Tennis
Wimbledon goes digital with 2020 ticket ballot
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Tuesday, 30 April 2019 08:43
Fans will no longer need to use pen, paper and a stamped addressed envelope to apply for Wimbledon tickets after the grass-court showpiece announced an end to a 95-year tradition. The move to an online ballot from 2020 was among several changes confirmed by the All England Club on Tuesday.Prize money will increase by 11.8% this year, with the total…
Thiem beats Medvedev to win first Barcelona Open title
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Sunday, 28 April 2019 10:10
World number five Dominic Thiem won his first Barcelona Open title with a comfortable victory over Russia's Daniil Medvedev.The Austrian, 25, was broken early on but then took 12 of the next 13 games to win 6-4 6-0 in one hour 13 minutes.Thiem ended Rafael Nadal's hopes of a 12th title in the clay tournament in Saturday's semi-final, having lost…
Kvitova wins in Stuttgart - and is the only player to have won two WTA titles in 2019
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Sunday, 28 April 2019 11:04
Petra Kvitova has become the first player to win two WTA singles titles this year after beating Anett Kontaveit in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final.The Czech, 29, won 6-3 7-6 (7-2) in one hour 31 minutes in Stuttgart on Sunday.World number 15 Kontaveit reached the final after world number one Naomi Osaka withdrew from Saturday's semi-final because of an…
Nadal denied chance to extend own record for winning same title by Thiem
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Saturday, 27 April 2019 12:12
Rafael Nadal's hopes of extending his own record by winning an ATP tournament for the 12th time were ended when he was beaten by Dominic Thiem in the Barcelona Open semi-finals. Nadal has triumphed in Barcelona 11 times, a mark he has also hit at the French Open and Monte Carlo Masters.But his hopes of adding to his record ended…
'I don't feel any pressure to play again' - Murray 'enjoying life' after hip surgery
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Sunday, 28 April 2019 02:05
Britain's three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray says he feels no pressure to return from hip surgery.The 31-year-old Scot said in March he was "pain-free" after a resurfacing operation in January which he had said could end his career."I have been hitting the ball from a stationary position but I haven't been doing any movement," he told BBC Sport. "I…
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