#and when Jannik reaches no. 1

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#I will not stop making this joke #jannik sinner #carlos alcaraz #novak djokovic #is also there #janlitos #sincaraz #and when Jannik reaches no. 1 #neither Carlitos nor I will ever shut up about the fact that he called it first

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About this blog~

Hello everyone, I'm Vega. I've pinned this post so that everybody knows what to expect when they open my blog and can decide right away if it's worth their time or not. Please read this!

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-> FORMULA 1

This sideblog mainly deals with F1 and tennis. As a pretty basic Italian, I bleed pasta, pizza and Ferrari, so you're definitely going to find Charles (and Carlos) here. Aside from Ferrari, I really like Seb (my beloved <3), Lewis and Mick and some other drivers. Deeply nostalgic about Schumi. My shipping soul belongs to Sewis. Definitely NOT a fan of the beverage team or their drivers.

-> TENNIS

I mainly blog about my children Jannik Sinner and Carlitos Alcaraz, but also about other players in general (often Italian).

-> OTHER SPORTS

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Alcaraz To Face Sinner In Indian Wells Semis; Rudd To Meet Medvedev

Indian Wells Tennis Garden: Carlos Alcaraz moved into the Indian Wells semifinal after beating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in a quarterfinal match like no other.Swarmed by bees, Carlos Alcaraz swung his racquet in defense, halting play for nearly two hours. Despite the interruption, Alcaraz showcased incredible resilience and skill, overpowering Zverev with his monstrous ball-striking to secure a victory and a spot in the semifinals. Reflecting on the surreal moment, Alcaraz described the chaos of thousands of bees surrounding him, illustrating the intensity of the situation. With the help of a beekeeper, play resumed, and Alcaraz emerged from the delay in top form, demonstrating his prowess on the court with blistering forehand winners and impeccable court coverage. “It was strange, I’ve never seen something like that on a tennis court,” Alcaraz said. “When we ran out of the court, we were watching the bee invasion on the TV and we laughed a lot about it. It was funny for me. It’s going to be remembered for that, not for tennis.” The bizarre incident occurred in the 20-year-old’s second service game of the match when bees surrounded him and completely covered the spidercam on Stadium 1. "I saw the sky and there were thousands (of bees) flying, stuck in my hair, going to me. It was crazy," Alcaraz said. A beekeeper was called to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, and later Alcaraz kept Zverev from defeating him for the third time in six months. Alcaraz's victory marked his tenth consecutive win at Indian Wells and propelled him into his eighth Masters 1000 semi-final, where he is set to face off against Jannik Sinner. Jannik Sinner extended his unbeaten streak in 2024 to 16 matches with a comfortable victory over Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-3 in the other quarter-finals. The world No. 3 won his 19th match in a row since losing to Novak Djokovic at the ATP Finals in November. At 22 years old, Sinner has become the youngest male player in the Open era to start a season with 16 successive victories. In another quarter-final match, Tommy Paul battled past Casper Ruud 6-2 1-6 6-3, reaching the semi-finals of an ATP Masters tournament for the second time in his career. Paul will face Daniil Medvedev in the semis who came from down a break in the second set against Holger Rune to get back on serve and then went on to secure a victory by e 7-5, 6-4 win in the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells for the second consecutive year. Read the full article

#AlexanderZverev #ATPFinals #ATPMasters #CarlosAlcaraz #CasperRuud #DaniilMedvedev #HolgerRune #IndianWells #IndianWellsTennisGarden #JannikSinner #JiriLehecka #NovakDjokovic #TommyPaul

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TURIN, Italy (AP) — Novak Djokovic ended the year just as he started it — by setting records.

The top-ranked Djokovic won a record-breaking seventh ATP Finals title on Sunday with a straight-set victory over home favorite Jannik Sinner.

Djokovic took 1 hour, 43 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 as the Serbian continues to reach new heights at the age of 36.

He started 2023 with a record-extending 10th Australian Open title and went on to win his 23rd Grand Slam tournament at the French Open, breaking Rafael Nadal’s mark. Djokovic, who lost the Wimbledon final to Carlos Alcaraz, also won the U.S. Open.

“One of the best seasons I’ve had in my life, no doubt,” Djokovic said. “To crown it with a win against a hometown hero in Jannik, who has played amazing tennis this week, is phenomenal.”

Djokovic entered Sunday’s final tied with Roger Federer on six titles at the season-ending tournament for the year’s top eight players.

And he stretched out his arms and beamed broadly after clinching his seventh when Sinner double-faulted.

The victory had echoes of the clinical way Djokovic dispatched second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in Saturday’s semifinal encounter.

“I’m very proud of the performances these last two days against Alcaraz and Sinner, probably the best two players in the world next to me and Medvedev at the moment, and the way they have been playing I had to step it up,” Djokovic said.

“I had to win the matches and not wait for them to hand me the victory and that’s what I’ve done. I think I tactically played different today than I have in the group stage against Jannik, and just overall it was a phenomenal week.”

It was his fourth win over Sinner, who had recorded a first-ever victory against Djokovic in the group stage in Turin and was the first Italian to reach the final.

But Djokovic was in imperious form on Sunday and won 14 straight points from the end of the first set to the third game of the second to leave him firmly in control and subdue the Turin crowd.

Djokovic had already secured the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record-extending eighth time by winning his opening match at the ATP Finals.

After this tournament, Djokovic will become the first player to hold the No. 1 ranking for 400 weeks, with Roger Federer at 310 the only other man to eclipse the 300-week mark.

It was also only the second time in the last 15 years that a player has made the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments and the ATP Finals. The only previous occasion was when Djokovic did it in 2015.

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20-year-old Alkaras third tennis U.S. Open quarterfinals

20-year-old Alkaras third tennis U.S. Open quarterfinals

Carlos Alcaras (20, Spain, world No. 1) of men's tennis, who is aiming for his second consecutive U.S. Open, the last major tennis tournament of the year, advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Alcaras defeated Italy's Matteo Arnaldi (22, 61st) 3-0 (6-3 6-4) in the men's singles round of 16 at the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on the 5th.

Alcaras, who has shown a level of ability throughout the game, beat Arnaldi with a stable play that leads the Winner (31-22), which is the number of successful attacks, and reduces errors (22-25). "I played a very solid game today," he said, adding, "I reduced mistakes and used net play often. "I'm satisfied with my performance today and I'm happy to be on the next stage," he said.

Alcaras, the champion of last year's tournament, is seeking his first consecutive U.S. Open title since Roger Federer (42, Switzerland, retired), who was called the "King of Tennis" when he was active. Federer won five consecutive U.S. Open titles (2004-2008). Since then, the winner has changed every year, and there have never been even a player who has won two consecutive games, let alone five consecutive games.

In addition, Alcaras reached the quarterfinals on the same day, becoming the second male player to reach the US Open quarterfinals more than three times before the age of 21 since the Open Era (when professional players were allowed to compete in major competitions such as major tournaments) in 1968. Born in 1970, Aggy steadily advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open from 1988 to 1990. Alcaras has been in the final eight from 2021 to this year.

Alcaras will compete with Aleksandr Zverev (26, Germany, 12th), the runner-up in the 2020 tournament, to advance to the semifinals on the 7th. In the round of 16, Zverev beat Jannik Sinner (22, Italy, 6th place) 3-2 (6-4 3-6-2 4-6 6-3) after a bloody battle of 4 hours and 41 minutes. Alcaras is slightly behind with two wins and three losses in all-time records 사설토토사이트

In the women's singles, this year's Wimbledon winner, left-hander Marqueta Vondrousova (24, Czech Republic, 9th), advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Peyton Stearns (22, U.S., 59th) 2-1 (6-7 < 3-7> 6-3 6-2) after a two-hour and 10 minute match. Bondrowshova's next opponent is Madison Keys (28, USA, 17th), who beat Jessica Pegula (29, USA, 3rd place) 2-0 (6-16-3) on the same day.

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Carlos Alcaraz Gets a Shot at Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Singles Final

If Carlos Alcaraz were more patient, perhaps he could just wait for Novak Djokovic to fade away. At 20, Alcaraz is 16 years younger than the great champion, and the day is likely to come when Djokovic is either retired or in decline, and Alcaraz can claim the tennis kingdom as his own.But Alcaraz has never demonstrated an inclination to wait. When he won the United States Open in September at 19 years 129 days, he became the youngest male player to reach the No. 1 ranking, and he was the second youngest, after Pete Sampras at 19 years 28 days, to win that tournament in the Open era. Djokovic was absent from that event.Now, with one more win, he would become the fifth male player in the Open era to win more than one Grand Slam tournament title before his 21st birthday. What better way to do it than to grab it now, straight out of Djokovic’s steely grip? In boxing, it is said that to capture the crown, one must convincingly vanquish the champ, and Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s singles final could be the grass court equivalent of a 15-round heavyweight bout.It features a potentially riveting matchup between Alcaraz, who defeated Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, in their semifinal on Friday, against Djokovic, who also dismissed Jannik Sinner in straight sets. It is No. 1 against No. 2 — the 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner, who is 7-1 in Wimbledon finals, against a young Spaniard playing in his first.It is also a network programmer’s dream, a premier matchup that will determine whether Djokovic will extend his record of 23 Grand Slam tournament titles by winning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon trophy, or whether the heavy-hitting newcomer overcomes past nerves to ascend the throne.Alcaraz wants it now, and he wants to do it against Djokovic with millions of people watching — not against a lesser-known player like Casper Ruud, his opponent in the U.S. Open final, which was a mostly one-sided affair.“It’s more special to play a final against a legend of our sport,” Alcaraz said. “If I win, it will be amazing for me, not only to win a Wimbledon title, but to do it against Novak. I always say, if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.”Alcaraz and Djokovic have met only twice on court, and each has won. Alcaraz took a best-of-three match on clay at the 2022 Madrid Masters. Djokovic’s victory was perhaps more telling. It was in a semifinal at the French Open last month, a match that included a second set of remarkable tennis. But then Alcaraz began to cramp up across his entire body. First it was assumed it was from heat or a lack of fluids. But Alcaraz admitted it was from nerves.He managed to play through it, but a match that had been developing into a classic soon deflated into a gentle cruise for Djokovic, who went on to win the French Open, his second major title of the year.“He does nothing wrong on the court,” Alcaraz said. “Physically he’s a beast. Mentally he’s a beast.”Alcaraz promised on Friday, after he had run Medvedev off the court, that he would employ brain exercises to cope with the pressure, and he did not fear a repeat of his last encounter with Djokovic. But when he walks into that Centre Court coliseum in front of an audience thirsting for some sort of history, all of the intellectual games and self-assuring mantras could be worthless, especially against a player of Djokovic’s talent, determination and experience.Sunday will be unlike anything Alcaraz has experienced, even in his one previous major final, against Ruud. Djokovic will be playing in his 35th major tournament final. In Alcaraz’s mind, Djokovic might as well be taking out the trash.“For Novak, it is one more day, one more moment,” Alcaraz said. “For me, it’s going to be the best moment of my life, I think.”One element of intrigue goes back a few days, to when Alcaraz’s father was spotted videotaping Djokovic as he practiced. Alcaraz dismissed the notion that he could gain any competitive advantage from it. All the video evidence he needs of Djokovic’s tactics and tendencies is easily accessible from Djokovic’s eight previous Wimbledon finals, which were shown on television.When Alcaraz was asked about the matter at a news conference, it was presented as a gotcha moment. But he did not hide it.“Oh, probably it is true,” he said. “My father is a huge fan of tennis. He doesn’t only watch my matches. I think he get into the club at 11 a.m., get out at 10 p.m., watching matches, watching practice from everyone. Able to watch Djokovic in real life, yeah, probably it is true he filmed the sessions.”More important than the practice courts is what happens on Centre Court. Alcaraz certainly looked ready on Friday, using his combination of overwhelming forehand and deft backhand slices to outlast Medvedev, who has beaten both and has lost to both.“Interesting match,” Medvedev mused. “We cannot say who is going to win for sure.”We can say that the winner will be one of the two best in the world. Source link Read the full article

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2023 Wimbledon: Medvedev Sets Up Semi-final Clash With Alcaraz

 Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev and Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz will clash in the semi-finals of the men’s singles of the 2023 Wimbledon on Wednesday.To get to the semi-finals Medvedev, who had never been past the last 16 before, beat American Chris Eubanks in a thrilling five-set contest.

Medvedev triumphed over his American opponent 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 to progress.

In his own quarter-final tie Alcaraz beat Danish sixth seed Holger Rune 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-4.Now Alcaraz and Medvedev – who have both won major titles on the US Open hard courts – will attempt to reach their first finals on the Wimbledon grass when they play in the last four on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the other semi-final slated also for Friday, Serbian second seed Novak Djokovic, who is going for a record-equalling eighth men’s title, faces Italian eighth seed Jannik Sinner https://www.completesports.com/2023-wimbledon-medvedev-sets-up-semi-final-clash-with-alcaraz/

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[ad_1] Karen Khachanov set-up a US Open semi-final duel with Casper Ruud on Tuesday when he battled previous "devastated" Nick Kyrgios in a big-hitting five-setter, shattering the Australian crowd-pleaser's desires of a maiden Grand Slam title. Russian twenty seventh seed Khachanov triumphed 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 over the Wimbledon runner-up to make the last-four at a serious for the primary time. Earlier Tuesday, Norwegian fifth seed Ruud defeated Italy's Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to make his second Slam semi-final of 2022 having completed runner-up to Rafael Nadal on the French Open.Khachanov fired 30 aces and a complete of 63 winners previous Kyrgios."I did it, guys. Finally, you are showing me some love," Khachanov informed the principally pro-Kyrgios crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium."It was a crazy match I was expecting it would be like this. I'm ready to run, to fight to play five sets. We played almost four hours and that's the only way to beat Nick."The Russian stated he had "nothing to lose" when he faces Ruud on Friday."I would like to win it," stated Khachanov who misplaced to the Norwegian on clay in Rome in 2020 of their solely earlier assembly."But as deep as you go the expectations rise up. I did the step forward, I made my first semi-final and I think I have nothing to lose."I simply wish to go for it and be prepared for the subsequent match and hopefully will probably be a great one."Kyrgios, who had knocked out defending champion Daniil Medvedev in the last-16, hit 31 aces in his 75 winners.However, his unforced error count of 58 was almost double the 31 of Khachanov."I'm devastated. It's heart-breaking for me and everybody," said Kyrgios."I really feel like I've let so many individuals down."After Kyrgios had levelled the contest just after midnight with a dominant tiebreaker, he allowed Khachanov to break for a 1-0 lead in the final set.Kyrgios then failed to convert break points in the second and fourth games and his chance was gone.They were two of seven break points saved by the Russian on the night.Khachanov went to match point off a net cord and claimed victory from an unreturned serve after three hours and 39 minutes of action."Walk on water"Ruud reached the US Open semi-finals for the first time after breaking Berrettini five times while saving seven of nine break points.He raced through the first two sets under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium before 2019 semi-finalist Berrettini stopped the rot with a break for 2-0 in the third.At 2-5 down, the 23-year-old Ruud saved two set points before recovering and going on to dominate the tiebreak."It was a greater begin to a match than I ever had earlier than. Everything was going my means plus Matteo did not serve in addition to he normally does," said seventh-ranked Ruud who could finish the US Open as the new world number one."I bought a bit nervous in direction of the tip of the second set as a result of issues had been going a bit too properly."You think you can walk on water, which is not possible. The third set was very tough."Berrettini, who missed the French Open due to a hand harm and Wimbledon as a result of Covid, admitted he had endured a day to neglect."Nothing more I can say than the worst day of the tournament probably in the most important moment," he stated.PromotedThe remaining quarter-finals happen on Wednesday.Frances Tiafoe, the conqueror of Rafael Nadal, takes on Andrey Rublev whereas Carlos Alcaraz, the third seed, meets Jannik Sinner.Topics talked about on this article [ad_2] Source link

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US Open 2022: Jannik Sinner survives Ilya Ivashka scare to secure place in quarters | Tennis News - Times of India

US Open 2022: Jannik Sinner survives Ilya Ivashka scare to secure place in quarters | Tennis News – Times of India

NEW YORK: Jannik Sinner rallied from 3-1 down in the fifth set to beat Ilya Ivashka 6-1 5-7 6-2 4-6 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday. Sinner’s sublime drop-shot winner broke world No. 73 Ivashka for a 4-3 lead in the decider and the Italian went on to seal the victory when the Belarusian’s forehand sailed long on match point. Sinner, seeded 11th, said the crowd at Louis…

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The Laver Cup Makeover

The Laver Cup, a chance to see the best of Europe face the best that the rest of the world has to offer. Watch the best play the best. Exciting right? Who wouldn’t want to see Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal team up to take on the rest of the world? Who wouldn’t be interested in seeing the best players all at one event?

Er me?

Don’t get me wrong the first year in 2017 was very exciting! With Team Europe consisting of legends of the sport Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Exciting youngsters Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem and seasoned pros in Marin Cilic and Tomas Berdych. To top all of that off they were captained by Swedish icon Bjorn Borg. And what about Team World? Well captained by the ever-lively John McEnroe they had a whole heap of American talent in John Isner, Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. The Quartet were joined by the entertainer – Nick Kyrgios and up and coming Denis Shapovalov.

5 of the Worlds Top 10 in one place? Sign me up that sounds exhilarating! For the most part the matches were, most of them went to ranking but they were filled with high class points, and it was a fantastic showcase for the doubles where you got a ‘Fedal’ Team Up, thrilling stuff.

Team Europe won the event in 2017 (As you’d expect) 15 points to 9. While at the time it was very exciting, part of that was due to the newness of it all. You’ve got the best players in the world playing in one city in this ‘exclusive’ team event. However, did I mention that 5 of the Top 10 were all on one team? And given that I mentioned that Team Europe won the event can you take a wild stab at which team those 5 were on? Yeah…

What about 2018? Well Europe’s average world ranking was 7 and World’s was 19. Do you want to guess the winner? (Spoiler alert: Europe won 13-8). 2019 reads similarly, Europe average of 5 and World average of 57 (Jack Sock brings the average down by quite a bit, at the time he was ranked 210). Amazingly the 2019 edition was the closest yet with a notable upset being Jack Sock against Fabio Fognini. Furthermore 2 out of 3 of the doubles matches went to Team World. “Great it’s working then…why do we need a makeover?”

Well, you see we arrive in 2021 and as usual we have our teams and as per tradition Team Europe is packed with players in the Top 10. No Rafa or Roger or Novak but still 5 of the top 10 have snuck in. “Is this balanced out by some exciting lower ranked youngster being the sixth player?” Ah well, the sixth is an exciting youngster! Hooray! The Youngster just happens to be Casper Ruud who is currently ranked 11th in the world. “Oh.” Yeah…That gives us an average ranking of 6!

“Yeah, but you said only 5 of the top 10 are in Team Europe, what about Team World?”

They do have a top 10 player! They’ve got Denis Shapovalov who is ranked at 10! Yay! He’s also the only guy outside of ‘Europe’ ranked in the top 10.

“Wait why did you put ‘Europe’?”

Okay a question for you, dear reader, this time. Russia – Europe or Not? If you pop that question into Google, you end up with ‘Russia is a transcontinental country. 77% of Russia’s area is in Asia, the western 23% of the country is in Europe.’ (Source: nationsonline.org). I’m going to be honest; I have no idea what my answer to that question would be other than part of it is in Europe and part of it is not. The Laver Cup obviously considers the Russians as part of Europe as that is who Medvedev and Rublev are down to play for.

“That’s fine, isn’t it?”

Yep! Except this is where our make over begins! Move the Russians into Team World and you end up with 3 of the Top 10 in Team World and 3 of the Top 10 in Team Europe. Oh boy look at the balance! Now you’ll get exciting matches such as Daniil Medvedev against Stefanos Tsitsipas. World Number 2 against World Number 3. Not Medvedev against Isner for the fifteenth time…

Moving on! Hmm I think 3 top 10 players is okay for now, but we might come back to that…For now we’ll limit the teams to only being allowed three top 10 players. Now our teams look like this:

Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Alexander Zverev (5), Matteo Berrettini (8) and Casper Ruud (11) for Team Europe. Two places to fill.

Daniil Medvedev (2), Andrey Rublev (7), Denis Shapovalov (10), Diego Schwartzman (14), Felix Auger-Aliassime (17) for Team World with one place to fill.

The ATP tour is all about the ‘Next Gen’ we’ve even got the Next Gen Finals that take place In Milan. How about we get some of those exciting Next Gen players in the Laver Cup? Start preparing our next superstars?

“Sounds good? Who?”

Well leading the race for Milan is Jannik Sinner, 20 years old, three titles to his name already (all won when he was 19), ranked 15 in the world, Incredible young talent. Oh, and he’s Italian so we’ll put him in Team Europe. After him is Auger-Aliassime who is already on Team World, so we move on to Sebastian Korda. American, 21 years old, 1 career title, ranking of 45. Let’s pop him in as the final member of Team World.

We have one place left in Team Europe. Would you like a Spanish guy or an Italian guy?

“Er got any more information?”

Sure! First up for your (well my…sorry you can have your say in the comments) consideration is Lorenzo Musetti of Italy. 19 years old, current ranking of 61 with a career high of 58, Reached the fourth round at the French Open this year, beat Diego Schwartzman in Acapulco earlier this year…Does that name ring a bell? Yeah, he’s on Team World!

“And the Spanish guy?”

Carlos Alcaraz, 18 years old and already has a title to his name with a career high ranking of 54, a third-round appearance at the French Open, no wins over the Top 10 yet but we’ll put that down to him being 18, shall we? Very exciting young player.

“I don’t have a say really?”

Nope so we’re going with Alcaraz because Team Europe is lacking in the Spanish department.

“We have our teams then great!”

Team Europe – Tsitsipas, Zverev, Berrettini, Ruud, Sinner and Alcaraz. Average ranking of 16.

Team World – Medvedev, Rublev, Shapovalov, Schwartzman, Auger-Aliassime and Korda. Average ranking of 15.

Oh, we are balanced! Look at that! Team World looking pretty good there, some tight matches, interesting doubles pairs. I’m fairly content with that but-

“Uh oh there’s a ‘but’”

Is Team World looking a bit…? North American? 3/6? I’m just saying that the other side of the globe is there…de Minaur? Nishikori? Kwon? Kyrgios? Ah we’ll leave it as it is for now. But there’s something up with Team Europe…A certain German…Let’s quietly remove him and bring in Pablo Carreno Busta. That does mess with the average ranking a little bit taking it down to 17. We could switch out Auger-Aliassime for Alex de Minaur bringing World’s average down to 16 but I don’t think a difference of two in average ranking is too much to be concerned about.

There we have our teams then. We don’t necessarily have star power like the Big 3 but we have 5 of the Top 10, an Olympic gold medallist, an Olympic bronze medallist and several entertaining youngsters. I suppose we could bring in the star power in some capacity…Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer as Co Captains? Agassi and McEnroe against them? I don’t know but we need some draw for the crowds that they’re going to get to see at least one of the Big 3.

I haven’t completely overhauled the teams, most players that are going to play in the actual Laver Cup have been included in my team lists but that is partly because Team World are yet to announce the rest of their team. I have a horrible feeling that it’ll be fleshed out with three Americans and Africa and Asia will once again be ignored. I’m not saying I fixed that by moving the Russians into Team World, but it would be nice if they could include Kei Nishikori or Yoshihito Nishioka from Japan or Lloyd Harris from South Africa. Personally, I’d also like it to be a mixed event with the best of the women’s tour coming to play but I think I might be asking for a bit much there.

I’ll leave you with my teams then:

Europe – Co Captained by Roger Federer and Bjorn Borg.

World – Co Captained by Andre Agassi and John McEnroe.

Stefanos Tsitispas (3)

Matteo Berrettini (8)

Casper Ruud (11)

Pablo Carreno Busta (12)

Jannik Sinner (15)

Carlos Alcaraz (54)

Bye!

Daniil Medvedev (2)

Andrey Rublev (7)

Denis Shapovalov (10)

Diego Schwartzman (14)

Felix Auger-Aliassime (17)

Sebastian Korda (45)

#errr hi? #tennis #laver cup #i give you this! #please be gentle :D

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Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev Advance to Quarterfinals

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev Advance to Quarterfinals

Stefanos Tsitsipas’ title defence at the Monte Carlo Masters continued to gather pace when the Greek overcame Serbian Laslo Djere 7-5, 7-6(1) to reach the quarterfinals here on Thursday. Alexander Zverev too reach the quarterfinals after defeating 13th seed Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 7-5. The second seed will face fifth seed Andrey Rublev or ninth seed Jannik Sinner for a spot in the last…

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Australian Open: Sinner Beats Baez; Medvedev Survives 5-set Thriller To Reach Rd- 4

Margaret Court Arena: Jannik Sinner booked a ticket into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-3 masterclass over 26th seed Sebastian Baez on Friday here at Margaret Court Arena. The fourth seed was in the driver's seat throughout, dropping just ten points on serve before wrapping up the win in 1 hour and 52 minutes. The Italian has reached the round of 16 in Melbourne for a third straight year and on Sunday, takes on 15th seed Karen Khachanov. By reaching a Grand Slam fourth round for the 11th time, Sinner broke a tie with Matteo Berrettini for second-most appearances by an Italian man at that stage of a major. His best major result was his Wimbledon semifinal showing last season. Earlier, Daniil Medvedev scripted an incredible story before everybody finally went to bed when he hit back from the brink to beat Finn Emil Ruusuvuori in a five-set thriller that finished in the early hours of Friday morning. Medvedev was outplayed by an inspired world No.53 during the opening two sets and was two points from defeat when he was serving at 4-5 in the fourth. The world No.3 used all his experience and resilience to turn the match around to somehow finish on top 3-6, 6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-6(7-1) 6-0 in a contest lasting four hours and 23 minutes that finished at 3.39 am. It is the third time in Medvedev’s career he has recovered from a two-set deficit at a major. He will play Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on Saturday for a place in the fourth round. Read the full article

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A Close Race to the Year-End Finals

-Alexander Kuplicki 23′

With less than a month left in the professional tennis season, many players are trying to make the final push to reach the year-end WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) and ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) final. On the men’s side, the race to the top has been pretty easily dominated by players like world no. 1 Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Alexander Zverev. Players like Mateo Berrettini and Caspar Ruud filled in some of the middle spots, but the eighth and ninth spots, due to Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal, are still open. With the Paris Masters this week, a 1000 level event, many players are trying to make the final push. 3 players Jannik Sinner, Hubert Hurkacz, and Cameron Norrie are in close contention to take those spots.

Hubert Hurkacz is hoping to reach the finals in his big stand-out year. The highlights of the pole’s year were undoubtedly winning the Miami Open and reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon, beating Roger Federer in Straight Sets along the way. Jannik Sinner although with fewer big titles, still managed to win 4 titles this year, three of which were at 500 level events. Cameron Norrie raced into position to take the spot, with his late-season win in Indian Wells. These three players, all with the best years they’ve had to date, are all ready and hungry to take the spot. The Paris Masters being an indoor event, many expect Jannik Sinner to take the spot. Three out of the five of his previous titles have all come indoors including his title in Antwerp, which he won one week ago. Hurkacz and Norrie can’t be counted out though, the Pole and the Brit have shown that they will fight even when counted, and the race is so close that every win matters.

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Carlos Alcaraz Gets a Shot at Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon Singles Final

If Carlos Alcaraz were more patient, perhaps he could just wait for Novak Djokovic to fade away. At 20, Alcaraz is 16 years younger than the great champion, and the day is likely to come when Djokovic is either retired or in decline, and Alcaraz can claim the tennis kingdom as his own.But Alcaraz has never demonstrated an inclination to wait. When he won the United States Open in September at 19 years 129 days, he became the youngest male player to reach the No. 1 ranking, and he was the second youngest, after Pete Sampras at 19 years 28 days, to win that tournament in the Open era. Djokovic was absent from that event.Now, with one more win, he would become the fifth male player in the Open era to win more than one Grand Slam tournament title before his 21st birthday. What better way to do it than to grab it now, straight out of Djokovic’s steely grip? In boxing, it is said that to capture the crown, one must convincingly vanquish the champ, and Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s singles final could be the grass court equivalent of a 15-round heavyweight bout.It features a potentially riveting matchup between Alcaraz, who defeated Daniil Medvedev, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, in their semifinal on Friday, against Djokovic, who also dismissed Jannik Sinner in straight sets. It is No. 1 against No. 2 — the 23-time Grand Slam tournament winner, who is 7-1 in Wimbledon finals, against a young Spaniard playing in his first.It is also a network programmer’s dream, a premier matchup that will determine whether Djokovic will extend his record of 23 Grand Slam tournament titles by winning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon trophy, or whether the heavy-hitting newcomer overcomes past nerves to ascend the throne.Alcaraz wants it now, and he wants to do it against Djokovic with millions of people watching — not against a lesser-known player like Casper Ruud, his opponent in the U.S. Open final, which was a mostly one-sided affair.“It’s more special to play a final against a legend of our sport,” Alcaraz said. “If I win, it will be amazing for me, not only to win a Wimbledon title, but to do it against Novak. I always say, if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.”Alcaraz and Djokovic have met only twice on court, and each has won. Alcaraz took a best-of-three match on clay at the 2022 Madrid Masters. Djokovic’s victory was perhaps more telling. It was in a semifinal at the French Open last month, a match that included a second set of remarkable tennis. But then Alcaraz began to cramp up across his entire body. First it was assumed it was from heat or a lack of fluids. But Alcaraz admitted it was from nerves.He managed to play through it, but a match that had been developing into a classic soon deflated into a gentle cruise for Djokovic, who went on to win the French Open, his second major title of the year.“He does nothing wrong on the court,” Alcaraz said. “Physically he’s a beast. Mentally he’s a beast.”Alcaraz promised on Friday, after he had run Medvedev off the court, that he would employ brain exercises to cope with the pressure, and he did not fear a repeat of his last encounter with Djokovic. But when he walks into that Centre Court coliseum in front of an audience thirsting for some sort of history, all of the intellectual games and self-assuring mantras could be worthless, especially against a player of Djokovic’s talent, determination and experience.Sunday will be unlike anything Alcaraz has experienced, even in his one previous major final, against Ruud. Djokovic will be playing in his 35th major tournament final. In Alcaraz’s mind, Djokovic might as well be taking out the trash.“For Novak, it is one more day, one more moment,” Alcaraz said. “For me, it’s going to be the best moment of my life, I think.”One element of intrigue goes back a few days, to when Alcaraz’s father was spotted videotaping Djokovic as he practiced. Alcaraz dismissed the notion that he could gain any competitive advantage from it. All the video evidence he needs of Djokovic’s tactics and tendencies is easily accessible from Djokovic’s eight previous Wimbledon finals, which were shown on television.When Alcaraz was asked about the matter at a news conference, it was presented as a gotcha moment. But he did not hide it.“Oh, probably it is true,” he said. “My father is a huge fan of tennis. He doesn’t only watch my matches. I think he get into the club at 11 a.m., get out at 10 p.m., watching matches, watching practice from everyone. Able to watch Djokovic in real life, yeah, probably it is true he filmed the sessions.”More important than the practice courts is what happens on Centre Court. Alcaraz certainly looked ready on Friday, using his combination of overwhelming forehand and deft backhand slices to outlast Medvedev, who has beaten both and has lost to both.“Interesting match,” Medvedev mused. “We cannot say who is going to win for sure.”We can say that the winner will be one of the two best in the world. Source link Read the full article

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[ad_1] NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz reached the US Open quarter-finals for a second successive 12 months when he defeated 2014 champion Marin Cilic in an epic last-16 tie which completed at 02:23 a.m. on Tuesday in New York. In a gruelling three-hour and 54-minute encounter, Cilic was underneath siege, having to avoid wasting 12 of 18 break factors whereas committing 66 unforced errors earlier than Alcaraz edged a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory. Carlos Alcaraz credit the gang on his marathon win.@carlosalcaraz | #USOpen https://t.co/GCVwuWhzpF— US Open Tennis (@usopen) 1662445906000The 19-year-old Alcaraz, seeded three and seen because the title favourite after the elimination of four-time champion Rafael Nadal, will face Jannik Sinner of Italy for a semi-final place. Sinner holds a 2-1 benefit over Alcaraz with each wins coming this 12 months at Wimbledon and Umag. "I believed in myself, it was pretty tough," mentioned Alcaraz. noooooooo 🤣 https://t.co/gn4QYJVORJ— US Open Tennis (@usopen) 1662445820000"I was a break down in the fifth set. It was tough to come back after losing the fourth set." Alcaraz overcame a 0-2 deficit within the first set to seal the opener and was a break forward early within the second earlier than the 33-year-old Cilic stormed again to degree the competition. UN-BELIEVABLE@carlosalcaraz wins an absolute thriller in Ashe. https://t.co/NjUwmetYSy— US Open Tennis (@usopen) 1662445590000Alcaraz pounced within the tenth recreation of the third set to carve out the one break and a two units to at least one lead. The Spaniard twice had Cilic on the ropes late within the fourth set however allowed 4 break factors to slide away. Cilic grabbed his surprising lifeline to take the match to a fifth set decider. But Alcaraz, having wasted six break factors within the fourth set, lastly transformed for what was a key 3-1 lead. Quarterfinal time. https://t.co/dAjoFBchH4— US Open Tennis (@usopen) 1662446903000!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) )( window, document, 'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js', );if(typeof window !== 'undefined') ; const TimesApps = window; TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => var scripts = [ 'https://static.clmbtech.com/ad/commons/js/2658/toi/colombia_v2.js' , 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-877820074', 'https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js', 'https://tvid.in/sdk/loader.js', 'https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/video_comscore_api/version-3.cms', 'https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/grxpushnotification_js/minify-1,version-1.cms', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true', 'https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/locateservice_js/minify-1,version-14.cms' ]; scripts.forEach(function(url) let script = document.createElement('script'); script.type="text/javascript"; if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1) script.src = url; else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) script.src = url; else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in/sdk') !== -1 ); [ad_2] Source link

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As soon as he came out of the 14-day quarantine, during which he was able to go out for 5 hours a day from his hotel to train, Novak Djokovic made himself desired by the Adelaide audience, who flocked to attend the first match of the exhibition tournament in the Australian city . The world number one has in fact deserted the first set against the Italian talent Jannik Sinner, being replaced by his compatriot Filip Krajnovic. The Serbian, however, then appeared for the second fraction, won 6-3, justifying himself in the end with the crowd: "I'm sorry, but I had to do some sessions with my physiotherapist and in the last two days I didn't feel at my best. . I didn't want to take too many risks. Thanks for making me have a great day, "he added. "We haven't played in front of such a crowd in 12 months, it's a special event." Victory also for Rafael Nadal, who in the Australian evening won 7-5 6-4 over Dominic Thiem. In the women's field, world number one and home favorite Ashleigh Barty beat Simona Halep at the super tie-break, while Serena Williams beat Naomi Osaka 6-2 2-6 (10/7). Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open eight times in his career, an Open Era record. The 33-year-old is the odds-on favorite to claim a ninth title at Melbourne Park next month, something that former World No. 1 Mats Wilander agrees with. He also talked about Roger Federer.

Novak Djokovic has won the Australian Open eight times

"Novak Djokovic has a chance to reach 20 Slams this year," Mats Wilander said. "In fact, I think if he wants to overtake Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, he has to make a big move this year because the younger ones will provide more and more challenges in the coming years." Roger Federer hasn't fully recovered from his knee injury yet, and is hoping to return to the tour in late February or early March. The last time Federer was seen on the court was at the 2020 Australian Open, following which he underwent surgery on his right knee in February and another procedure in June. "In Australia and Wimbledon, he would still have a chance to win," Wilander responded when asked to assess Federer's chances of winning another Slam. "He didn’t enter Melbourne this year. But if he doesn’t have a physical issue, he can rightly hope for the trophy at Wimbledon, where he can win at any time. Roland Garros and the US Open are a tougher affair, but Federer has targeted Wimbledon and the Olympics this year anyway," the Swede added.

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