This is Beirut, 05/08 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Alexander Zverev reached his 21st Masters 1000 semi-final on Monday by ending the Canadian title defence of Alexei Popyrin 6-7 (8/10), 6-4, 6-3 at the ATP Toronto Masters. The final game, with Zverev serving at 5-3, was interrupted by shouts from an unruly fan who was tossed out by security. The distraction ended a run of 14 consecutive points ...
This is Beirut, 04/08 13:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Tennis Taylor Fritz ATP Toronto Masters
Taylor Fritz battled into Monday morning before finally getting past Czech Jiri Lehecka with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5) victory in three hours to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP Toronto Masters. The US second seed finished off a complete matched set of Masters 1000 quarter-finals as the last piece of the puzzle fell into place in ...
This is Beirut, 02/08 13:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Taylor Fritz ended Canadian hopes at the ATP Toronto Masters on Friday as he crushed Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round. The American second seed needed just 77 minutes to dispatch the the 37th-ranked local and book a meeting with Jiri Lehecka, a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner over France's Arthur Fils. Fritz is aiming to at ...
This is Beirut, 01/08 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Top seed Alexander Zverev switched into survival mode to claim a milestone 500th ATP match win on Thursday, fighting back to beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 at the Toronto Masters. Germany's Zverev broke twice in the deciding third set to reach the fourth round of the US Open tuneup, converting his second match point to back up his ...
This is Beirut, 28/07 16:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Gael Monfils said he has played for the last time in Toronto after crashing out of the Masters in Sunday's opening round of the ATP Masters to a Chilean qualifier. The 38-year-old French tennis icon missed out on four match points to exit 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3) to number 142 Tomas Barrios Vera, who won the first Masters match of his career and ended ...
Makram Haddad, 23/07 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A court, a cause, and a powerful message: on Thursday, July 24, the peaceful town of Hammana will host a match like no other. Backed by the Cedar Rehab Center, in partnership with the Lebanese Tennis Federation, this symbolic event will bring together tennis pros, media figures, and committed influencers with one clear mission: to send a strong ...
This is Beirut, 20/07 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
French number one Lois Boisson battled to her first WTA title on clay in Hamburg on Sunday with a straight sets win over Hungary's Anna Bondar. A surprise Roland Garros semi-finalist last month, Boisson won 7-5, 6-3 to give France a first success on the WTA circuit since Caroline Garcia at the season-ending Tour Finals in November 2022. "This is ...
This is Beirut, 17/07 21:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Former world number two Ons Jabeur announced on Thursday she was going to "take a step back and finally put myself first", after two difficult years on the circuit. "For the last two years, I've been pushing myself so hard, fighting through injuries and facing many other challenges. But deep down, I haven't felt really happy on the court for some ...
This is Beirut, 17/07 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
World number one Aryna Sabalenka has withdrawn from the WTA Canadian Open tournament in Montreal due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old from Belarus, runner-up at the Australian and French Opens, comes off semi-final runs at Wimbledon and Berlin and titles at Madrid and Miami. "I'm looking forward to kicking off ...
Hala Abdallah, 14/07 18:10 - Reading : less than a minute
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This is Beirut, 13/07 23:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tennis ATP Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz Wimbledon
Jannik Sinner downed defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon title, gaining sweet revenge for his painful defeat in the French Open final. The world number one is the first Italian to win at the All England Club and now has four Grand Slams to his name at the age of 23. Sinner stayed ice cool ...
This is Beirut, 12/07 20:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women's Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth Grand Slam title. The Polish eighth seed was in charge from the first point and wrapped up victory in just 57 minutes in a brutal display of precision hitting on Centre Court. It is the first time a woman has won a final ...