Novak Djokovic wins Shanghai Masters by beating Coratia’s 21-year-old Borna Coric in the final to claim his fourth Shanghai title. The second seeded Serb Djokovic, 31, has won 18 consecutive matches since losing at the Rogers Cup on 10 August, and will replace Roger Federer as world number two on Monday. The 14-time Grand Slam…
Novak Djokovic beats Argentine third seed Juan Martin del Potro to win 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, the US Open Men’s title. Wimbledon champion Djokovic wins first back-to-back Slams since June 2016. Djokovic of Serbia wins third US Open title in Flushing Meadows for third place all-time on the Grand Slam singles titles list with 14…
Naomi Osaka (20) won the US Open 6-2, 6-4 in Flushing Meadows, New York, after an irate Serena Williams accused the umpire Carlos Ramos of being a thief in the US Open Grand Slam Final. Osaka focused to become the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam. Global superstar Serena Williams (36) bidding for a…
Angelique Kerber beat seven-time champion Serena Williams to win her first Wimbledon title. The German 11th seed, 30, beat the 23-time Grand Slam Champion Serena 6-3, 6-3 to add this title to her 2016 Australian and US Open crowns. Williams had been the favourite despite it being the fourth tournament since giving birth in September…
Novak Djokovic, seeded 12th earned his first Grand Slam victory in over two years by beating Kevin Anderson to win the Wimbledon men’s final 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) to claim a 13th slam his first major since 2016 French Open. The 31-year-old Serb quickly took control to win the opening set in 29 minutes, breaking…
Kevin Anderson (32), the South African beat John Isner 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 26-24 after six hours and 35 minutes with the final set lasting over three hours. A fifth and deciding set must be won by two clear games in three of the four majors, with the US open the exception.…
Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal to qualify for Wimbledon final Djokovic won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6 , 10-8 in five hours and 16 minutes and face Kevin Anderson on Sunday’s final. The Serb led by two sets to one when play stopped at 23:00 BST on Friday. Spain’s Rafael Nadal broke twice in the…
Spanish Rafael Nadal beats Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 7-5, 6-7, (7-9), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. “I think it was great quality tennis, the final set was there were some amazing points, sorry to Juan Martin, an amazing opponent and player. In some ways he deserves to go through too. Anything could happen, so…
Defending champion Roger Federer out of Wimbledon as eight seeded South African Kevin Anderson (36) fights back from two sets down. Top seed Federer missed a point in the third set as the South African recovered to win 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 in four hours and 13 minutes. Kevin Anderson will meet Canada’s…
Novak Djokovic made his first semi-final since 2015 with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Kei Nishilkori. To reach the semi-final. The Serb said: “ It feels great to be in the last four of a Grand Slam. I’ve been building in the past couple of weeks. The level of tennis has been going…