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Tennis: Wozniacki, Vinci into US Open fourth round
NEW YORK (AFP) – Former runners-up Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci reached the US Open last-16 on Friday as two-time champions Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared to push into the second week.Wozniacki, who knocked out ninth-seeded former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round, clinched a seventh win in seven meetings...
Keys, Sock give US double joy by reaching fourth round
NEW YORK (AFP) – Jack Sock sent 2014 champion Marin Cilic crashing out while Madison Keys mounted an epic final set comeback to give the hosts a double US Open celebration on Friday.Sock, the 26th seed, reached the fourth round for the first time by knocking out a cramping seventh seed Cilic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in tie where he did not face a...
Former runners-up Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci reach US Open last 16
NEW YORK (AFP) – Former runners-up Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci reached the US Open last-16 on Friday as two-time champions Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared to push into the second week.Wozniacki, who knocked out ninth-seeded former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second round, clinched a seventh win in seven meetings...
Death toll from Congo virus climbs to 10 in Quetta
QUETTA (Dunya News) – One more patient on Friday lost his life to the lethal Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Quetta.According to details, 84 patients have been brought in Quetta’s Fatima Jinnah General and Chest Hospital in the ongoing year.Atleast 22 of them has been confirmed with the disease whereas three are still under...
Tennis: Serena, Murray storm through on rainy day at US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Andy Murray raised the roof at the US Open on Thursday, powering into the third round with decisive straight-sets victories.World number one Williams defeated fellow American Vania King 6-3, 6-3, her 306th Grand Slam singles match win tying her with Martina Navratilova for the most...
Tennis: Venus looks sharp in 70th US Open win
NEW YORK (AFP) – Venus Williams notched up her 70th career victory at the US Open on Thursday, reaching the third round with a crisp 6-2, 6-3 victory over Julia Goerges.After surviving 63 unforced errors to squeeze past Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova in the first round, the 36-year-old Williams had just 17 — with 18 winners — in her...
Tennis: Djokovic gets walkover at US Open, Wozniacki stops rot
NEW YORK (AFP) – Novak Djokovic made the last 32 of a major for the 33rd successive time without hitting a ball Wednesday while former world number one Caroline Wozniacki stopped the rot eating away at her career.Top see Djokovic was handed a walkover when Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic withdrew from their second round encounter...
Tennis: Vinci, Kvitova move on at US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) – Roberta Vinci, the 2015 runner-up, and two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova booked US Open third round spots Wednesday as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal prepared for the latest tests of their battle-scarred seasons.Seventh seeded Italian Vinci, defeated by compatriot Flavia Pennetta in last years final, eased past...
Tennis: Serena sails into US Open second round
NEW YORK (AFP) – Serena Williams started strong in her latest bid to rewrite the record books, storming past Ekaterina Makarova and into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday.The US world number one, slowed since her Wimbledon triumph by a right shoulder injury, needed just 63 minutes to dispatch 29th-ranked Makarova 6-3, 6-3.I got off...
Tennis: Record-setting Venus into US Open second round
NEW YORK (AFP) – Venus Williams battled into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday, grabbing a slice of Grand Slam history along the way with her 72nd main draw appearance in a major.On the same day that younger sister Serena was due to launch her bid for a record seventh US Open title — and a record-setting 23rd Grand Slam crown...
