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Time of India
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Wimbledon 2025: USA's Taylor Fritz swiftly enters quarters; set to face Russia's Karen Khachanov
Taylor Fritz of the U.S. reacts during his men's singles fourth round match against Jordan Thompson of Australia at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan) London: If Taylor Fritz is growing his grass court game, a Wimbledon show court is just the place to put it on display, which is exactly what the 6' 5'' American has been doing this past week. The fifth seed couldn't claim his 12th Tour-leading match win on grass this season in the manner he'd have wanted to, given that his opponent Jordan Thompson came into the fourth-round match, a tad battered. The Aussie was forced to retire with an apparent right thigh injury after just 10 games. The 31-year-old, playing with a heavy strapping, threw in the towel with the score reading 1-6, 0-3. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Fritz fittingly is back in the last eight at SW19 for a third time in four years. The American, who arrived in this leafy London suburb off the back of a record fourth Eastbourne title last week, was pushed to the limit in his opening two matches. The 27-yearold Californian rallied from the brink to defeat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets in the first round and then went the distance against Gabriel Diallo in round two. In the third round he put out Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in four sets, totalling nine hours and 43 minutes on court through his first three matches. Fritz, who has won five Tourlevel titles on grass – the secondhighest total among active male players behind Novak Djokovic, who has won eight – had his first breakthrough on the surface in the juniors, making the semi-finals of the 2014 Junior Wimbledon. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Option Trading Mastery: Mr. Gopal Shares His Laxman Rekha Strategy For Free TradeWise Learn More Undo 'I feel like a lot of parts of my game translates well (on grass),' Fritz said. 'I've experimented with different things on grass like returning, chipping, slicing, sometimes chipping and coming in on a low ball. I'm trying not to change my game too much, but I've made little tweaks that have helped me.' Fritz will look to go a step further than he has at Wimbledon when he plays the 17th seed Karen Khachanov in the last eight on Tuesday in what will be a clash of big servers. They've served a total of 121 aces in the tournament. Meanwhile, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova put out Briton's Sonay Kartal 7-6 (3), 6-4 in a match that became the talking point because the automated line-calling technology on Centre Court malfunctioned, failing to call Kartal's shot long. The point had to be replayed, costing the Russian a game in the first set. Pavlyuchenkova was at game point at 4-4. World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka overcame the challenge of Belgian Elise Mertens, coming through 6-4, 7-6 (4). For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Gulf Today
28-02-2025
- Sport
- Gulf Today
Medvedev squanders 4 match points, crashes out in Dubai
Former world number one Daniil Medvedev crashed out of the Dubai Championships on Thursday, squandering four match points before losing a bad-tempered quarter-final to Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. The 47th-ranked Dutchman came through 2-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-5 as the world number six imploded. Medvedev, the 2023 champion in Dubai, was handed a code violation for unsportsmanlike behaviour after seeing match points slip away in the second set. As his frustration boiled over, he accused umpire Adel Nour of applying 'double standards' with Russian players. Nour hit back, telling Medvedev that he treats all players in the same way, regardless of nationality before brushing away the top seed's complaints. Griekspoor kept his cool in the deciding set, taking victory on a fourth match point of his own. Medvedev refused to shake hands with Nour at the end of the tie. The 28-year-old Griekspoor, saved three match points to see off Roman Safiullin in the first round and then overcame defending champion Ugo Humbert. 'I'm super happy with this win,' said Griekspoor. 'Daniil is an unbelievable player, an unbelievable competitor. He's been at the top of the rankings for so many years, so I'm very pleased with this win. 'I was a little bit lucky on the match points down, and in the second-set tie-break. I even needed a few match points myself to finish this one off.' Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime notched up a Tour-leading 15th win of the year, seeing off former US Open champion Marin Cilic 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to reach his fourth semi-final of 2025. 'It's been a great start,' said 21st-ranked Auger-Aliassime who has already claimed titles at Adelaide and Montpellier this year. Auger-Aliassime will face French qualifier Quentin Halys who came back from a set and break down to defeat Italian lucky loser Luca Nardi 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5). Halys knocked out ninth-ranked former champion Andrey Rublev in the first round. Sinner dropped from Laureus awards: The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award on Thursday, citing his three-month doping ban. Sinner, who accepted the ban earlier this month, had tested positive for anabolic agent clostebol which the 23-year-old said had entered his system from a member of his support team through massages and sports therapy. The ban will end on May 4. 'We have followed this case, the decisions of the relevant global bodies and - whilst we note the extenuating circumstances involved - feel that the three-month ban renders the nomination ineligible,' Laureus Academy Chairman Sean Fitzpatrick said in a letter addressed to nomination panel members. 'Jannik and his team have been informed.' The Laureus World Sports Awards have been presented since 2000, with nominees selected by the global media, recognising individual and team achievement in sport. The nominees for this year's awards will be announced on March 3 in Madrid. Sinner, who retained his Australian Open title last month, failed two drug tests in March 2024 but was allowed to keep competing while he appealed his case. The positive tests came to light days before the US Open, when an independent tribunal cleared him of wrongdoing, plunging the year's final major into controversy. A number of players and fans criticised officials for allowing Sinner to play on despite the positive tests and believed that the Italian had been given preferential treatment because of his top ranking status. In September, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to sports highest court (CAS) against an independent tribunal's ruling, which had cleared Sinner of any wrongdoing because it found he bore 'no fault or negligence' for the failed tests. WADA had said that finding was incorrect under the applicable rules, and that Sinner should serve a ban 'of between one and two years'. However, two weeks ago Sinner accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after WADA said it had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility. WADA also withdrew its appeal to CAS following the settlement.
