At the 1997 us open. joe lynskey reports. she is now semifinalist. six she is now semifinalist. six months a-o she mi-ht ve lau-hed at months ago she might ve laughed at the possibility but forjasmine paolini, this year has been the breakthrough. at the start of it in grand slam she had not been passed round two. now here she faced on a champion. that was the first point of a quarterfinal match against elena rybakina. a former wimbledon winner now being outmaneuvered. elena rybakina came here having not yet lost a set when jasmine paolini took the first, she had last found her shots. 1 1 sets. jasmine paolini
Coco Gauff kept alive her hopes of back-to-back Grand Slam singles titles after beating Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-7 (3), 6-2 in an error-strewn quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The U.S. Open champion had 51 unforced errors, nine double faults and just 17 winners but battled past Kostyuk in three hours, eight minutes. The 19-year-old American has now won 12 straight matches in Grand Slams.
World number one Novak Djokovic had wrist problems again as he lost against Alex de Minaur, a result that helped hosts Australia beat Serbia and reach the semi-finals of the United Cup mixed team event on Wednesday. World number 12 De Minaur beat Djokovic, 6-4, 6-4, in the opening rubber in Perth, and Ajla Tomljanovic then made short work of Natalija Stevanovic, 6-1, 6-1, to clinch matters ahead of the concluding mixed doubles. Like in his previous game against Jiri Lehecka on Tuesday, Djokovic
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Following an electric Wednesday night at the Memorial Gym, tickets to UTEP Volleyball’s NIVC Fab 4 match against South Florida sold out in just about five hours. UTEP Volleyball is hosting the semifinals of the NIVC against South Florida at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10 at the Memorial Gym. […]
Learning from his loss to the same opponent last month, seventh-ranked Andrey Rublev got his revenge Friday and eased to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ugo Humbert in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters. Rublev, the highest-ranked player still in the tournament, never looked pressured in the 91-minute victory even though he let slip a break advantage during the second set. The Russian player recovered to win the final four games to advance to his sixth Masters semifinal appearance where he'll play Grigor Dimitrov.
England football captain harry kane has confirmed he is leaving tottenham. he s expected to be presented as a bayern munich player later today. in a message to fans, he said it was time to leave spurs, but the club would always be in his heart. in football, the quarterfinal match between australia and france is headed towards extra time. england take on colombia later. hello. we start in the us, where the number of people killed by wildfires on the hawaiian island of maui has now risen to 80. it s the us state s deadliest ever natural disaster. this is drone footage from the all but destroyed town of lahaina.
Quarterfinals are under way and england s women will be without lauren james for tomorrow s quarterfinal against colombia, and the semifinal, should england make it that far, after fifa decided to extend her ban, following her red card against nigeria. jane dougall is in sydney for us. jane, a setback, yes, but it could have been worse. the dream scenario, england get to the final and she scores the winner. a bit of a setback for england, such as dynamic and exciting player, laurenjames. she set up three goals against china in the group stages and scored two goals. but it could have been a lot worse. we already knew she wasn t going to be playing this saturday for the quarterfinal match against colombia. a red card in the women s world cup is an automatic one match ban but fifa had
Gearing up to watch the first quarterfinal match today when spain meets the nether lands. on friday, japan and sweden will go head-to-head for a spot in the final four. ammanda davis has a preview of the match-up. welcome to auckland in new zealand, set to be the venue for friday s heavywieght quarterfinal clash, between the only previous world cup winners left in the tournament, japan and sweden. the sweden captain said it was heart that pulled her side through that incredible encounter on sunday. knocking out the defending champions, the usa on penalties. it will be a different prospect for her side, up next against the tournament s top stcorers s far. a japanese outfit that has cruised through untroubled to this point. i had a feeling that we can
To our correspondent in nigeria. an amazing tournament for the falcons, they did so well. it will be that shortly to get some reaction from nigeria and we are keeping a close eye on the other quarterfinal match and we ll be live in australia in a short while where the hosts are battling denmark for a place in the quarterfinals. 1- 04 1 04 australia. let s get the latest now on the ongoing political row here in the uk about asylum seekers accommodation. the bbc has been told that the first 50 men to be housed on a barge docked off the south coast of england will arrive today. the barge called the bibby stockholm will be used to house up to 500 men while they await the outcome of their asylum applications.