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French Open: Britain's Alfie Hewett starts wheelchair singles title defence with win
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Wednesday, 01 June 2022 09:13
Britain's defending men's wheelchair champion Alfie Hewett started his French Open campaign with a 6-1 6-2 win over Dutch opponent Tom Egberink.Top seed Hewett, who received a bye to the quarter-finals, quickly built up a lead in the first set.The second set saw the pair trade five breaks before Hewett held his serve to progress to the semi-finals.Hewett, 24, faces…
French Open: Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic say quarter-final was 'too late'
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Wednesday, 01 June 2022 05:35
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic agreed their French Open quarter-final started too late after the four-hour match ended at 01:15 in Paris [00:15 BST].Asked if it was too late to be playing, Nadal said: "It is without a doubt. I understand television pays a lot of money but we need to find a balance."Djokovic added: "Broadcasters say it's going to…
French Open: Daria Kasatkina into Grand Slam semi-finals for first time
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Wednesday, 01 June 2022 05:39
Daria Kasatkina reached her first Grand Slam semi-final with a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) win over Veronika Kudermetova in the French Open quarter-finals.Kasatkina, 25, took the first set against the run of early aggressive play from her fellow Russian.Both players traded breaks of serve in an edgy second set but 20th seed Kasatkina overcame her nerves to win on her fifth…
French Open: Britain's Lucy Shuker knocked out of wheelchair singles
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 09:43
Britain's Lucy Shuker has been knocked out of the French Open wheelchair singles after being beaten by Jiske Griffioen.World number five Shuker, a semi-finalist in 2006, took the opening set but lost 1-6 6-3 6-1 to the Dutch player on court 13. Griffioen won 74% of her first-service points compared to Shuker's 48%. The 42-year-old Briton now turns her focus…
French Open: Britons Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski go out in the men's doubles quarter-finals
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:51
Britain's Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski were both beaten in their men's doubles quarter-final ties in Paris.Salisbury, 30, and American Rajeev Ram, 38, lost to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 3-6 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (12-10).The top seeds wasted five match points in all as Dodig and Krajicek edged the final set tie-break.Skupski, 32, and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof, 33, were…
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