-finals and missed last year's tournament with a shoulder injury.
