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Pegula, Gauff Signal Intent As Australian Open Begins | Tennis News
16Jan By adminNo Comments
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Pegula, Gauff Signal Intent As Australian Open Begins | Tennis News

[ad_1] Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff fired early warning shots Monday at the Australian Open with blistering straight-sets wins as Rafael Nadal prepares to return to the scene of one of his greatest Grand Slam triumphs. In-form third seed Pegula blitzed past 161st ranked Romanian Jaqueline Cristian on Margaret Court Arena 6-0, 6-1 in a 59-minute romp to signal her intent. Fellow American Coco Gauff, seeded seven, was equally explosive in racing into the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 thumping of Czech Katerina Siniakova on neighbouring Rod Laver Arena.Gauff headed into the first Grand Slam of the year on a high after winning her third WTA title at the Auckland Classic this month, while Pegula was boosted by upsetting world number one Iga Swiatek at the United Cup."I'm honoured that the tou...
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Iga Swiatek To Coco Gauff: Five Women To Watch At Australian Open | Tennis News
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Iga Swiatek To Coco Gauff: Five Women To Watch At Australian Open | Tennis News

[ad_1] World number one Iga Swiatek leads the field in an Australian Open women's draw shorn of some of its biggest recent stars. Ashleigh Barty, who lifted the trophy 12 months ago, and Serena Williams have retired, while the 2019 and 2021 winner Naomi Osaka has pulled out.Here are the top five players to watch:Iga Swiatek- The 21-year-old seized her opportunity after the retirement of Barty to dominate 2022, securing eight WTA titles and becoming the first woman in six years to win two Grand Slams in the same season -- at Roland Garros and New York. After losing the Australian Open semi-final to Danielle Collins, Poland's Swiatek did not look back.She lifted the trophy in Doha a month later to kick-start an incredible 37-match winning streak that only ended in the third round at Wimble...
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PV Sindhu The 12th Highest-Paid Sportswoman In 2022: Forbes | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu The 12th Highest-Paid Sportswoman In 2022: Forbes | Badminton News

[ad_1] India's badminton star PV Sindhu is the only player in the top 25 in Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid female athletes in the world. Sindhu, the 2016 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, occupies the 12th spot in the list, which is topped by Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka. The 27-year-old made $7 million of her total earnings of $7.1 million from off-court sources, having won a singles gold and doubles silver at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year in Birmingham.For the third straight year, Osaka tops Forbes' annual list of the World's highest-paid female athletes. The list is dominated by tennis players once again.Osaka leads leads a pack of seven tennis players who are placed inside the list's Top 10, including Serena Williams, Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek, Venus Williams,...
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Maria Sakkari Edges Pegula To Open WTA Finals | Tennis News
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Maria Sakkari Edges Pegula To Open WTA Finals | Tennis News

[ad_1] Maria Sakkari opened the season-ending event Monday with a straight sets win.© AFPMaria Sakkari, aiming to improve on her WTA Finals semi-final run last year, opened the season-ending event Monday with a straight sets round-robin victory over Jessica Pegula. Greece's Sakkari, ranked fifth in the world, toppled third-ranked American Pegula 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4). Action in the Nancy Richey Group continued later Monday at Dickies Arena with Tunisian world number two Ons Jabeur -- a finalist at Wimbledon and the US Open this year -- taking on seventh-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.In a rematch of the WTA Guadalajara final won by Pegula last week, she and Sakkari traded six service breaks in the opening set, Pegula twice recovering a break before Sakkari put it away in the tiebreaker.After pock...
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