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Tsitsipas throttles another Italian
- By Bill Scott
- . July 19, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas stretched his career-long domination of Italians on Friday with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Fabio Fognini to reach the Swiss Open Gstaad semi-finals
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Alpine clay marks the comfort zone for Tsitsipas
- By Bill Scott
- . July 16, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas has put a mediocre grass season in the rear view mirror as theĀ Greek steps back onto clay in the run-up to the Paris
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Toni Nadal can’t promise his nephew will play RG
- By Bill Scott
- . May 21, 2024
Rafael Nadal is training on the clay at Roland Garros this week, but even that sign might be enough to guarantee that the Spanish icon
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Nadal willing to risk it all to be ready for Roland
- By Bill Scott
- . May 10, 2024
Rafael Nadal has vowed to risk even more injury to try and front up ready for the French Open in just over a fortnight, with
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Nadal yearns for the good old 5-set final days
- By Bill Scott
- . May 8, 2024
Rafael Nadal confessed on Wednesday that he misses the five-set finals that characterised his first two titles at the Rome Masters. The Spaniard who is
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Alcaraz agony: Spaniard withdraws from Rome
- By Bill Scott
- . May 3, 2024
The injury-marred season of Carlos Alcaraz jumped from bad to worse on Friday as the unfit Spaniard withdrew from Wednesday’s start of the Rome Masters.
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Nadal remains cautious about his Roland Garros scenario
- By Bill Scott
- . April 25, 2024
Rafael Nadal will step gingerly onto court at the Madrid Open to face teenaged wild card Darwin Blanche. But Spain’s clay-court master has cast further doubt on
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Barcelona title win worth the wait for Ruud
- By Bill Scott
- . April 21, 2024
Casper Ruud took revenge for a finals loss a week ago, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Barcelona Open. The sixth-ranked Norwegian
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Tsitsipas sets up Barca reprise of Monte Carlo final
- By Bill Scott
- . April 20, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud will re-play last weekend’s Monte Carlo final in Barcelona after both moved through to the Spanish title match on Saturday.
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Ruud switches off the stress to reach Barca final
- By Bill Scott
- . April 20, 2024
Casper Ruud dismissed any stressful fears and put his game into auto-mode for a 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory over Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Barcelona