Australian Open: Elena Rybakina stunned by Anna Blinkova in longest Grand-Slam tie-break ever | Tennis News

World No 3 Elena Rybakina lost an epic second-round match to Anna Blinkova after the longest deciding tie-break in Grand Slam history. Blinkova beat Rybakina 6-4 4-6 7-6 (22-20) in two hours and 47 minutes and eventually won the match with her 10th match point. Since 2022, all Grand Slams have had a 10-point tie-break…

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Emma Raducanu beats Shelby Rogers at Australian Open as Katie Boulter and Elena Rybakina also win | Tennis News

Emma Raducanu made light work of American Shelby Rogers with a 6-3 6-2 first-round victory at the Australian Open, 12 months on from her last Grand Slam appearance. Raducanu, who made her return to tennis two weeks ago after eight months out to have surgery on both wrists and one ankle, put in an aggressive…

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Elena Rybakina demolishes Aryna Sabalenka to claim Brisbane title

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan holds the winner’s trophy after the women’s singles final against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane on January 7, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) Elena Rybakina will head to the Australian Open full of confidence after demolishing world number two Aryna Sabalenka in…

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NU-Sta Elena stuns seasoned Cignal to win Spikers’ Turf title

NU- Sta. Elena Nationals. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — National University-Sta. Elena continued to play the role of Cignal’s tormentor as the young college squad denied the seasoned club team of having a perfect year in the 2023 Spikers’ Turf season. Jade Disquitado, the youngest man on the floor, was nearly unstoppable with a career-high…

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WTA Finals: Jessica Pegula through to semi-finals but Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina match suspended | Tennis News

Jessica Pegula stretched her winning streak to eight matches and clinched a spot in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Maria Sakkari on Thursday night in Mexico. A year after going 0-3 in the round-robin singles play at the event, Pegula went 3-0 in Cancun, including a win over No 1-ranked…

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JPGT makes Sta. Elena stop – rezal404

Sta. Elena hosts the fourth round of the Junior PGT (JPGT) 2023 Series which has gotten nothing but positive reviews from participants and parents as the circuit hopes to continue discovering new talents that can represent the Philippines internationally in the future. Operating without affiliation from any of the junior golf organizations in the country,…

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Wimbledon: Katie Boulter finds ‘positives’ in crushing defeat to Elena Rybakina

When Elena Rybakina swiftly extinguished Katie Boulter’s Wimbledon campaign on Center Court on Saturday night, the last Briton plummeted out of the singles tournament at the All England Club. But Boulter shrugged off the disappointment. “I wouldn’t say that [being the last Briton] enters my mind too much,” she said after her 6-1 6-1 loss…

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Elena Rybakina demolishes last British hope at Wimbledon – rezal404

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina (R) shakes hands with Britain’s Katie Boulter after winning their women’s singles tennis match on the sixth day of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) Defending women’s champion Elena Rybakina snuffed out the hopes…

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Katie Boulter backed to trouble defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina

Anne Keothavong has backed Katie Boulter to give “vulnerable” defending champion Elena Rybakina a run for her money at Wimbledon. The British No 1 is through the third round for the second year in a row and has been rewarded with a plum tie against the third seed. Rybakina has built impressively on her first…

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Elena Rybakina feels no pressure ahead of Wimbledon title defense – rezal404

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina reacts as she plays against Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka during the women’s singles final on day thirteen of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP) Elena Rybakina comes into Wimbledon as a defending Grand Slam champion for the first time in her career…

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