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World number one Iga Swiatek joined the rapid exit of top-10 women's seeds from the Australian Open on Saturday as Carlos Alcaraz sent a chilling warning to his rivals. Poland's Swiatek came into the third-round match against Czech teenager Linda Noskova on an 18-match unbeaten run, targeting a first title at Melbourne Park. But the tournament ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/02 09:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
World number two Carlos Alcaraz slumped to a shock straight sets loss to Chile's Nicolas Jarry in the semi-finals of the ATP Buenos Aires tournament on Saturday. Defending champion Alcaraz, playing in his first tournament since losing in the Australian Open quarter-finals, was beaten 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 by his 28-year-old opponent. Two-time Grand ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/04 19:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
World no 3 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from the Monte Carlo Masters because of an injury to his right forearm, he announced on Tuesday on social media. "I have been working in Monte Carlo and trying to recover until the last minute from an injured pronator teres in my right arm, but it was not possible, and I cannot play," he wrote on X. The ...
14/04 15:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of a third successive Barcelona Open title have been dashed, as he withdrew from the tournament on Sunday due to a right arm injury, organizers announced. It is the same injury that forced Alcaraz to pull out of this week's Monte Carlo Masters, and comes just weeks away from the French Open. "Despite having tried until the ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/04 21:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz returned after a month out to start his double Madrid Open title defense with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win over Alexander Shevchenko on Friday. The world number three shone on home clay in the Spanish capital to reach the third round, after a forearm problem led to his withdrawals from the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 12:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Carlos Alcaraz passed a "test of fire" to breeze into the Madrid Open last 16 with a straight sets victory over Thiago Seyboth Wild on Sunday, while Aryna Sabalenka staved off teenager Robin Montgomery to progress in three sets. Double defending champion Alcaraz came through 6-3, 6-3 and will face last year's runner-up Jan-Lennard Struff in the ...
par This Is Beirut, 02/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz saw his title defense and 14-match winning streak in Madrid come to an end at the hands of Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, while top-seeded Jannik Sinner withdrew from the tournament, citing a right hip injury. Rublev upset home favorite Alcaraz 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals. The ...
03/05 18:22 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
World number three Carlos Alcaraz withdrew on Friday from next week's ATP Italian Open due to ongoing pain in his right forearm, an injury that sidelined him in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. This setback comes just weeks before the second Grand Slam of the season, the French Open. The Spaniard shared on X, previously known as Twitter, that he ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/05 19:04 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Naomi Osaka swept to her first victory at the French Open in three years on Sunday, setting up a potential showdown with Iga Swiatek, as Carlos Alcaraz maintained his record of never losing in the first round of a Grand Slam. Osaka, a four-time major winner who has yet to get past the third round in Paris, needed three sets to defeat Italy's ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/06 09:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz saw off Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets on Tuesday to set up a mouthwatering French Open semi-final clash with incoming world number one Jannik Sinner. The reigning Wimbledon champion proved too strong for former Roland Garros runner-up Tsitsipas, powering to a 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier. “I was ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/06 11:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner renew their blockbuster rivalry on Friday, as they battle for a place in the French Open final. Alexander Zverev will look to avenge last year's comprehensive semi-final defeat by Casper Ruud in the other last-four clash. AFP Sport looks at the day's two semi-finals (x denotes seeding): Carlos Alcaraz (ESP x3) v ...
par This Is Beirut, 07/06 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Carlos Alcaraz outlasted Jannik Sinner in an engrossing five-set battle on Friday to reach his first French Open final, during which he will face either Alexander Zverev or Casper Ruud. The two-time Grand Slam champion trailed 2-1 in sets to incoming world number one Sinner, but rallied in the Paris sunshine to win 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 after ...
