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Rafael Nadal missed three match points and needed a medical time-out Friday before losing to Jordan Thompson in the quarterfinals of his tournament comeback following a year-long injury layoff. The 22-time major winner failed to convert a match point in the 10th game of the second set and two more in the tiebreaker before No. 55-ranked Thompson rallied to win 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 at the Brisbane International. With the Australian Open starting Jan. 14, Nadal's rehabilitation from the hip injur...

A match which was low on quality sparked in to life with 12 minutes to go — pedro porros long range effort looks as though its going to be enough to book tottenhams place in the next round. fulham are also into round four — after avoiding a cup upset against championship strugglers rotherham. bobby decordova—reids first half goal securing the home side a 1—0 win, to book their place in round four. but brentford and wolves will have to meet again after they drew 1—1. the visitors had jo...

It was an impressive display. two impressive comebacks from players who have been out nearly a year in brisbane in the pat rafter arena. it took two and a half hour to be elena gabriela ruse. but raducanu came through very strongly in the end. she played really well to move 5-2 end. she played really well to move 5—2 in front. then she dropped her surface then shot a couple of match points saved and dropped her serve again, which is no enormous surprise because when youve not been in that posi...

Ruse would fight back to level the match, but raducanu showed grit, grace and glimpses of her best. oh, yes. how about that from raducanu? the 21—year—old came to feel reborn coming into this match, free from the burden of her us open win. still, there was understandable some rustiness. two match points came and went before she finally clinched it. shes back! the tougher test of second seed elina svitolina awaits. but first, raducanu will want to savour this. that winning feeling has been a ...

Things considered, and those things are nearly nine months away from the tour and three minor operations, one on each hand and one on a left ankle. it took 2.5 hours to beat elena—gabriela ruse, but emma raducanu came through very strongly in the end. and that deciding set she played really well to move 5—2 in front, then she dropped her serve and had a couple of match points that were saved, then she dropped her serve again. that is no huge surprise because after being off the tour, it is h...

Jannik Sinner beats Alex de Minaur in straight sets to secure Italy's first Davis Cup title for 47 years.

After Carlos Alcaraz’s surprise exit on Tuesday, world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev also faced a shock second round defeat at the Paris Masters, losing in three sets to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday.

After Carlos Alcaraz’s surprise exit on Tuesday, world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev also faced a shock second round defeat at the Paris Masters, losing in three sets to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday.

Jessica Pegula converted her seventh match point to complete a 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at the WTA Finals on Tuesday to close in on a semifinal berth. Pegula won all four sets she's played so far in round-robin action, a year after going 0-3 at the season-ending championship. There was a chance she could clinch a spot Tuesday in the final four, depending on the result of the later match between Elena Rybakina and Maria Sakkari.

Not when match point after match point went by the wayside. And not, most distracting of all, when her U.S. Open semifinal against Karolina Muchova was interrupted for 50 minutes Thursday night by environmental activists — one of whom glued his bare feet to the concrete floor in the stands. It's been rather obvious for quite some time that Gauff is no ordinary teenager.