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Japan Times
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Emma Raducanu suffers setback at Eastbourne ahead of Wimbledon
Emma Raducanu suffered a setback ahead of Wimbledon as the former U.S. Open champion suffered a shock defeat against Australian teenager Maya Joint in the second round at Eastbourne on Wednesday. After a difficult year marred by poor form and back problems, Raducanu had hoped for a morale-boosting run at Eastbourne before Wimbledon starts on Monday. But the British star slumped to a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) loss that leaves her short of match practice leading into the grass-court Grand Slam. Raducanu missed last week's Berlin Open due to the back problem she has been nursing since before the French Open. On Tuesday, the 22-year-old held back tears after rallying from a set down to defeat American Ann Li in the first round at Eastbourne, then admitted she had been dealing with "some really bad news." World No. 38 Raducanu, who won the U.S. Open in 2021, is preparing for her fourth appearance at Wimbledon, where she has twice reached the fourth round. But Joint knocked out two-time Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur in the first round on Monday, and the 19-year-old made Raducanu her second high-profile victim of the week. "I feel quite tired," Raducanu said. "Just going through some stuff, and I need to do my best to get my head in the game ahead of next week. "Realistically, the turnaround (to Wimbledon) is pretty soon. I'm just going to start with a day off tomorrow and then hopefully I can get on the court on Friday." Joint faces world No. 69 Anna Blinkova in the quarterfinals. "Today was really tough, there were a lot of ups and downs and momentum switches. I was really glad I could tough it out in the end. The atmosphere was amazing," the world No. 51 said after the second grass-court win of her career. Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova saved three match points to reach the quarterfinals with a gutsy 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3) win against Britain's Jodie Burrage. Twenty four hours after Harriet Dart spurned two match points against Krejcikova, the second-seeded Czech had to dig deep again to avoid defeat after falling behind 40-0 while trailing 6-5 in the deciding set. Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko pulled out due a foot injury with the score 0-6, 6-2, 3-2 against Alexandra Eala, a 20-year-old qualifier from the Philippines. In the men's event at Eastbourne, British world No. 170 Dan Evans enjoyed a surprise 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win against second seed Tommy Paul. Defending champion Taylor Fritz's second-round clash with rising Brazilian star Joao Fonseca was suspended due to bad light. Fritz, the world No. 5, has won the Eastbourne title three times. The American took the first set 6-3, but the 18-year-old Fonseca, ranked 57th, hit back to win the second 7-6 (7-5), forcing the match to be played to a conclusion on Thursday.
CNA
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Sinner and singer Bocelli strike up partnership for new single
World number one Jannik Sinner has formed a new doubles partnership but the duo will be battling for chart success rather than Grand Slam titles after the Italian released a single with compatriot and opera tenor Andrea Bocelli on Friday. The three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner promoted the song titled 'Polvere e Gloria' or 'Dust and Glory' on Instagram. The video features footage from the pair's childhoods and more recent clips of the singer and Sinner, clutching a racket and tennis ball, in front of a piano in Bocelli's home in Tuscany. Sinner's speeches form part of the song, which is in Italian and English, with Bocelli in full flow. "Every life is a potential work of art: each of us bears the sweet responsibility of nurturing our talents in the daily acrobatics of living, pursuing our dreams while remaining steadfastly true to our values," the pair wrote on Instagram. "This duet is such a bold leap that it has ignited our passion, born of shared and unwavering desire to express our deep belief that nothing is impossible." Sinner, the U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, said he was honoured to be part of the project with Bocelli, describing the singer as a "unique and extraordinary voice" and "a flag for our country in the rest of the world". "I could never have imagined hearing my voice in one of his songs. It's extremely moving," the 23-year-old added. Sinner, who was beaten by Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in an epic French Open final earlier this month, lost in the last 16 of the Halle Open on Thursday in a blow to his preparations for Wimbledon which gets underway on June 30.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'It better not be easier when you're done': 5 things I learned from Gil Hanse on Oakmont
OAKMONT, Pa. – It's not every major championship where you get invited to have breakfast with the man most responsible for the renovation of Oakmont. But thanks to the good people at Rolex, I sat next to this era's unofficial 'Open Doctor' Gil Hanse, while enjoying an omelet. Hanse's handiwork is on Open venues past and present, such as Winged Foot and Merion (also, The Olympic Club, which has a PGA and Ryder Cup and U.S. Amateur on the books) and he prepped Oakmont for the 125th U.S. Open in 2023. I listened to him hold court to a dozen or so members of the media and here are five things I learned from Hanse on Oakmont that you'll want to know either to enhance your experience as a viewer or spectator this week. This is the overriding philosophy that guided the changes to Oakmont GIL HANSE: You had a very interesting setup where you had a family, a father and a son [Henry and W.C. Fownes] who were here for 44 years, from 1903 to 1947, that continually tinkered with the golf course. We focused on 44 years and a family that was insistent on making sure the difficulty increased, never decreased; you had a lot of homework to do. So we decided that we couldn't focus on a point in time for Oakmont, but we could focus on, in our opinion, what we thought the best version of each whole was. What you're seeing now is basically an eclectic or greatest hits 18 holes presented by the Fownes. Advertisement We worked with the membership to try to figure out what would provide the best test for the greatest golfers in the game, but also an adequate test for this membership, and I'm hopeful we hit on every hole out there. One of the things that has been consistent with Oakmont from day one, when Henry Fownes founded it, and one of the things that was very clear in the messaging from the membership, is they liked this place tough. They wanted it to play hard. It's the only time I've ever come out of a meeting with the members where we presented the master plan, and it was very, very clear to me that the message was it better not be easier when you're done. Usually, members are like, 'Please make it more playable, a little bit easier,' but here, no ... I've used the phrase unapologetically difficult. That's what [the field is] getting this week. ... By the way, I don't think it's urban myth, but there is a swimming pool underneath those tents, and the reason he left the club was because they put in a swimming pool. He said this is a golf club and the board still voted to put that in, and he said, 'I'm out.' That tells you their mentality when it comes to [the setup of the course]. Jun 11, 2025; Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA; General view as Ben Griffin and Ryan Gerard and Chandler Blanchet and Frankie Harris walk up the on the 18th hole during a practice round for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Choices entice players to make decisions GH: At No. 2 and 14, we've opened up landing areas, trying to entice them to take a longer club and hit it a little bit further, which might be counterintuitive. Some people might think you want to just squeeze it off and make them hit longer irons in, but we'd rather them make that decision, that was part and parcel with the design there. The "church pew" bunkers at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennylvania. (Photo: Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports) This is why Hanse added another pew — a 13th — to the famed Church Pews bunker GH: Because of the distance where (players) hit it. We added 40 yards to the back of three, so it's now 340 to carry the Church Pews. And then same on 4, going back the other way, we needed to add length to it. We thought if we expanded the footprint of the bunker and left the same number of pews in there, the spacing and the scale would have been out of kilter. They added pews before in '07, so it's not like we did something that's never been done before. And then we also looked at the configuration of the pews, and there's a great photo of William Fownes standing on the pews, and the caption underneath is 'The Snake Mounds at Oakmont.' They weren't even called the Church Pews early on, and they were much more irregular and mounded, and they twisted, and I think that's part of the snake thing. They had become very regularized over a long period of time. So if you look at them now, they've got more humps and bumps, and they're twisted and turn a little bit to be a little bit more accurate. And so that was nerve-wracking, to be honest. Whenever you tear apart something that is so iconic, it's – we had Kye Goalby and Matt Smallwood, were our two shapers who did phenomenal work and they are super talented – they were frozen for a little while. Taking that first bite, it was hard to get them to do it. Hanse's involvement in the course set-up decisions this week will be minimal Bryson DeChambeau's club face disappears in the rough while he contemplates his next shot during the 125th U.S. Open practice round on June 11, 2025 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. GH: Those of you may remember, I had a very brief television career with Fox when they had the U.S. Open, and I made it part of my research – because we weren't involved in any of the golf courses at that time – to walk the set up in the morning just to learn and listen. I was respectful and thoughtful and just basically listened, didn't interject, and I still don't interject a lot because those guys are great at what they do. I see how much energy and effort they put into it. If they ask me a question, I'll answer it, but I'm not out there pointing and waving, but yes, they've invited me to be part of an early morning, 5:30 a.m. walk around, and then every day there's a set up meeting at 2:30 p.m., and I sit quietly and if they ask me a question, I'm happy to answer it ... but my hands are off the wheel this week. This is where Hanse would camp out and watch the entire field play through GH: I love the short four, so I think I'd probably watch them play No. 2, and I love what we did to 13 green. I think the restoration to 13 green is going to be fascinating to watch those guys putt into different hole locations. You also can see 12, which always provides a lot of interest. So yeah, I would say probably 13 and 2. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 5 things I learned from architect Gil Hanse on his Oakmont renovation
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Play suspended during final round of U.S. Open in Oakmont because of dangerous weather
U.S. Open Play has stopped because of dangerous weather in Oakmont. TRACK THE RAIN WITH OUR INTERACTIVE RADAR Play was suspended at 4:01 p.m. A Flash Flood Warning was issued for Allegheny County Sunday afternoon. Advertisement Play will resume on Channel 11 as soon as the suspension is lifted. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch: Patrick Reed holes out for albatross, only fourth in history of U.S. Open
Patrick Reed did something Thursday that only three others have ever done in the history of the U.S. Open. Playing his fourth hole during the opening round of the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Reed hit a 3-wood from 286 yards on the par-5 second hole. His ball landed at the front of the green and took a couple of hops before releasing, and it never left the cup. The ball rolled into the hole, and voila, it was an albatross for Reed. The other three golfers to accomplish the feat are Nick Watney at Olympic Club in 2012, Shaun Micheel at Pebble Beach in 2010 and T.C. Chen at Oakland Hills in 1985. Advertisement The big bird moved Reed from 1 over to 2 under in the first round and to T-5 on the leaderboard. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: U.S. Open 2025: Patrick Reed holes out for albatross from 286 yards
