PARIS — This was the sort of point in the sort of contest that, if 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz eventually reaches the heights so many believe he will, the lucky folks on hand at Court Simonne Mathieu on Wednesday night just might regale dinner guests for years with tales that begin, “We were there when..” Not, mind you, the match point …
It will be the sixth successive French Open to crown a first-time women’s major champion. Barbora Krejcikova will play Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the French Open final after the Czech world number 33 saved a match point to defeat Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 9-7 on Thursday. Sakkari broke for a 2-1 edge as Krejcikova dragged a backhand wide, …
A 10-man India defended creditably but still suffered a 1-0 defeat to Asian champion Qatar in their World Cup qualifying round match here on Thursday. India played with 10 men from the 17th minute onwards after defender Rahul Bheke was red carded after a second booking; the first yellow card came in the ninth minute. Counter-attacks India did have two …
Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu had to pull off a series of saves to keep the margin of loss small. Doha: A 10-man India defended creditably well as they suffered a 0-1 defeat to Asian champions Qatar in their World Cup qualifying round match on Thursday. India, however, played with 10 men from the 17th minute onwards after defender Rahul Bheke …
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