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Abu Dhabi Open: Flipkens’ injury saddens Kenin; Sabalenka wins again Rituraj Borkakoty © Provided by Khaleej Times Abu Dhabi Open: Flipkens injury saddens Kenin; Sabalenka wins again American top seed Sofia Kenin was left with a heavy heart after her second round rival, Kirsten Flipkens, was forced to retire from their gruelling battle at the WTA Abu Dhabi Open on Friday. Having stunned the reigning Australian Open champion in the first set (7-5), Flipkens, the battle-harde...

Published on: Thursday, January 07, 2021 By: AFP ABU DHABI: Defending Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin (pic) believes the tough bio-secure limits on players at the start of the 2021 season are “harsh” but says she is “happy to be travelling”. The world number four, who is top seed in the year-opening WTA event in Abu Dhabi which started on Wednesday, will be kept in a bubble along with her fellow competitors before they all move on to Melbourne for the delayed Australian Open. They...

Kenin opens season with win over Yang at Abu Dhabi Open January 7, 2021 GMT ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sofia Kenin opened her season Thursday by beating Yang Zhaoxuan 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open. The American hit 11 aces against Yang to set up a second-round match against Kirsten Flipkens. “Obviously a little bit of nerves. I had to try and find my groove,” said Kenin, the Australian Open champion who will try to defend her title next month. “First ...

Murray River, with Phillip Island attached to the WTA event in week two of the AO. Leading the women’s field is top ranked Barty, who will make her first eagerly awaited competitive appearance in 11 months, after opting not to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last summer, the 24-year-old won the inaugural Adelaide International title and became the first local woman to reach an Australian Open semifinal since Wendy Turnbull in 1984. The Queenslander will face fierce competition from a Gr...

Abu Dhabi Open: No fireworks but top seeds happy with progress Rituraj Borkakoty © Provided by Khaleej Times Abu Dhabi Open: No fireworks but top seeds happy with progress The top guns could not quite produce the fireworks, but all of them did enough to earn their tickets to the next round at the WTA Abu Dhabi Open on Thursday. While fifth seed Garbine Muguruza and second seed Elina Svitolina were pretty much in control of their game during their respective straight-set wins,...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Open chief executive Craig Tiley is reassuring players that the delayed season-opening Grand Slam tournament will get underway on Feb. 8 and has asked for...

AUSTRALIAN OPEN chief executive Craig Tiley is reassuring players that the delayed season-opening Grand Slam tournament will get underway on February 8 and has asked for patience with the logistics and quarantine planning amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The world’s leading tennis players are set to start arriving in Melbourne from January 15 and must undergo 14 days in hotel quarantine, although they’ll be allowed to practice for limited periods daily in a bio-secure bubble. Reports from Europe...

2dESPN Looking at 2021: Record Olympic haul for India, Federers Wimbledon aspirations and I-League without the big two Mohun Bagan celebrate their title win after beating Aizawl.  AIFF The return of the I-League The 2019-20 I-League was suspended just as things were starting to heat up. Sure, (the old) Mohun Bagan had run away with the title, but with a minimum of four matches each left and just three points separating second from eighth, it would have been another belter of a season climax. T...

2020 in sports: Deaths, Covid, cancellations but light at end of tunnel Muhammad Nabeel Monday Dec 28, 2020 This year seems more like a Test match than 2020. Who would have thought that an organism so infinitesimal that you cannot even see will cause chaos of a magnitude that events like the Olympics will get postponed! Most international sporting events take place in the summers, and unfortunately, that was the time the pandemic was at its peak across the globe. Sporting authorities all over...

2020 In Review Fast Facts CNN 12/31/2020 CNN Editorial Research © Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images New Years Eve fireworks erupt over Sydneys iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House (L) during the fireworks show on January 1, 2020. Here is a look back at the events of 2020. Notable US Events January 2 -In the face of warnings from the Pentagon that a hold on military aid to Ukraine could be illegal, an official from the Office of Management and Budget makes it clear that the orde...