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Naomi Osaka Beats Caroline Garcia In Qatar To Avenge Australian Open Loss | Tennis News
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Naomi Osaka Beats Caroline Garcia In Qatar To Avenge Australian Open Loss | Tennis News

[ad_1] Naomi Osaka put last week's first round defeat in Abu Dhabi behind her with a straight sets defeat of 15th seed Caroline Garcia at the Qatar Open on Monday. This was former world number one Osaka's second win from the five matches she has played since returning last month after a 15-month time out on maternity leave from the tour. The Japanese four-time Grand Slam winner was exacting a small measure of revenge on Garcia with this 7-5, 6-4 success in Doha as it was the French star Garcia who knocked her out in the first round of last month's Australian Open. And she reckons she is ...
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Cincinnati Open: Carlos Alcaraz Battles Through Rain, Holder Caroline Garcia Out | Football News
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Cincinnati Open: Carlos Alcaraz Battles Through Rain, Holder Caroline Garcia Out | Football News

[ad_1] Carlos Alcaraz battled through a rain interruption to claim his 50th win of the season, defeating Jordan Thompson 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Open. The top-seeded Spaniard is bidding for his seventh trophy of 2023 as he prepares for a US Open title defense in less than a fortnight. His victory took three hours, with the world number one breaking open the third set as he delivered two love games and moved through on a second match point."I had never played him and the start/stop was not easy," Alcaraz said. "It was not easy to wait for the rain."He played aggressive, I'm glad to get through. It was a long day waiting to play and then find rain in the first set."I had to play my best level at the end; I'm hoping for better conditions in the next round."Alcaraz was t...
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Novak Djokovic Beats Stanislas Wawrinka And Curfew As Andy Murray Hints Wimbledon Days Over | Tennis News
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Novak Djokovic Beats Stanislas Wawrinka And Curfew As Andy Murray Hints Wimbledon Days Over | Tennis News

[ad_1] Novak Djokovic made the Wimbledon fourth round for the 15th time on Friday, beating old rival Stan Wawrinka and a night-time curfew as Andy Murray hinted his All England Club days may be over. Djokovic, chasing a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon title and 24th career Grand Slam crown, came through 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) against the 38-year-old Wawrinka. World number two Djokovic will face Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, who he has defeated five times in as many meetings, for a place in the quarter-finals.Friday's win was Djokovic's 21st in 27 meetings with Wawrinka, a three-time major champion who famously defeated the Serb in the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open finals.Djokovic never faced a break point under the Centre Court roof and completed victory just 15 minutes before the 11pm All...
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Fourth Seed Caroline Garcia Stunned 6-7, 4-6 By Magda Linette In 4th Round Of Australian Open Women’s Singles | Tennis News
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Fourth Seed Caroline Garcia Stunned 6-7, 4-6 By Magda Linette In 4th Round Of Australian Open Women’s Singles | Tennis News

[ad_1] Caroline Garcia out of Australian Open 2023© AFPFourth Seed Caroline Garcia suffered a straight sets defeat against Magda Linette (6-7, 4-6) in 4th round of Australian Open women's singles event. Garcia, World No. 4, was one of the favourites to go the distance in this year's first Grand Slam but could not go beyond the 4th round. Garcia didn't look confident in her last match as well but was able to overcome world number 158 Laura Siegemund in a 3-setter. This time, however, she couldn't find a way past Linette.France's Garcia won 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 2hr 10min to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open for the first time since 2018."She played a great match, she was able to read me very well," said a relieved Garcia, the fourth seed."I was getting more stressed and at the begi...
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Caroline Garcia Relieved To Battle Into Australian Open Third Round | Tennis News
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Caroline Garcia Relieved To Battle Into Australian Open Third Round | Tennis News

[ad_1] Australian Open: Caroline Garcia defeated Leylah Fernandez in straight sets on Thursday© AFPWorld number four Caroline Garcia admitted she was relieved to see off tricky left-hander Leylah Fernandez in straight sets Thursday and take her place in the third round of the Australian Open. Garcia, of France, beat the 20-year-old former US Open finalist 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 in 1hr 52min on Rod Laver Arena to set up a meeting with Laura Siegemund of Germany. "I'm pleased because she was pretty much up all the time and winning her service games very easily," said Garcia of the world number 40 from Canada.At the end of a high-quality first set which saw one service break each, Fernandez upped a gear at the start of the tiebreak, stretching out to a 4-0 lead.But a double fault at 4-1 gave Garcia...
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Caroline Garcia Relieved To Battle Into Australian Open Third Round | Tennis News
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Caroline Garcia Relieved To Battle Into Australian Open Third Round | Tennis News

[ad_1] Australian Open: Caroline Garcia defeated Leylah Fernandez in straight sets on Thursday© AFPWorld number four Caroline Garcia admitted she was relieved to see off tricky left-hander Leylah Fernandez in straight sets Thursday and take her place in the third round of the Australian Open. Garcia, of France, beat the 20-year-old former US Open finalist 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 in 1hr 52min on Rod Laver Arena to set up a meeting with Laura Siegemund of Germany. "I'm pleased because she was pretty much up all the time and winning her service games very easily," said Garcia of the world number 40 from Canada.At the end of a high-quality first set which saw one service break each, Fernandez upped a gear at the start of the tiebreak, stretching out to a 4-0 lead.But a double fault at 4-1 gave Garcia...
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Garcia, Sabalenka Register Opening Wins, Muguruza Out Of Australian Open | Tennis News
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Garcia, Sabalenka Register Opening Wins, Muguruza Out Of Australian Open | Tennis News

[ad_1] Caroline Garcia and Andrey Rublev swept into the Australian Open second round on a blisteringly hot day Tuesday ahead of Novak Djokovic making his eagerly anticipated return to the season-opening Grand Slam. Women's fourth seed Garcia and men's fifth seed Rublev both banked straight-sets wins before play was halted on outside courts and the roofs were closed on the main stadiums due to extreme heat. Their victories came on a day when Tennis Australia banned Russian and Belarusian flags after a complaint from the Ukrainian ambassador to Australia.The red, white and blue stripes of Russia were seen Monday during at least two matches, with Ukrainian fans reportedly calling security and police to the stands."The ban is effective immediately," said Tennis Australia.Since the invasion o...
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Caroline Garcia Downs Aryna Sabalenka To Seal WTA Finals Victory | Tennis News
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Caroline Garcia Downs Aryna Sabalenka To Seal WTA Finals Victory | Tennis News

[ad_1] Caroline Garcia defeated Aryna Sabalenka to win the season-ending WTA Finals.© AFPFrance's Caroline Garcia scored the biggest victory of her career with a straight sets defeat of Aryna Sabalenka to win the season-ending WTA Finals on Monday. Garcia relied on a superb service game to overpower her Belarusian opponent 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 at Fort Worth, Texas. The 29-year-old from Lyon is only the second French player to win the WTA title after Amelie Maursemo in 2005. With both sixth-seeded Garcia and seventh-seeded Sabalenka serving beautifully throughout, Monday's final was settled by the finest of margins.Garcia seized the initiative in the first set tie-break after both women had held to get it 6-6.Remarkably, neither player conceded a break point during a hard-fought first set.But t...
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Coco Gauff Reaches WTA Finals For First Time | Tennis News
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Coco Gauff Reaches WTA Finals For First Time | Tennis News

[ad_1] Coco Gauff will be the youngest to take part since Maria Sharapova in 2005© AFPCoco Gauff qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time on Wednesday, along with French player Caroline Garcia, who will be making her second appearance in the event. Gauff, 18, and Garcia join world number one Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula in the singles draw for the finals in Fort Worth, Texas from October 31 to November 7. Gauff will also play in the doubles with partner Pegula, making them the first Americans to take part in the WTA Finals in both singles and doubles since Serena and Venus Williams in 2009.At 18 years, 239 days old at the end of the event, Gauff will be the youngest to take part since Maria Sharapova reached the semi-finals in 2005, aged 18 and 208 days.Gauff, who mo...
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