Tennis
Thinking about world number one ranking affected me - beaten Osaka
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Thursday, 09 May 2019 13:40
Naomi Osaka says thinking about retaining her number one world ranking hindered her in her Madrid Open quarter-final loss to Belinda Bencic.Osaka led by a break in the final set and served for the match, but Bencic fought back to win 3-6 6-2 7-5.Romania's Simona Halep could replace Osaka at the top of the rankings if she wins the title…
Federer 'relieved' after saving match points before beating Monfils in Madrid
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Thursday, 09 May 2019 13:22
Roger Federer saved two match points before claiming a hard-fought victory over Gael Monfils to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals.The Swiss fourth seed came from a break down in the deciding set to beat the Frenchman 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-3).Federer will face fifth seed Dominic Thiem - who he lost the Indian Wells final to in March - in the…
Madrid Open: Rafael Nadal through to third round
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Wednesday, 08 May 2019 15:04
Rafael Nadal beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger Aliassime 6-3 6-3 to reach the Madrid Open third round.The 32-year-old world number two, who has been struggling with a virus, won the first break point of the match in the eighth game before taking a tight first set.Aliassime, 18, saved five match points on his own serve in the second set but…
Halep wins 6-0 6-0 to reach last eight in Madrid
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Wednesday, 08 May 2019 06:11
World number one Naomi Osaka and world number three Simona Halep both won in straight sets to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals.Osaka beat Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-3 to reach the last eight in Madrid for the first time.Halep took just 45 minutes to see off Slovakia's Viktoria Kuzmova 6-0 6-0. The Romanian, who beat British number one Johanna Konta…
Federer marks clay-court return with swift win over Gasquet
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Tuesday, 07 May 2019 12:34
Roger Federer's first match on clay in almost three years ended with a rapid win over France's Richard Gasquet at the Madrid Open.The Swiss, 37, took 53 minutes to win 6-2 6-3 against the world number 39.Gasquet, playing his first tournament of the year following a groin injury, did not look fully fit. Nevertheless, the 20-time Grand Slam champion was…
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