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Wimbledon 2023: Wildcards for Britons, Elina Svitolina & Venus Williams
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Wednesday, 21 June 2023 03:33
Five-time champion Venus Williams is among the players to receive a wildcard for next month's Wimbledon, with a host of British players also on the list.New British number one Katie Boulter is one of five home hopes to get wildcards into the women's singles.Ukraine's Elina Svitolina joins them, fresh from a run to the French Open quarter-finals in her first…
German Open: Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka win in Wimbledon preparations
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 13:00
Defending champion Elena Rybakina and world number two Aryna Sabalenka began their Wimbledon preparations with wins as the grass-court season continues.World number three Rybakina took just 68 minutes to brush aside Polina Kudermetova 6-4 6-2 at the German Open.Sabalenka also began strongly with a 6-3 6-2 win over Russia's Vera Zvonareva.Meanwhile, last year's winner Ons Jabeur started her grass-court season…
WTA 50th anniversary: Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals on how they changed women's tennis
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 13:15
No-one was allowed to leave the room until everyone in there changed women's tennis forever.One of the tallest players stood guard at the door as 60 female players gathered inside, the expectation of "something big" about to happen.The knock-on effects of that meeting at the Gloucester Hotel in London 50 years ago, which led to the formation of the Women's…
Birmingham Classic results: Katie Boulter loses to Zhu Lin; Harriet Dart beats Jodie Burrage
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 13:16
British number one Katie Boulter suffered a first-round defeat at the Birmingham Classic, two days after winning her first WTA Tour title.Harriet Dart later came out on top in an all-British match against Nottingham runner-up Jodie Burrage.Dart beat Burrage, who was bidding to replace Boulter as British number one, 4-6 6-2 7-5.Burrage could have replaced Boulter at the top of…
Queen's 2023 results: Andy Murray loses to Alex de Minaur, Carlos Alcaraz beats Arthur Rinderknech
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023 12:53
Andy Murray says there is no need to "overreact" after his return to Queen's fell flat when a 10-match winning streak on the British grass courts was ended by Australia's Alex de Minaur.Former world number one Murray lost 6-3 6-1 and his hopes of earning a seeding for Wimbledon are all but over."I don't want to overanalyse," said 36-year-old Murray,…
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