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Danish sixth seed Holger Rune reached the Wimbledon second round for the first time with a 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 win against British wildcard George Loffhagen on Wednesday. After a rain delay that forced the first round tie to be postponed following the first set on Tuesday, Rune was finally able to finish off Loffhagen 24 hours later on Court Three. …
Seven months ago, Jannik Sinner twice had chances to accomplish something few tennis players have been capable of: taking a set from Rafael Nadal at the French Open. Sinner cruised through his first-round match at the Italian Open on Monday, beating Ugo Humbert 6-2, 6-4, to set up a rematch with Nadal. So it’s going to be a difficult match.” …
Rome: An action-packed day at the Italian Open was marred by an astonishing outburst from Australian Nick Kyrgios, who was expelled from the tournament after going wild in the third set of his match against Casper Ruud on Thursday. Holder Rafael Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic also romped into the last eight with straight sets wins on a …