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Williams sister act headlines Labor Day at US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) – The US Open celebrates the American Labor Day holiday with a Williams sisters double-feature, both Serena and Venus vying for quarter-final berths on Arthur Ashe stadium.World number one and top seed Serena Williams takes on Kazakhstans Yaroslava Shvedova while sixth-seeded Venus faces hard-hitting 10th seed Karolina...
Tennis: Tsonga books US Open quarter-final berth
NEW YORK (AFP) – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the second successive year on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2 victory over American Jack Sock.The ninth seed from France fired 54 winners to oust 26th-seeded Sock, the lone remaining US man in the field.In match pitting two players with fearsome...
First Putin-May meeting ‘constructive’: Kremlin
HANGZHOU, China (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May for the first time Sunday, telling her Russia wants to re-establish ties in all areas, the Kremlin said.The meeting, on the margins of a G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, was good, constructive and open, Kremlin...
Caroline Wozniacki and Anastasija Sevastova reach US Open last 8
NEW YORK (AFP) – Caroline Wozniacki, derailed this year by an ankle injury which sent her career into a tailspin, and Anastasija Sevastova, who quit the sport three years ago, set up a US Open quarter-final duel Sunday.Former world number one Wozniacki, the runner-up in 2009 and 2014, downed American eighth seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-4 to...
Injured Kyrgios quits US Open in tears
NEW YORK (AFP) – Fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios’s US Open campaign ended in pain and tears when he retired from his third round match against Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko with a hip injury on Saturday.The 14th seed needed a medical timeout after dropping the second set and despite a series of further checks with the trainer, he quit...
Serena speeds through as Wawrinka, Murray battle into last 16
NEW YORK (AFP) – Serena Williams sped past another milestone Saturday en route to the US Open fourth round as men’s contenders Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka clawed their way into the last 16.World number one Williams dominated Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1 to surpass Martina Navratilova for most Grand Slam wins by a woman...
Wawrinka saves match point to reach fourth round of US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) – Third seed Stan Wawrinka saved a match point to defeat Britains Dan Evans 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (10/8), 6-2 and reach the US Open fourth round on Saturday.The 31-year-old Wawrinka, a semi-finalist in 2013 and 2015, saved the match point at 5/6 down in the fourth set tiebreak to break the will of his 64th-ranked opponent...
Serena Williams set new record by winning 307 Grand Slam matches
NEW YORK (AFP) – Serena Williams sped past another milestone Saturday as her 307th Grand slam match win took her past Martina Navratilovas record and into the fourth round of the US Open.Williams dominated Swedens Johanna Larsson 6-2, 6-1. Not only has she surpassed Navratilova for most Grand Slam wins by a woman, she equalled Roger...
India gives Vietnam $500 mn for defence spending
HANOI (AFP) – India said Saturday it is giving Vietnam half a billion dollars in credit to boost defence ties, the latest security deal between the two nations seeking to counter Beijing’s muscle-flexing in the South China Sea.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement during a visit to Hanoi, which has gone on a...
Tennis: Djokovic through to US Open last 16
NEW YORK (AFP) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the US Open last 16 in just 32 minutes Friday when Mikhail Youzhny retired at 2-4 down in the first set of their third round clash.Russian 34-year-old Youzhny had needed treatment on a left leg injury after five games and called it quits just a game later.The outcome completed a...
