Photo credit: Antoine Couvercelle/ROLEX Grand Slam stress took Anastasia Potapova to painful places in the past. Two points from defeat in the second set today, Potapova was in no mood for more major scar tissue.A defiant Potapova roared back from 1-3 down in the decider, roaring through five of the last six games to dethrone defending champion Coco … [Read more...] about Potapova Dethrones Defending Champion Gauff in Roland Garros Tennis Upset
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Tennis News From Paris – Sinner Loses to the Heat at Roland Garros – what a French Open
Photo credit: Tim Clayton/Getty By Alix Ramsay Well, no one saw that one coming. The all-conquering Jannik Sinner dumped out of Roland-Garros in the second round by a combination of his own physical frailties and a determined Juan Manuel Cerundolo, the younger and more lowly ranked of the Cerundolo brothers, 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1. On another extremely hot day in … [Read more...] about Tennis News From Paris – Sinner Loses to the Heat at Roland Garros – what a French Open
Qualifier Marozsan Sweeps Alcaraz in Rome Shocker
Speeding toward net, a lunging Carlos Alcaraz waved his racquet in vain at the fluttering yellow ball that died in the dirt. Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan displaced the Spaniard with deep drives and dispensed doses of Alcaraz's drop-shot medicine against him crafting the most shocking upset of this Rome fortnight. A calm and clever Marozsan streaked through six … [Read more...] about Qualifier Marozsan Sweeps Alcaraz in Rome Shocker
Caroline Garcia Shocks World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in Warsaw
Dancing around her backhand, Caroline Garcia drilled a diagonal forehand return that blurred by Iga Swiatek. Garcia turned match point into exclamation point punctuating a rousing 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 upset of world No. 1 Swiatek in the Poland Open quarterfinals with a piercing scream. Winless in nine career clashes vs. world No. 1 players, Garcia applied her all-court skills … [Read more...] about Caroline Garcia Shocks World No. 1 Iga Swiatek in Warsaw
No Gold For Novak
Alexander Zverev rode his wrecking ball serve to a monumental Olympic upset. Zverev streaked through 10 of the last 11 games shocking Novak Djokovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 to power into the Tokyo Olympics gold-medal match and shatter the top-seeded Serbian's Golden Grand Slam dream. The fourth-seeded Zverev snapped Djokovic's 22-match winning streak in stunning style ensuring his … [Read more...] about No Gold For Novak