Latest news with #AmericanLearner
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
French Open: Alexander Zverev cruises into round two
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Last year's runner-up Alexander Zverev cantered into the second round of the French Open with a dominant 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over American Learner Tien on German third seed, still chasing an elusive maiden Grand Slam title , broke once in each set to advance comfortably and set up a meeting with Jesper De Jong of the Netherlands or Italian Francesco Passaro."It was a good start to the tournament," said Zverev.I'm happy with the three-set win, usually it's more four or five sets in first matches. Hopefully it will continue like this and it will be a fun two weeks here."The fact that Tien, the world 67, had already beaten him, helped Zverev keep his feet on the ground throughout on court Suzanne Lenglen "He beat a lot of great opponents - (Daniil) Medvedev at the Australian Open and me in Acapulco," Zverev recalled."He is going climb up the rankings. Today it helped that I played him once before, maybe it helped that I lost also to him. I am happy with the performance all around."
Reuters
19-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Venus Williams given wildcard for Indian Wells tournament
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Former world number one Venus Williams has been given a wildcard for this year's Indian Wells tournament, organisers said on Wednesday, allowing the 44-year-old American to compete at the WTA 1000-level event for the 10th time. The seven-times Grand Slam champion boycotted the tournament for 15 years after fans subjected her younger sister Serena and family to racist abuse during her 2001 final victory over Kim Clijsters. Venus, whose withdrawal from the semi-final against her sister due to injury that year prompted heckles and jeers from the crowd, returned to the tournament in 2016. She has reached the semi-finals three times, most recently in 2018, and played in last year's event as a wildcard. On the men's side, 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca, who won his first ATP title at the Argentina Open on Sunday, was granted a wildcard along with 19-year-old American Learner Tien. Tien last month became the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round since Rafa Nadal in 2005.
