Tennis
Budget 2021: Cricket to get 'significant slice' of £300m package to help sports
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Monday, 01 March 2021 15:53
English cricket will receive a "significant chunk" of a new £300m summer sports recovery package.Tennis and horse racing are also set to benefit when UK chancellor Rishi Sunak presents his Budget on Wednesday."There's nothing that says summer more than watching your favourite team," said Sunak."I can't wait for sports grounds to be filled with fans with atmosphere again - this…
Rotterdam Open: Cameron Norrie wins, Andy Murray plays later
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Monday, 01 March 2021 08:21
Britain's Cameron Norrie continued his decent start to the 2021 season with a dominant first-round win over Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in Rotterdam.Norrie, 25, started by winning the first seven games against 40th-ranked Basilashvili, going on to wrap up a 6-0 6-3 victory in little over an hour.Norrie, who came through qualifying, will play Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka or Russia's Karen Khachanov…
Novak Djokovic equals Roger Federer's world number one record
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Monday, 01 March 2021 02:36
Novak Djokovic has equalled Roger Federer's record of 310 weeks ranked as world number one.The 33-year-old Serbian is guaranteed to break the mark next week.Djokovic won his 18th Grand Slam title and his ninth Australian Open crown in Melbourne last month."After achieving the historic number one for the longest weeks at number one, it's going to be a relief for…
Gilles Simon to take indefinite break because of mental health concerns
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Saturday, 27 February 2021 03:22
Gilles Simon has said he is taking a break from playing on the ATP Tour because of mental health concerns.The 36-year-old Frenchman, a former world number six, was beaten in the Australian Open first round earlier in February and also lost his first match at the Open Sud de France on Tuesday.He said: "With my heart not being there to…
Battle of the Brits: Andy and Jamie Murray team up in Scotland v England
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Friday, 26 February 2021 00:12
Andy and Jamie Murray are to team up on home soil for Scotland against England in what the latter describes as a "super exciting" Battle of the Brits.The brothers - who have 10 Grand Slam titles between them - lead the hosts against a side set to include British number one Dan Evans at Aberdeen's P&J Live Arena on 21…
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