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Tennis: Fils cruises into Montreal last 16 as seeds tumble
Arthur Fils dropped just five games against Mariano Navone and never faced a break point, powering into the Montreal last 16 as the seeds fell around him.
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Tennis: Swiatek powers into the last 16 in Toronto
Swiatek cruises in Toronto Iga Swiatek didn’t hang about. The Pole swept aside Swiss player Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-1 in the third round in Toronto. Sixty-six minutes. Not a shred of suspense. Seeded No. 7, Swiatek rattled off eleven of the last twelve games at one stage. The sort of run that breaks an opponent.…
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Tennis: Coco Gauff sounds the alarm on genetic testing
Gauff opens up a debate Coco Gauff has waded into a sensitive issue. The American says she would support a mandatory genetic test in the name of fairness in women’s tennis. But she also made it clear she has doubts. The world No 1 is worried about possible abuse. In her view, a move like…
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Tennis: Norrie saves match point to stun de Minaur in Montreal
Norrie refuses to lose One match point down. He saved it. Cameron Norrie simply would not leave the court. The Briton flipped the script on Alex de Minaur on Thursday in the third round of the Montreal Masters 1000, coming through 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-1. De Minaur, the third seed, had the win on his…
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Tennis: Swiatek storms into Toronto round of 16
Iga Swiatek needed just 66 minutes to sweep aside Viktorija Golubic and reach the last 16 at the National Bank Open in Toronto.
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Tennis: Gauff wary of gene testing being ‘weaponized’
In Toronto, Coco Gauff backed the fairness behind Olympic gene testing but warned the policy risks being used to attack the trans community.
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Tennis: Wimbledon champion Noskova crashes out in Toronto
The champion couldn’t keep it rolling Three weeks on from her Wimbledon triumph, Linda Noskova came back to earth with a bump. No escape this time. Playing her first match since that London Grand Slam, the Czech sixth seed went out in the second round in Toronto. Caty McNally did the damage, 7-6 (5), 6-1.…
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Tennis: Griekspoor stuns top seed Zverev in Montreal
Griekspoor rips up the seedings Some nights just belong to a player. This one was Tallon Griekspoor’s. Short of form for weeks, the Dutchman sent top seed Alexander Zverev packing in the second round of the Montreal Masters 1000, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4. Zverev looked in charge early, nicking the first-set tiebreak. Then the match…
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Tennis: Shapovalov retires hurt in Montreal opener
A homecoming that fell flat Denis Shapovalov wanted a statement on home soil. He got an early exit instead. The Canadian retired in the third set of his first-round match against Zachary Svajda at the Canadian Open in Montreal. He had been running on fumes from a crowded calendar, straight off a final last week…
