French Open
Can Grigor Dimitrov Go Far at Wimbledon?
After a solid French Open, Grigor Dimitrov will be hoping to go far at Wimbledon this year. The Bulgarian is a rank outsider, but can Dimitrov cause a few upsets in the English capital?
Attention Turning to Wimbledon
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Τsitsipas eyes boyhood dream of Grand Slam title, top ranking
Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Australian Open final on Friday, taking a step towards becoming the first Greek world number one, which the third seed said would be the culmination of a boyhood dream.
Tennis has a new "king" – Alcaraz won the US Open!
Alcaraz triumphed after three hours and 21 minutes - 6:4, 2:6, 7:6(1), 6:3.
The Spaniard won the first Grand Slam title of his career in the first final he played, while Ruud lost his second final, after Roland Garros, to Nadal this year.
Alcaraz (19) became world no.1 and thus made history, as he was the first teenager to do so, and also the youngest ever to do so.
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Spectacle at Dorcol - Serbia Open: Novak Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Andrey Rublev & co.
This 250 series tournament is played from April 18 to 24, at the same time as the ATP 500 Tournament in Barcelona, however, it does not lag far behind in terms of quality. Belgrade has managed to attract some respectable names, so in addition to the world no.1, Novak Djokovic, Andrej Rublev, the eighth in the world, and Dominic Thiem, the winner of the US Open from 2020, will also perform.
Swiatek, from shy Nadal fan to world number one
Iga Swiatek was once a bashful, teenage hard-rock fan who watched Rafael Nadal in awe before storming to a memorable Grand Slam triumph at a bleak, COVID-hit autumn edition of the French Open in 2020.
Today, she will be the new world number one.
With Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" in her headphones, the Pole took to the clay courts of Roland Garros in October 2020.
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Swiatek, from shy Nadal fan to world number one
Iga Swiatek was once a bashful, teenage hard-rock fan who watched Rafael Nadal in awe before storming to a memorable Grand Slam triumph at a bleak, COVID-hit autumn edition of the French Open in 2020.
Today, she will be the new world number one.
With Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" in her headphones, the Pole took to the clay courts of Roland Garros in October 2020.
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Swiatek dedicates victory to ‘suffering Ukraine’
Poland's Iga Swiatek swept aside Anett Kontaveit in the Qatar Open final on Feb. 26 and dedicated her victory to "the people who are suffering in Ukraine."
Former French Open champion Swiatek, seeded seven, needed just over an hour to see off the fourth-seeded Estonian.
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Roland Garros: Maria Sakkari makes history – She qualified for the semifinals! (photos)
Two Greeks, Tsitsipas & Sakkari, at the Roland Garros semifinals for the first time ever!
The Paris knot
For now, all three behave just like Alexander the Great on the hill above Asia Minor, when the sages said that the king of Asia would become the one who untied the oxhide knot they had tied.
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Tsitsipas' love for clay goes a long way back
Stefanos Tsitsipas's style, and his calm, have already drawn comparisons with 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, yet the Greek sensation may in fact have more in common with claycourt master Rafa Nadal.
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