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Who said what: French Open day 11
Key quotes from the 11th day of the French Open at Roland Garros on Wednesday: "I think every kid who plays tennis has the dream to win a Slam. More for French players to win Roland Garros, for sure. So, yeah, it's a dream. For sure I will go for the dream, because my dream is to win it, not to be in the semi-final." Advertisement -- French world number 361 Lois Boisson is not resting on her laurels after a stunning quarter-final victory over Mirra Andreeva. "It's going to be pretty interesting to watch and to see who's gonna be the winner in the end of this week. I don't know. I think if maybe she believes in herself enough, maybe she can, but I don't know. For me it's just tough to say, you know, sitting here." -- Andreeva on the title chances of her surprise conqueror. "Simone Biles, I think she just pushes herself. To me that's crazy, because in tennis we had Rafa and Roger and Novak all pushing each other, but in gymnastics she kind of doesn't really have anyone. The fact she is able to move that needle against herself I think is pretty cool." Advertisement -- Coco Gauff on being inspired by gymnastics superstar Simone Biles. "I'd put New York second, London/Wimbledon third, and Paris last. Sorry, guys." -- Madison Keys on which Grand Slam host city has the best coffee. "Lois, Ballon d'Or!." -- A fan in the crowd during the new home favourite's on-court interview. "There are so many big tournaments coming up. Maybe we can make that happen one day. But I just wish him only the best. You know, stay healthy, to be relaxed." -- Jannik Sinner on the possibility of an all-Italian final against Lorenzo Musetti. "How am I going to stop him? I don't think about that. I think about how am I going to execute what I want on the court and feel how I want to feel. That's where my thoughts are going. Advertisement "But these kind of match-ups and challenges in a way extract the best out of me. You know, playing best-of-five, you know, late stages of a Grand Slam against No. 1 in the world is, you know, you can't get more motivated than that for me at this age." -- 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic is already eyeing up his semi-final with top seed Sinner. "I think at the moment he's a bit underrated, to be honest... I think like a lot of people count him out already, but this year he's had wins over Carlos (Alcaraz) at the Australian Open, he has had a win over me at the French Open. Forget the age. I think for any player, those are pretty good results. "He's still beating the best of the best, so I think everybody needs to respect that." -- Alexander Zverev on 38-year-old Djokovic's longevity. afp
Straits Times
3 days ago
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- Straits Times
Grand Slam champions Osaka, Keys crash at first hurdle in Berlin
FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 14, 2025 Madison Keys of the U.S. in action during her semi final match against Germany's Tatjana Maria Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge/File Photo REUTERS FILE PHOTO: May 26, 2025; Paris, FR; Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts to a point during her match against Paula Badosa of Spain on day two at Roland Garros Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images/File Photo REUTERS BERLIN - Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka tumbled out of the Berlin Open first round on Tuesday after Russia's Liudmila Samsonova battled from a set down to win 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 on Tuesday. It was a disappointing start to the former world number one's grass season, with Wimbledon in just under two weeks. The 27-year-old Japanese had won her first title in May in almost two years following a maternity break. Osaka, who had reached the third round of the Australian Open in January before retiring injured, also lost in the first round of the French Open. After a strong start from Osaka, Samsonova battled back in the second set to clinch it in a tiebreak with the Russian world number 20 firing 11 in the first two sets. Osaka was 40-0 up on her opponent's serve at 5-5 but could not finish the job and allowed her to come back. "I was just trying to fight until the end," said Samsonova, a winner in Berlin four years ago. "I said, 'OK, until the last ball, I will try to push and try to find my game.'" She did just that to set up a round of 16 match against third seed Jessica Pegula. Australian Open champion and seventh seed Madison Keys also suffered an early exit, with Czech Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, moving into the next round with a 7-5 7-6(6) win. Vondrousova, who had been out for three months earlier this year with a shoulder injury, will face Diana Shnaider in the round of 16 after the 21-year-old Russian overran Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2 6-4. The southpaw powered through the first four games and before Vekic had any time to react, she had wrapped up the first set with her fourth set point. Shnaider then found a bit more resistance with her opponent earning early break only to be immediately broken back twice as the world number 12 bullied the Croat with punishing groundstrokes to go 5-4 up and seal the win on Vekic's serve. China's Wang Xinyu had to do even less work, matching world number 16 Daria Kasatkina's baseline game blow for blow, to drop just five games en route to a 6-3 6-2 victory over the Australian in 67 minutes. She will next play French Open champion and second seed Coco Gauff. Fellow Chinese and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen pulled out on Tuesday with a right neck injury ahead of her match against Elena Rybakina with American Ashlyn Krueger slipping in as lucky loser. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
3 days ago
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Grand Slam champions Osaka, Keys crash at first hurdle in Berlin
BERLIN, June 17 (Reuters) - Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka tumbled out of the Berlin Open first round on Tuesday after Russia's Liudmila Samsonova battled from a set down to win 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 on Tuesday. It was a disappointing start to the former world number one's grass season, with Wimbledon in just under two weeks. The 27-year-old Japanese had won her first title in May in almost two years following a maternity break. Osaka, who had reached the third round of the Australian Open in January before retiring injured, also lost in the first round of the French Open. After a strong start from Osaka, Samsonova battled back in the second set to clinch it in a tiebreak with the Russian world number 20 firing 11 in the first two sets. Osaka was 40-0 up on her opponent's serve at 5-5 but could not finish the job and allowed her to come back. "I was just trying to fight until the end," said Samsonova, a winner in Berlin four years ago. "I said, 'OK, until the last ball, I will try to push and try to find my game.'" She did just that to set up a round of 16 match against third seed Jessica Pegula. Australian Open champion and seventh seed Madison Keys also suffered an early exit, with Czech Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, moving into the next round with a 7-5 7-6(6) win. Vondrousova, who had been out for three months earlier this year with a shoulder injury, will face Diana Shnaider in the round of 16 after the 21-year-old Russian overran Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2 6-4. The southpaw powered through the first four games and before Vekic had any time to react, she had wrapped up the first set with her fourth set point. Shnaider then found a bit more resistance with her opponent earning early break only to be immediately broken back twice as the world number 12 bullied the Croat with punishing groundstrokes to go 5-4 up and seal the win on Vekic's serve. China's Wang Xinyu had to do even less work, matching world number 16 Daria Kasatkina's baseline game blow for blow, to drop just five games en route to a 6-3 6-2 victory over the Australian in 67 minutes. She will next play French Open champion and second seed Coco Gauff. Fellow Chinese and fifth seed Zheng Qinwen pulled out on Tuesday with a right neck injury ahead of her match against Elena Rybakina with American Ashlyn Krueger slipping in as lucky loser.
Japan Times
5 days ago
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- Japan Times
Maria crowned first Queen's Club women's champion in 52 years
German qualifier Tatjana Maria capped an incredible week in London as she defeated American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to become the first woman to win a title at Queen's Club in over half a century. The victory marked the end of an extraordinary nine-day stretch for the mother-of-two, ranked 86 in the world, having stunned second seed and Australian Open champion Madison Keys in the previous round. The 37-year-old becomes the oldest player to claim a WTA title since Serena Williams won in Auckland in 2020. She dropped only one set en route to the title and her dream run also included victories over Kazakh fourth seed Elena Rybakina and Czech sixth seed Karolina Muchova. Maria dominated Anismova with big serves and earned an early break in the first set. She won 12 points in a row as she raced to a 4-1 lead and then held off a brief Anisimova fightback to close out the set. Maria carried her momentum into the second as she again surged into a 4-1 lead. Her seventh ace of the match helped her move up 5-3, and she served out the match two games later to clinch her first title in over two years. "A dream come true. (When) I came here, I was never thinking I could hold the trophy at the end. When we arrived my little girl said 'wow that's a nice trophy, so big' and I said 'OK let's go for it I will try to win it,'" Maria said. "In the end I've won it, it's incredible. So happy. Everything is possible if you believe in it. You go your way, doesn't matter which it is but you have to keep going. I want to show this to my kids and hopefully they are proud. It's amazing." Maria threw her arms up as she watched Anisimova's forehand sail wide on match point, before both players shared an affectionate embrace at the net. "I wouldn't be surprised if we see you in the Wimbledon final because you really had me running out there today," Anisimova said. Having started the week as world number 86, Maria is projected to move up to world number 43 when the new rankings are released on Monday. The Wimbledon warmup event at Queen's welcomed back female competitors for the first time since 1973, when the Soviet Union's Olga Morozova won the title. Wimbledon runs from June 30 to July 13.
Arab News
5 days ago
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- Arab News
Qualifier Maria completes fairytale run to Queen's title
LONDON: Tatjana Maria completed her fairytale run at Queen's Club as the German qualifier beat American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-4 in Sunday's final to become the oldest winner of a WTA 500 event. The 37-year-old's victory secured the fourth singles title of her career, and her first since 2023 on the clay in Bogota. World number 86 Maria is the first German to win a WTA 500 title since Angelique Kerber in 2018 in Sydney. In the first women's tournament at Queen's since 1973, Maria is the event's first female champion since Russia's Olga Morozova 52 years ago. When Morozova won in west London, the prize money was just £1,000 ($1,353). Maria banked a cheque for £120,000 and more importantly earned a huge confidence boost ahead of Wimbledon, which starts on June 30. The mother of two arrived at Queen's on a nine-match losing streak and had to survive two rounds of qualifying matches to reach the main draw. Deploying her slice-heavy style to devastating effect, she stunned sixth seed Karolina Muchova, fourth seed Elena Rybakina and reigning Australian Open champion Madison Keys en route to the final. Maria, who has taken two maternity breaks from the WTA Tour, has never been past the second round of any Grand Slam except Wimbledon, where she reached the semifinals in 2022. But once again she proved a formidable force on grass, brushing aside Anisimova to secure her second title on the surface as her husband and young daughters Charlotte and Cecilia watched from courtside. 'A dream come true. I came here I was never thinking I could hold the trophy at the end,' Maria said. 'When we arrived my little girl said: 'Wow that's a nice trophy, so big' and I said: 'OK let's go for it, I will try to win it'. And in the end I've won it, it's incredible. 'Everything is possible if you believe in it. You go your way, doesn't matter which it is but you have to keep going. I want to show this to my kids and hopefully they are proud. It's amazing.' Asked if she planned to celebrate with her family, Maria said: 'For sure. This doesn't happen every week so we have to celebrate with something. 'I think the kids will probably want some crepes with Nutella!' Anisimova has struggled to live up to her early success after reaching the French Open semifinals aged 17 in 2019. She took an eight-month break from tennis and dropped out of the top 400 after suffering with depression bought on by the scrutiny and expectations that came with being a teen prodigy. The 23-year-old returned last year and won the Qatar Open this February, reaching a career-high 15th in the rankings before underlining her renaissance by defeating Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen to reach her first grass-court final. However, Maria was too savvy on grass for Anisimova, who said: 'It's incredible to see Tatjana playing at this level. To have her family here, it's super special. 'I wouldn't be surprised if we see her in the Wimbledon final. She really had me running out there today.'
