Reigning Roland Garros champion Iga Swiatek of Poland collected her 36th consecutive match-win on Tuesday as she moved past Croatian qualifier Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of Wimbledon. World No.1 Swiatek needed 1 hour and 14 minutes to best World No.252 Fett, who was contesting just her third Grand Slam main draw. Just 21 years old, the Pole is already a two-time Roland-Garros champion and the world No.1, unbeaten on tour since February. When she won her first Grand Slam as an unseeded teenager in 2020, she adapted well to her new status and had a consistent…
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Competing in his 20th Grand Slam, No.4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached the second round at Wimbledon for the second time in five appearances. The Greek world No.5 will now face Australia’s Jordan Thompson following a four set victory over Swiss qualifier Alexander Ritschard 7-6(1) 6-3 5-7 6-4 on No.1 Court. Tsitsipas reached the fourth round in 2018 becoming the first Greek man to reach the last 16 at a Grand Slam since Nicky Kalogeropoulos at Wimbledon 1964, but then fell in the first round in 2019 and again in 2021. Ritschard, who was making his Tour-level main draw debut on Tuesday, came through…
U.S. President Joe Biden met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday before making remarks to the media as leaders gathered for the NATO summit in Madrid. At the top of the agenda for leaders in meetings Wednesday and Thursday is strengthening defenses against Russia and supporting Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden, who arrived with the aim of stiffening the resolve of any wavering allies, said that NATO members were “standing together in our shared security.” “I said before the war started if Putin attacked Ukraine the United States would enhance our force posture in Europe and respond to…
The 33-year-old Croatian tennis star Marin Cilic, who won the U.S. Open in 2014, reached the final of the grass court Grand Slam five years ago when he lost to Roger Federer. Former runner-up and many experts’ dark horse for a deep run, Marin Cilic, was forced to withdraw from The Championships after testing positive for COVID. The Croat was hoping for another extended stay at a Grand Slam after reaching his first Roland-Garros semi-final in early June. “I am heartbroken to be missing Wimbledon and to see my grass season end this way,” he said on social media. Topics…
Former world No 1 Andy Murray recovered from dropping the first set to beat James Duckworth and reach the second round at Wimbledon. Playing for the first time since suffering an abdominal injury in the final of the Stuttgart Open earlier this month, Andy Murray came through 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 in two hours and 43 minutes under a closed roof on Centre Court. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1541521601119850496?s=21&t=0EhzhIbn5GxkbO4O1pEY8A “Once I started to find my returns a little bit more as the match went on, I started to feel more comfortable. But I did well to get through it”,Andy Murray said. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1541525264592773128?s=21&t=0EhzhIbn5GxkbO4O1pEY8A Even the…
On the second day of the summit in Elmau, the heads of state and government of the G7 will primarily discuss one topic – the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized that the G7 will continue to support Ukraine. “This war must end.” https://twitter.com/g7/status/1541486013406658564?s=21&t=0EhzhIbn5GxkbO4O1pEY8A On the second day of the summit in Elmau, the main focus of the G7 heads of state and government will be continued support for Ukraine. “Our goal is to support Ukraine as best we can,” said Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “We have to make all the necessary decisions for this – necessary decisions in these difficult times.”…
Of all the good things to have come Emma Raducanu’s way since her unparalleled win at the US Open nine months ago, surely none can have given her more pleasure than her excellent first round win at Wimbledon 2022, the place where her odyssey to greatness began 12 months ago. https://twitter.com/wimbledon/status/1541499343143931905?s=21&t=0EhzhIbn5GxkbO4O1pEY8A From the moment of last Friday’s draw, heads were shaken in gloom when Alison Van Uytvanck was anointed as Raducanu’s initial opponent. No wonder, given the Belgian’s 12 wins on grass during The Championships build-up – a grim contrast to Raducanu’s own total of 33 minutes in Nottingham before…
Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest man in the draw, secures a brilliant victory against Jan-Lennard Struff Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is through to the second round of Wimbledon after beating Jan-Lennard Struff in five pulsating sets. Like one of his title rivals, Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz had to overcome a big scare to keep his Wimbledon dream alive and eventually saw off the stubborn Struff 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-7 4-6 after a four-hour-and-14-minute marathon. Spanish teenager prevails in five tough sets against Jan-Lennard Struff on No.1 Court On grass court it might be a more appropriate label, where, until his five…
A tricky first Monday shouldn’t overly concern Novak Djokovic, as he will doubtless recall how he dropped a set in his opening round last summer, against British wild card Jack Draper, and still went on win the title. Victory put Djokovic one seventh of the way to snaffling what would be a fourth consecutive title at Wimbledon, and to equalling his boyhood idol Pete Sampras’s achievement of seven Wimbledon titles, which would leave him one short of Roger Federer’s record eight. In beating Kwon, Novak Djokovic set a record of his own, becoming the first player, man or woman, to…
G7 Leaders’ condemn on the Missile Attack on a Shopping Mall in Kremenchuck.The G7 leaders issued a statement:”We, the Leaders of the G7, solemnly condemn the abominable attack on a shopping mall in Kremenchuk. We stand united with Ukraine in mourning the innocent victims of this brutal attack. Indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians constitute a war crime. Russian President Putin and those responsible will be held to account. Today, we underlined our unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian aggression, an unjustified war of choice that has been raging for 124 days. We will continue to provide…