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Malay Mail
11 hours ago
- Sport
- 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
BBC News
17 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).
Arab News
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Arab News
World No.1 Sinner shocked in Halle second round by Bublik
HALLE WESTFALEN, Germany: Defending champion Jannik Sinner lost his second-round match on grass at Halle on Thursday to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, the Italian's first tournament since his French Open final defeat. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
CBC
a day ago
- Sport
- CBC
Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov lose at Halle Open in Round 16 of grass-court tourney
Canada's top men's tennis players all fell on Thursday on the European grass-court circuit. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., lost in the Round of 16 at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany. Auger-Aliassime served 12 aces but dropped a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 decision to Karen Khachanov. Shapovalov fell in a tight three-set battle, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (5), to Italy's Flavio Cobolli despite eight aces and five break points. Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov were also scheduled to face off Thursday in the doubles semifinal against Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. In London at the HSBC Championships, Montreal's Gabriel Diallo was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic, who won 96 per cent of his first-serve points.
CTV News
a day ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Canada's Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov and Diallo all fall in grass-court action
Gabriel Diallo of Canada plays a return to Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic during the Queen's Club Tennis Championships in London, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Canada's top men's tennis players all fell on Thursday on the European grass-court circuit. Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., both lost in the Round of 16 at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany. Auger-Aliassime served 12 aces but dropped a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 decision to Karen Khachanov. Shapovalov fell in a tight three-set battle, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (5), to Italy's Flavio Cobolli despite eight aces and five break points. Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov were also scheduled to face off Thursday in the doubles semifinal against Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. In London at the HSBC Championships, Montreal's Gabriel Diallo was beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Jiri Lehecka, who won 96 per cent of his first-serve points. Diallo was coming off his first career win last week at the ATP 250 Libema Open. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2025.
