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BBC News
a day ago
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- BBC News
Raducanu makes winning start in Montreal
British number one Emma Raducanu continued her fine form in North America with a routine win against Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Canadian reached the semi-finals of the Washington Open last week, the 22-year-old carried that momentum into her match with Romania's Ruse, winning 6-2 will face 32nd seed American Peyton Stearns in the second has found her rhythm on the hard courts as she prepares for the US Open - the final Grand Slam of the year and the tournament she won in 2021 - in New York between 24 August and 7 September."Elena is a good friend of mine and it's difficult to play someone you know but I'm happy with how I put that to one side," Raducanu said on Sky Sports."It's also good to back up a good week last week in DC." The Briton showed resilience in the early stages by staving off five break points in her opening service then wrapped up the opening set in style by winning five successive exchanging a couple of breaks in the second set, Raducanu - who also beat Ruse in Auckland in 2024 - found the crucial break to lead 5-4 and served out for the losing against Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon earlier in July, Raducanu has bounced back strongly with four victories from five appearances on hard she gets past Stearns in Montreal, American fifth seed and 2025 Wimbledon finalist Amanda Anisimova could be waiting in the third round.
The Australian
a day ago
- Sport
- The Australian
Iga Swiatek wins Wimbledon final in 57-minute humiliation of Anisimova
Iga Swiatek has proven herself to be an all-court superstar after claiming the Wimbledon women's final in devastating fashion – producing a double-bagel in an extraordinarily one-sided final. Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women's Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title. The Polish eighth seed was in charge from the first point and wrapped up victory in just 57 minutes in a brutal display of precision hitting on Centre Court. It is the first time a woman has won a final at Wimbledon without dropping a game since 1911, when Britain's Dorothea Lambert Chambers triumphed by the same scoreline. And Swiatek, 24, is just the second player in the Open era to win a major without losing a game in the final since Steffi Graf humbled Natalia Zvereva at the 1988 French Open. 'It seems super surreal,' said Swiatek, who is the first Wimbledon singles champion from Poland and has now won majors on all surfaces. 'I didn't even dream, for me it was way too far. I feel like I am already an experienced player after winning the Slams before but I never expected this one. 'This year I really, really enjoyed it and feel I improved my form here. 'I am always going to remember the opening of champagne bottles between serves. It is a sound that will keep me awake at night.' Swiatek lost just one set during the entire tournament as she won her first trophy on grass, two weeks after reaching the final of the grass-court event at Bad Homburg. US 13th seed Anisimova was expected to prove a stern test after ousting world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-finals, but Swiatek performed a demolition job. — Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 12, 2025 Anisimova made a nervous start in hot conditions on Centre Court, with Catherine, Princess of Wales, watching from the Royal Box. She was broken in the first game, soon slipping 2-0 behind and the signs looked ominous. The American appeared to have found her feet in her next service game but the merciless Swiatek refused to give ground and recovered to move 3-0 ahead when Anisimova double-faulted. At 4-0 down Anisimova was facing a first-set wipe-out but she was powerless to halt the rampant Swiatek, who sealed the opener 6-0 in just 25 minutes. The American won just six points on her serve in the first set and committed 14 unforced errors. An increasingly desperate Anisimova could not stem the tide in the second set, double-faulting again in the third game to give her opponent game point and then netting a backhand. The crowd got behind her but to no avail as Swiatek kept up her level, serving out to win and celebrating before consoling her devastated opponent. Anisimova made 28 unforced errors in the 12 games. Swiatek is Wimbledon's eighth consecutive first-time women's champion since Serena Williams won her seventh and final title at the All England Club in 2016. She has won all six major finals in which she has competed. Swiatek, who now has 100 career Grand Slam match wins, has won the French Open four times and also the US Open, in 2022. Her previous best performance at Wimbledon was a run to the quarter-finals in 2023. The distraught Anisimova left court briefly before returning for the trophy presentation. The American, who lost in qualifying last year, broke down in tears again during her speech on court, calling Swiatek an 'incredible player'. 'I know I didn't have enough today but I'll keep putting in the work,' she said. 'I keep believing in myself and I hope to be back here one day. Thank you everyone.' Tennis Nick Kyrgios has slammed a move from Jannik Sinner to reunite with the fitness coach he sacked in 2024 after it was revealed that the Italian had tested positive for doping. Tennis Venus Williams has made her return from a 16-month layoff at the DC Open, wowing a capacity crowd in the doubles ahead of her singes comeback.
New York Times
21-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka among pairs hoping to compete in US Open mixed doubles
The U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament keeps getting more intriguing. With the deadline for registration approaching next week, the United States Tennis Association released an updated list of teams hoping to compete for the $1million in prize money during the week before the singles and doubles competitions take place. Advertisement The new list of teams, 25 in all – nine more than the roster the USTA released last month – had another collection of big names, including Venus Williams, the 45-year-old seven-time singles Grand Slam winner, who wants to team up with Reilly Opelka, literally the biggest player in the sport, when measured by height. Opelka is nearly seven feet tall. Amanda Anisimova, a finalist in singles at Wimbledon, wants to play with Holger Rune. Some notable names have also dropped off. Jack Draper and Zheng Qinwen are no longer on the list. Both are injured. Draper pulled out of the Canadian Open with an arm injury; Zheng just underwent elbow surgery. Stefano Tsitsipas and Paula Badosa have taken a pass. They, too, have been dealing with chronic injuries. Also, after two years of romance, they recently unfollowed each other on social media and removed pictures from their individual channels – never a good sign for a mixed doubles partnership, on or off the court. For those who want romance from their mixed doubles though, there is some relief. Alex de Minaur and Katie Boulter, the Aussie-Brit couple who are engaged, have signed on. Many of the biggest-name teams, several of which the USTA organized in a fit of match-making, seeking to bring attention and interest in mixed doubles, are still there. That includes, Jannik Sinner and Emma Navarro, Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu, Novak Djokovic and Olga Danilovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Grigor Dimitrov, and Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud. However, the new entrants include a slew of hard-core and successful doubles players. That means the USTA is going to have some hard decisions to make about its priorities for the 16-team field. The top eight teams with the best combined singles ranking next week will gain automatic entry. The USTA will award wild cards to the next eight teams. Advertisement Here's the issue: Katerina Siniakova wants to play with Marcelo Arevalo; Desirae Krawczyk wants to play with Evan King; Hsieh Su-Wei wants to play with Jan Zielinski; Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori had already signed up; Gaby Dabrowski wants to play with fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. All those women are ranked among the top 12 in the WTA doubles rankings. So is Taylor Townsend, the world No. 2 in doubles but No. 97 in singles. She has teamed up with Ben Shelton. Arevalo is the world No. 1. Errani and Vavassori are the defending champions. What's a tournament organizer to do? 'Earlier this year, the USTA announced the reimagining of the US Open Mixed Doubles Championship, with the goal of driving greater awareness for this storied competition, giving fans both in attendance and across the globe the opportunity to see tennis' biggest stars – both men and women – compete side-by-side for a US Open Grand Slam title,' the USTA said in the statement that accompanied the roster of registrants. The reimagining included shrinking the tournament to a two-day event scheduled for August 18 and 19 to allow big-time singles players to use it as a competitive warm-up for their singles competitions. The format will be best-of-three sets with a match tiebreak for the third set. Also, the sets are first to four games rather than six. Several top doubles players have complained that the USTA has turned a legitimate competition into an exhibition. Even Djokovic said recently awarding a Grand Slam title to a team after a two-day competition of mini-matches seemed a bit weird. Now it appears the organizers may have made it too appealing – and pitted committed doubles players against stars in singles. That said, they have also given themselves an opportunity to test the age-old question of whether two singles stars are better than doubles specialists at their own game. Advertisement The question now though is how many of those doubles specialists will get the opportunity to represent their cohort and how the USTA will justify its choices. The full list of entrants so far… Emma Navarro and Jannik Sinner **Amanda Anisimova and Holger Rune Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul Aryna Sabalenka and Grigor Dimitrov **Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz **Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur **Donna Vekic and Hubert Hurkacz Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton **Iva Jovic and Jenson Brooksby Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori **Gaby Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime **Demi Schuurs and Tallon Griekspoor **Katerina Siniakova and Marcelo Arevalo **Desirae Krawczyk and Evan King **Su-Wei Hsieh and Jan Zielinski **Venus Williams and Reilly Opelka **Denotes new entrant since initial announcement on 6/17 (Cover photo of De Minaur and Boulter:)
Washington Post
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Venus Williams and Amanda Anisimova are among the players added to the US Open mixed doubles list
Venus Williams is paired with Reilly Opelka, and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova is joined by Holger Rune on Monday's updated list of teams that have signed up to try to enter the newfangled U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament next month. A total of 25 duos are on the latest entry list released by the U.S. Tennis Association. Only 16 will make the field for the Aug. 19-20 competition that will pay the winning team $1 million . The deadline for entries is a week away. That's when the eight duos with the highest combined singles rankings will gain official acceptance for the event. The USTA will select the other eight teams and give them wild-card invitations. The mixed doubles was moved to the week before the start of competition in the singles brackets. Singles matches begin on Aug. 24. In addition to Williams — a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion who is 45 and entered the tournament in Washington this week for her first competition in more than a year — with Opelka, and Anisimova with Rune, other new teammates announced Monday include Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur, who are engaged to be married; Donna Vekic and Hubert Hurkacz; Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev; Iva Jovic and Jenson Brooksby ; Gaby Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime; Demi Schuurs and Tallon Griekspoor; Katerina Siniakova and Marcelo Arevalo; Desirae Krawczyk and Evan King; and Su-Wei Hsieh and Jan Zielinski. The original group of potential participants was released last month and included Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz; Emma Navarro and Jannik Sinner; Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud; Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti; Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz; Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev; Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev; Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe; Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul; Aryna Sabalenka and Grigor Dimitrov; Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic; Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios; Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton; and last year's U.S. Open mixed doubles champions, Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori . It's a star-studded cast that is quite different from the mix of doubles specialists usually found in a Grand Slam mixed doubles bracket. Some criticized the changes when they were announced in February, with Errani and Vavassori calling the new format a 'pseudo-exhibition focused only on entertainment and show' that would shut out true doubles players. ___ AP tennis:
Al Arabiya
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Venus Williams and Amanda Anisimova are among the players added to the US Open mixed doubles list
Venus Williams is paired with Reilly Opelka, and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova is joined by Holger Rune on Monday's updated list of teams that have signed up to try to enter the newfangled US Open mixed doubles tournament next month. A total of 25 duos are on the latest entry list released by the US Tennis Association. Only 16 will make the field for the Aug. 19-20 competition that will pay the winning team $1 million. The deadline for entries is a week away. That's when the eight duos with the highest combined singles rankings will gain official acceptance for the event. The USTA will select the other eight teams and give them wild-card invitations. The mixed doubles was moved to the week before the start of competition in the singles brackets. Singles matches begin on Aug. 24. In addition to Williams – a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion who is 45 and entered the tournament in Washington this week for her first competition in more than a year – with Opelka, and Anisimova with Rune, other new teammates announced Monday include Katie Boulter and Alex De Minaur, who are engaged to be married; Donna Vekic and Hubert Hurkacz; Karolina Muchova and Andrey Rublev; Iva Jovic and Jenson Brooksby; Gaby Dabrowski and Felix Auger-Aliassime; Demi Schuurs and Tallon Griekspoor; Katerina Siniakova and Marcelo Arevalo; Desirae Krawczyk and Evan King; and Su-Wei Hsieh and Jan Zielinski. The original group of potential participants was released last month and included Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz; Emma Navarro and Jannik Sinner; Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud; Jasmine Paolini and Lorenzo Musetti; Elena Rybakina and Taylor Fritz; Belinda Bencic and Alexander Zverev; Mirra Andreeva and Daniil Medvedev; Madison Keys and Frances Tiafoe; Jessica Pegula and Tommy Paul; Aryna Sabalenka and Grigor Dimitrov; Olga Danilovic and Novak Djokovic; Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios; Taylor Townsend and Ben Shelton; and last year's US Open mixed doubles champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori. It's a star-studded cast that is quite different from the mix of doubles specialists usually found in a Grand Slam mixed doubles bracket. Some criticized the changes when they were announced in February, with Errani and Vavassori calling the new format a pseudo-exhibition focused only on entertainment and show that would shut out true doubles players.
