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Washington Open: Coco Gauff ousts defending champion Liudmila Samsonova, to face Maria Sakkari in final No.3 seed Coco Gauff booked a spot in her second final of the year at the Washington Open, toppling No.8 seed and defending champion Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-3 in their semifinal showdown, here. World No.7 Gauff continued her superb run this week with the 1-hour and 42-minute win over 18th-ranked Samsonova on Saturday -- her 20th career victory over a Top 20 player. Gauff has only lost a total of 14 games in her three wins this week. "I'm super happy with how I played today. P...
Washington Open: Coco Gauff ousts defending champion Liudmila Samsonova, to face Maria Sakkari in final
Washington Open: Coco Gauff ousts defending champion Liudmila Samsonova, to face Maria Sakkari in final
Source: IANS
6/08/2023 11:05:20 AM
WTA Rankings: Iga Swiatek opens big lead over second-placed Jabeur after U.S Open win  Her triumph in the U.S Open has helped Iga Swiatek open up a commanding lead in the rankings, taking her tally to more than twice as many rankings points as anyone else on the tour. By capturing her seventh singles title of the season, including her second Grand Slam title, current World No.1 and 2022 U.S Open champion Iga Swiatek continues to build on her lead atop the WTA Rankings. Poland's Swiatek has owned the No.1 ranking for 24 consecutive weeks, a streak that dates back to...
WTA Rankings: Iga Swiatek opens big lead over second-placed Jabeur after U.S Open win
WTA Rankings: Iga Swiatek opens big lead over second-placed Jabeur after U.S Open win
Source: IANS
13/09/2022 9:45:27 AM
Sakkari ends Andreescu's run as match ends well past midnight World No.18 Maria Sakkari of Greece ended 2019 US Open champion, Canada's Bianca Andreescu's 10-match unbeaten streak in New York in the latest finish of a women's singles match at the US Open, winning 6-7(2), 7-6(6), 6-3 to advance to her second major quarterfinal of the season. The 3 hour and 30 minute battle ended at 2:13 am on Tuesday (New York time), setting the new US Open record for the latest finish of a women's singles match. The previous record was set in 2016 by ...
Sakkari ends Andreescu's run as match ends well past midnight
Sakkari ends Andreescu's run as match ends well past midnight
Source: IANS
7/09/2021 4:22:14 PM
US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance Iga Swiatek, the No.7 seed from Poland, survived another three-setter as she outlasted No.28 seed Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to reach the Round of 16 at the US Open for the first time in her career. The 2020 French Open champion Swiatek, who came back from 3-6, 6-6 down to scrape past Fiona Ferro of France in the previous round, needed two hours and 17 minutes to overcome a surging Kontaveit. Kontaveit had won their first two meetings, including a tough fourth round of t...
US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance
US Open: Swiatek overcomes Kontaveit; Sakkari, Pliskova advance
Source: IANS
5/09/2021 10:07:44 AM
Happy that Maria and I are putting Greece on tennis map: Tsitsipas After his nerve-wracking win over Germany's Alexander Zverev in French Open semi-finals on Friday, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece said that his dream always was to play on the big stage, and that he was happy to see compatriot Maria Sakkari doing so well at Roland Garros. Maria had lost in three tight sets to Czech player Barbora Krejcikova in the semi-finals on Thursday. "All I can think of is my roots, where I came from, I came from a really small place outside of Athens. My dr...
Happy that Maria and I are putting Greece on tennis map: Tsitsipas
Happy that Maria and I are putting Greece on tennis map: Tsitsipas
Source: IANS
12/06/2021 12:12:56 PM
Swiatek gears up for Sakkari with patience as weapon After her fourth-round victory extended her winning streak to 10 matches in French Open as well as this season, eighth seed Iga Swiatek is gearing up to face giant-killer Maria Sakkari with 'patience' as a weapon. Sakkari had beaten No.4 seed Sofia Kenin in straight sets on Monday before Swiatek had to battle against Marta Kostyuk for her 6-3, 6-4 win. "I have not played her, so it is hard to say. I played many practices with her, and she is really cool girl. Our teams, we ...
Swiatek gears up for Sakkari with patience as weapon
Swiatek gears up for Sakkari with patience as weapon
Source: IANS
8/06/2021 2:02:56 PM