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Former US Open winner Dominic Thiem will retire from tennis at the end of the season. The 30-year-old Austrian made the announcement on Instagram on Friday. "I have to tell you a very important, very sad but also a very beautiful message: The season 2024 is going to be my last one," Thiem said in a video. One reason for his retirement is his constantly injured wrist, another is his emotional state, he said. The former top 10 player and twice French Open runner-up will go down in history as one of Austria's most successful sportsmen. In 2020, he celebrated his greatest victory in the final in N...
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Former world number one Angelique Kerber is finding form two and a half weeks before the start of the French Open. The three-time Grand Slam winner easily beat Russian number 17 seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-3, 6-0 in Rome on Thursday to reach the third round of the clay-court event. Germany's Kerber seamlessly followed on from her strong performance in the first round against American Lauren Davis, whom she defeated 6-1, 6-0. In the first set on Thursday, she managed the decisive break for 5-3 and the 36-year-old was unstoppable in the second, converting her first match point after just 70 minu...
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Germany's Alexander Zverev had his hopes of a third triumph at the Madrid Masters dashed by Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo in the last 16 on Tuesday. The Olympic champion, who lost 3-6, 4-6, had won the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital in 2018 and 2021 and had already reached the quarter-finals five times. Zverev didn't play with enough variety to put the tactically disciplined Cerundolo under any pressure in their first direct duel. A break for 5-3 (first set) and 2-1 (second set) were enough for the Argentinian to make it through to the last eight after an hour and a half. The 2...
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Fourth seed Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-3 to claim his first career title in front of a German home crowd at the BMW Open on Sunday. Struff saved three set points in the 10th game of the first set in chilly and rainy conditions in Munich as he reeled off five unanswered games to go a set and 2-0 up. Third seeded American Fritz, playing his first career final on clay, broke back in the eighth game but Struff wrapped up matters in the next game with an overhead after 1 hour 19 minutes. "Unbelievable, and to do it on home soil is just incredible,” Struff said on court. "I play...
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Fourth seed Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Taylor Fritz 7-5, 6-3 to claim his first career title in front of a German home crowd at the BMW Open on Sunday. Struff saved three set points in the 10th game of the first set in chilly and rainy conditions in Munich as he reeled off five unanswered games to go a set and 2-0 up. Third seeded American Fritz, playing his first career final on clay, broke back in the eighth game but Struff wrapped up matters in the next game with an overhead after 1 hour 19 minutes. "Unbelievable, and to do it on home soil is just incredible,” Struff said on court. "I play...
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Two-time BMW Open defending champion Holger Rune was stunned by home hope Jan-Lennard Struff in Munich on Saturday and won't bid for a third consecutive title. Struff earned the biggest win of his season as he downed Rune 6-2, 6-0 to reach the final in Munich for the second time. "It was the perfect match. Of course I'm going to try to win the title now. I will give it my all," the German said. Struff is seeking his maiden tour-level title. Earlier in the day completed a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, after that match was stopped due to darkness the previous day with Str...
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Third seed Taylor Fritz defeated former champion Cristian Garin, 6-3, 6-4, to reach his first career clay court final at the BMW Open. American Fritz faced no break point while breaking Chile's Garin once in each set en route to a semi-final victory in 1 hour 21 minutes. The 2019 winner Garin had upset twice Munich champion and top seed Alexander Zverev the previous day but ran out of luck against Fritz who won a first clay-court semi-final in his seventh attempt. In Sunday's final, Fritz will be bidding for his second title of the year and eighth overall against two-time reigning champion Hol...
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Top seed Alexander Zverev crashed out of the BMW Open in the quarter-finals on Friday, 6-4, 6-4, against Chile's Cristian Garin. Zverev struggled in windy and rainy conditions on a cool afternoon in Munich, losing in two hours after Garin broke him him once in each set and saved the two break points Zverev managed. Olympic champion Zverev, who turns 27 on Saturday, pleaded in vain to officials to suspend the match because of the constant drizzle. The 2017 and 2018 tournament winner had also lost to Garin in the same round in 2019, with Garin going on to lift the trophy. "It is impossible for m...
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Top seed Alexander Zverev crashed out of the BMW Open in the quarter-finals on Friday, 6-4, 6-4, against Chile's Cristian Garin. Zverev struggled in windy and rainy conditions on a cool afternoon in Munich, losing in two hours after Garin broke him him once in each set and saved the two break points Zverev managed. Olympic champion Zverev, who turns 27 on Saturday, pleaded in vain to officials to suspend the match because of the constant drizzle. The 2017 and 2018 tournament winner had also lost to Garin in the same round in 2019, with Garin going on to lift the trophy. Garin next faces third ...
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Top favourites Holger Rune and Tayor Fritz had a confident start to the BMW Open in Munich on Thursday. Defending champion Rune, aiming for a third consecutive title defeated Colombia's Daniel Galan 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals, despite rain and hail suspending play for about 50 minutes. "It was very cold, I think we all felt it. But I’m from Denmark so I’m used to it. It was great to finish in two sets for sure and it’s nice to be back in Munich. I’m enjoying it," Rune said Last year’s semi-finalist Fritz also advanced after a 6-3, 6-1 over Alejandro Moro Canas. Fritz will face sixth ...
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