2023-08-21 00:45:04 “Playing Carlos in the final is a very good test before the US Open, even if it will be the best of five sets in New York. It’s facing the best player who is in great shape. This is the biggest challenge I can face,” said Novak Djokovic after his qualification for the … Read more
2023-08-19 02:14:19 Obviously, the holidays have been good for Novak Djokovic. If we had not really been able to judge his level after a month of competition during his first match (abandonment of Alejandro Davidovich Fokina), the correction inflicted on Gaël Monfils (6-2, 6-3) gave an idea of the form of the world No. 2. … Read more
2023-08-19 00:29:24 Too hard, too fast. This is how we can sum up what Adrian Mannarino must have felt against Alexander Zverev in this quarter-final of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati. From the first exchanges, the German played faster and the weight of his ball neutralized the counter game of Mannarino who conceded the entry … Read more
2023-08-18 22:10:00 The last time he played a match with the PSG jersey was on July 21, in a friendly against Le Havre, at the start of preparation. Kylian Mbappé came off the bench on the hour mark before closing the scoring in added time (2-0). Four weeks later, here he is preparing to return … Read more
2023-08-16 21:51:20 Alex De Minaur had bad memories of Gael Monfils in Cincinnati. The 24-year-old Australian had already lost in two sets (6-3, 7-5) to the Frenchman in the second round in 2021. Two years later, at the same time and in the same tournament, Monfils imposed again with an excellent level (7-5, 6-4), Wednesday. … Read more
2023-08-16 23:04:56 Hard blow for Holger Rune who had to retire in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 when he was trailing 6-4, 2-0 by Mackenzie MacDonald. The seeded No. 6 felt pain in the left shoulder blade and requested a medical time out to be manipulated on the court. But that was … Read more
2023-08-13 15:11:52 Lotte Kopecky is world champion. The Belgian won Sunday in Glasgow at the end of a race where she multiplied the attempts at the front. Leaving the group of favorites seven kilometers from the finish with the Dane Cecilie Ludwig, she dropped the latter a few hectometres further to win alone. Second in … Read more
2023-08-05 22:38:47 Titled at the start of the year in Auckland, Coco Gauff will therefore have had to wait eight months before finding a final on the WTA circuit. But the 19-year-old American (No. 7) did not miss her chance in front of her audience. So here she is in the final of the Washington … Read more