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Malay Mail
3 hours ago
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- Malay Mail
French Open winner Gauff falls to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu at first hurdle on Berlin grass
BERLIN, June 20 — Twelve days after winning her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, Coco Gauff fell at the first hurdle on grass in Berlin yesterday as beaten Paris finalist Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarter-finals. Recipient of a first-round bye, American Gauff lost 6-3, 6-3 to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu as world number one Sabalenka beat Rebeka Masarova 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) in her second-round tie. Winner of 10 main tour titles, including the US Open in 2023 and the WTA Finals in 2024, Gauff has yet to lift a trophy in a grass-court tournament. 'After I won the first set, I told myself, 'OK, let's take a minute and enjoy this. I'm playing the French Open champion and I won the first set',' Wang said afterwards. 'No matter how the second and third go, I was like, 'Let's enjoy it for once second.' Wang had lost her only previous match against Gauff in straight sets on the Berlin grass in 2022. 'It was a tough match, but I'm happy I hung in there on the tough moments,' said Wang. The 49th-ranked Chinese player trailed 3-1 in the second set before reeling off five straight games. She will play Spain's Paula Badosa, the 10th seed, in the quarter-finals. Earlier, Sabalenka completed her match, suspended on Wednesday after the first set, The Belarusian had to work hard on the resumption as the 112th-ranked Swiss Masarova took her to a tiebreak. The win takes Sabalenka into the quarter-finals as she looks to build up her grass court form ahead of Wimbledon. The 27-year-old has won 20 titles but none on grass. She will face 11th-ranked Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who beat Czech doubles specialist Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). Sabalenka is bidding to reach the last four in Berlin for the first time in her career. In the first match of the day, 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, ranked down at 164, needed two hours 20 minutes to overcome Russian 12th seed Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3. In the last eight she will face the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the woman she beat in the Wimbledon final two years ago. — AFP
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Coco's false start on grass as Wimbledon bid looms
Newly crowned French Open champion Coco Gauff has been stunned on her return to action following her French Open victory, losing to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-3 6-3 at the Berlin Open. World No.2 Gauff, who won at Roland Garros less than two weeks ago for her second grand slam title, amassed 25 unforced errors and seven double faults in her loss to Wang on Thursday. Gauff had a bye to the second round at the grass-court tournament, a warm-up for Wimbledon. An incredible performance! Wang defeats the reigning Roland Garros champ for the biggest win of her career! #BTO — wta (@WTA) June 19, 2025 Wang, ranked No. 49, said she would have been pleased just with the first set, considering the level of her opponent. "After I won the first set, I just told myself, 'okay, let's take a minute and enjoy this, I'm playing the French Open champion, and I won the first set'," said Wang, who next plays Spain's eighth-seed Paula Badosa. "No matter how the second and third go, I was like, 'okay, let's just enjoy it for a second.' I'm really happy with how I played today. I was serving good and putting a lot of pressure on the return, especially second-serve return." Aryna Sabalenka, also playing for the first time since losing to Gauff in the Paris final, completed a 6-2 7-6 (8-6) win over Swiss Rebeka Masarova to reach the quarter-finals, concluding a match that had been suspended on Wednesday because of slippery conditions. When the match resumed, world No.1 Sabalenka was broken at the start of the second set and found herself 3-1 and 4-2 down. She kept her cool, however, and broke back with a fine volley to force a tiebreak. Sabalenka also squandered two match points before sealing her victory at her next opportunity when her opponent sank a simple mid-court forehand into the net. The top seed will next face former Wimbledon champ Elena Rybakina. Czech Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, needed three sets over two hours and 20 minutes to break the resistance of Russia's Diana Shnaider 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 win and will face lucky loser Ons Jabeur, the two-time Wimbledon finalist, in the last eight. At the Nottingham Open grass-court event, two-time defending champion Katie Boulter, the fiancee of Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur, was given a real scare before battling past fellow Briton Sonay Kartal 6-4 1-6 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals.
BBC News
9 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Sinner suffers worst loss by ranking since 2023
Jannik Sinner's Wimbledon preparations suffered a blow as the world number one lost to 47th-ranked Alexander Bublik in the Halle Open second champion Sinner lost 3-6 6-3 6-4 to Kazakhstan's Bublik - his worst defeat by ranking since August is the first time Sinner has lost to someone other than world number two Carlos Alcaraz since August loss also ended the Italian's 66 match-winning streak against opponents outside of the top Open champion Coco Gauff also suffered a surprise defeat in her first match of the grass-court season, losing 6-3 6-3 to China's Wang Xinyu at the Berlin number 48 Wang ended Gauff's seven-match winning run just 12 days after her Roland Garros triumph. Elsewhere in Berlin, world number one Aryna Sabalenka beat Swiss Rebeka Masarova 6-2 7-6 (8-6) in a match that took place across two Belarusian took the first set on Wednesday before bad light forced play to be beaten by Gauff in the French Open final, returned on Thursday and came back from a break down to wrap up a straight-set will face Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the quarter-finals after the former Wimbledon champion beat Czech Katerina Siniakova 6-4 7-6 (7-5).Marketa Vondrousova, who won the Wimbledon title in 2023, beat Russian Diana Shnaider 6-3 6-7 (3-7) at the Halle Open, Russian Andrey Rublev was another big name to fall, failing to convert two match points in a 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (8-6) loss to Argentine Tomas Martin German world number three Alexander Zverev recovered to beat Italian Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-4 7-6 (7-2).
New York Times
9 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Alexander Bublik beats Jannik Sinner to end 49-match streak
Alexander Bublik is the first player not named Carlos Alcaraz to beat Jannik Sinner in 49 matches. Bublik, who lost to the world No. 1 in the quarterfinals of the French Open a fortnight ago, ended Sinner's defense of the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. Sinner had not lost to someone other than Alcaraz since August 2024, when Russia's Andrey Rublev beat him at the Canada Open. But after dropping the first set in the face of a typically efficient Sinner performance, Bublik produced the level of tennis that makes him one of the most confounding players on the ATP Tour. He can hit drop shots, trick shots, strange slices and vary spins with craft and guile, but unlike most players in that category, he also has a gigantic serve, as well as booming power off both groundstroke wings. Advertisement When he is in the mood, as he was Thursday, few can live with him — especially on grass, when his skidding slices cut through the court and his serve can feel borderline unreturnable. For Sinner, coming off the physical and mental exertion of his five-hour-and-29-minute French Open defeat to Alcaraz, Bublik's surge proved too powerful to stave off. And in fairness to Sinner, this was a day when all four of the Roland Garros finalists suffered hangovers of varying degrees. Coco Gauff was also beaten, losing in the second round of the German Open in Berlin to Xang Winyu while Alcaraz had to dig extremely deep to win an epic against Jaume Munar at the same stage of the HSBC Championships at the Queen's Club, London. Aryna Sabalenka, meanwhile, overcame a second-set wobble against Rebeka Masarova to win a very tight set and come through in straight sets. This is not a coincidence. Winning any slam or losing in the final is a physically and emotionally draining experience, let alone the kind of finals that we saw in Paris 11 days ago. At Queen's, Alcaraz looked as though he was heading for a second-round exit for the second straight year, before fighting off a 4-2 final set deficit to prevail in three sets after three hours, 26 minutes. It was the longest match at Queen's since 1991, barely a week on from Alcaraz beating Sinner in the longest ever French Open final. After the match, Alcaraz wrote 'were we on clay?' on the camera in reference to how long it had taken. It was a gruelling, sweaty match played in temperatures of more than 30 degrees celsius (86 degrees fahrenheit) on the UK's hottest day of the year so far, and Alcaraz showed his frustration at various points. He was especially annoyed after getting a time violation warning in the second set for taking longer than the allotted 25 seconds between points and then feeling like he was being hurried at various points thereafter. 'I'm not used to do it,' Alcaraz said of his flashes of temper during the match. 'Honestly, I use to control myself a little bit, my emotions.' Hangovers, they'll do that to you. Alcaraz will play a quarterfinal Friday against France's Arthur Rinderknech, but may feel he has enough grass-court miles in the tank after the drawn-out, physical encounter with Munar. Sinner and Gauff by contrast risk being undercooked for Wimbledon, though last year Alcaraz went out at this stage and ended up winning the title at the All England Club a few weeks later anyway. Advertisement And while Sinner may feel disappointed to have finally lost to a player other than Alcaraz, we'll only really know at Wimbledon whether he is suffering from any real letdown after losing to the Spaniard in such heartbreaking circumstances in Paris. Though where Gauff and Sinner differ from Alcaraz last year is that grass is a surface they've never fully proved themselves on. The same could be said of Sabalenka, even if that's partly down to her having to miss Wimbledon last year because of injury and in 2022 when Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from the event. Her opponent in the Berlin quarterfinal Friday is Elena Rybakina, who won Wimbledon in Sabalenka's absence three years ago. The main draw of this year's event gets under way on Monday June 30.
Arab News
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Arab News
Coco Gauff loses in Berlin in first match since French Open title, turns attention to Wimbledon
BERLIN: Newly crowned French Open champion Coco Gauff was stunned on her return to action Thursday, losing to Chinese qualifier Wang Xinyu 6-3, 6-3 at the Berlin Open. The second-ranked Gauff, who won at Roland-Garros less than two weeks ago for her second Grand Slam title, amassed 25 unforced errors and seven double faults in her loss to Wang. Gauff had a bye to the second round at the grass-court tournament, a warmup for Wimbledon. 'It was a tough one today but happy to be back on court,' Gauff wrote on her social media accounts. 'Tried my best to adjust with the quick turnaround but it wasn't enough. As always, I'm learning as I go so I hope to do better next time.' The 21-year-old Gauff added that she is 'excited to get some more practices in to be ready for Wimbledon,' which starts June 30. She has not made it past the fourth round at the All England Club. Wang, ranked No. 49, said she would have been pleased just with the first set Thursday, considering the level of her opponent. 'After I won the first set, I just told myself 'OK let's take a minute and enjoy this, I'm playing the French Open champion, and I won the first set,'' she said in her on-court interview. 'No matter how the second and third go, I was like, 'OK let's just enjoy it for a second,'' said Wang, who will face Paula Badosa in the quarterfinals. 'I'm really happy with how I played today. I was serving good and putting a lot of pressure on the return, especially second-serve return.' Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka finished off Rebeka Masarova 6-2, 7-6 (6) in a match that was suspended Wednesday after one set because of a slippery court. Sabalenka had lost to Gauff at the French Open final and later apologized to the American for making 'unprofessional' comments after the Paris title match. Sabalenka will meet 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinals.
