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French Open: Britain's Harriet Dart one match from qualifying but Liam Broady out
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021 06:36
Britain's Harriet Dart is one match away from reaching the main draw at the French Open for the first time.World number 143 Dart beat Gabriela Talaba 6-3 2-6 6-3 in a match where both players struggled to hold serve.Dart, 24, broke the Romanian's serve four times to win the first set and won the last four games to set up…
French Open: Jamie Murray criticises prize money cuts & brands hotel 'absolute toilet'
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021 05:16
Britain's Jamie Murray has strongly criticised French Open organisers over prize money cuts and conditions.The Scot questioned their attitude,external-link saying that "on top of twice moving their event dates to suit themselves" they had continued that mentality by cutting doubles prize money by 23%.He also branded the official hotel for doubles players "absolute toilet".Murray, 35, is set to play in…
French Open: Carla Suarez Navarro to play after recovering from cancer
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Wednesday, 26 May 2021 02:22
Former world number six Carla Suarez Navarro will play at the French Open, a month after announcing she had recovered from cancer.The Spaniard, 32, revealed last September she had early stage Hodgkin lymphoma and was having chemotherapy.She had her final chemo session in January before saying in April that she had been "cured"."It makes me tremendously excited to be able…
French Open qualifying: Jodie Burrage, Jay Clarke & Samantha Murray Sharan lose in first round
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Tuesday, 25 May 2021 11:05
Britain's Jodie Burrage, Samantha Murray Sharan and Jay Clarke lost in round one of French Open qualifying.Their defeats mean Harriet Dart and Liam Broady are the only Britons remaining in the qualifying competition for the main draw of the clay-court Grand Slam, which starts on Sunday.Murray Sharan, 33, playing her first match since October 2020, lost to the Netherlands' Richel…
Naomi Osaka on French Open, Black Lives Matter & Met Gala
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Monday, 24 May 2021 22:04
At the age of 23, Naomi Osaka already has two Australian Open and two US Open titles to her name.But now comes the really hard bit. Can she win on the clay of Roland Garros, and the grass of Wimbledon, to complete her set of Grand Slam titles?"Every kid growing up would want to win all four of those," the…
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