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Djokovic edges Krygios to lift seventh Wimbledon title, fourth in a row

LONDON: Novak Djokovic recorded a streak of fourth consecutive Wimbledon title after the top seed handed down a defeat to Australian Nick Krygios in the final on Centre Court, here on Sunday.

Serbian star sealed his seventh Wimbledon title after he dominated the opponent by 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3), matching Pete Sampras’ tally and just one short of Roger Federer’s men’s singles record of eight at All England Club.

The title put Djokovic ahead of Roger Federer and just after the Spaniard Rafael Nadal on the all-time list of highest Grand Slams as he clinched his 21st Grand Slam title.

The top seed has now won seven of the last 11 Wimbledon titles and joined Federer, Sampras, and Bjorn Borg to become the fourth men to win consecutive four Wimbledon titles.

The 35-year-old Djokovic got off to a slower start as Krygios initially appeared to dominate in his first Grand Slam final and beat the Serb in the first set.

Djokovic, on the other hand, was quick to bounce back and was in his sublime form as he finished the game in four sets.

In the second set, Djokovic broke Krygios early to take a 3-1 lead and eventually ended up winning the set 6-3.

The dramatic third set tied at 4-4 when Djokovic, broke the Australian to go up 5-4 after being down to 0-40. He then held serve to win the set. Despite facing several breakpoints from Kyrgios in a few tense games, Djokovic retained his composure to win the third set.

The fourth set went all the way to the tie-breaker where Serb drew more errors from his opponent to clinch the victory after leading the tie-breaker by 7-3.

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Elena Rybakina roars back to beat Ons Jabeur, wins Wimbledon title

LONDON: Kazakhstan Tennis player Elena Rybakina produced a scintillating comeback in the Wimbledon final against Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to lift her maiden Grand Slam title.

In an exciting final, Rybakina displayed nerve of steel as she made an astounding comeback from a set down to claim the most prestigious title in world Tennis as she defeated Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The No.3 seed Jabeur, who made history on Thursday by becoming the first woman from Tunisia, Arab, and Africa to reach a grand slam final, started her first final on a high as she displayed complete control over Rybakina in the first set.

Rybakina, on the other hand, wasted no time as she quickly bounced back in the second with precise groundstrokes and turned the tables and forced the match into the decider.

The unseeded Rybakina, fuelled with momentum, then displayed the same performance in the final set as she completely outclassed Jabeur to seal a scintillating victory with an astounding comeback.

With her remarkable victory, Rybakina has become the youngest Wimbledon champion after Petra Kvitova in 2011.

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Djokovic thrashes Norrie, books Wimbledon final clash with Kyrgios

LONDON: The defending champion Novak Djokovic roared back to thump Britain Cameron Norrie in the second-semi-final 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to set up the Wimbledon final clash with Nick Kyrgios.

The Serb has moved one victory away from winning his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title and a seventh overall as he sank his Britain opponent Norrie with his aggressive and precise groundstrokes.

In an enduring semi-final, the defending champion found tough competition from Norrie, who forced him to ante his level up as the latter ran away with the first set after sheer dominance.

Djokovic, on the other hand, wasted no time in bouncing back in style, increasing his intensity, demonstrating great touch from all angles, and beginning to find his spots on serve as he turned the tables in the second set to level.

The Serb continued to attack in the third set as he made the most of the drop in intensity of Norrie’s groundstrokes’ power and took a decisive lead in the match by claiming his second set.

The fourth and final set of the match, then followed the same pattern as Djokovic kept testing Norrie with his aggressive approach and soon went on to claim the victory.

Following this victory, Djokovic will now face Australian Kyrgios in the final, who received a walkover victory from the Spaniard Rafael Nadal as a result of his abdominal injury.

The former world number one has now won 27 consecutive matches at Wimbledon, and a 28th victory would give him his fourth title in a row.

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Nadal ruled out of semi-final with injury, Kyrgios reaches Wimbledon final

LONDON: The Spaniard Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday to withdraw from Wimbledon after failing to recover from his abdominal injury.

Nadal, who battled out the injury in the enduring quarterfinal against Taylor Fritz on Wednesday, has announced his withdrawal from the tournament in a press conference.

“I have to pull out of the tournament. As everybody saw yesterday I have been suffering with the pain in the abdominal area. I have a tear in the muscle,” he said

Spaniard’s semifinal opponent Nick Kyrgios, as a result, has received a walk over to the final where he will face either the defending champion Novak Djokovic or Britain’s Cameron Norrie.

Nadal was seen struggling with the injury during the hard-fought quarterfinal victory over Fritz, which lasted four hours and 21 minutes. The Spaniard also took medical time in the second set and returned to the court and recovered twice from a set down to claim a hard-earned victory.

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Ons Jabeur makes history by securing Wimbledon final berth

LONDON: No.3 seed Ons Jabeur carried on her astounding Wimbledon run as she thumped Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to become the first Tunisia player to book a Grand Slam final berth.

In-form Jabeur, fuelled with momentum, drew an early lead for herself as she broke Maria 2-1 to start the proceedings on a high before extending her lead to 5-2 and did not face a break point before claiming a straightforward first set.

The second set, however, drew a contrasting result as Maria pushed Jabeur on the back foot with her aggressive approach and nullified the latter’s lead by claiming the second set 6-3.

Maria’s exceptional comeback forced Jabeur to recollect herself and it seemed to have worked for the Tunisian as the World No.2 completely dominated Maria in the third set to claim a historic victory.

Following her qualification to the Wimbledon final, Jabeur has become the first Tunisian, Arab, and African woman to reach a grand slam final.

World No.2 will now face Elena Rybakina in the final, who claimed a straight-set victory over Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 to book her final berth.

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Nadal defies injury to set up Wimbledon semi-final against Kyrgios

LONDON: Rafael Nadal overcame an injury to beat Taylor Fritz and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for an eighth time on Wednesday, keeping alive his dream of a calendar Grand Slam.

The second seed lost the first set and had to take a medical time-out in the second but raised his game to win 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/4) in a match lasting four hours and 21 minutes.

Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, will play maverick Australian Nick Kyrgios for a place in Sunday’s final.

He admitted he was suffering from an abdominal problem.

“For a lot of moments I was thinking I would not be able to finish the match but the crowd, the energy, thanks for that,” said the Spaniard.

“I honestly enjoy a lot playing these kind of matches in front of you guys. I can’t thank you enough for the support.”

A pumped-up Nadal raced out of the blocks to take a 3-1 lead but then lost five straight games to the 11th seed to lose the first set.

The players swapped breaks in the second set but Nadal was not moving freely and when leading 4-3 he sat down on his chair, shaking his head at his team.

The trainer came on before Nadal left the court for a medical time-out to treat what appeared his injury.

When he returned, Fritz served out to love, with Nadal’s movement still looking hampered.

But the Spaniard twice held serve comfortably to lead 6-5 and a backhand volley into the open court sealed the second set, to roars from the crowd.

Nadal, 36, was now moving more freely but the pendulum swung again early in the third set when the two-time Wimbledon winner double-faulted to hand his American opponent a break.

The trainer returned, this time to attend to strapping on his Fritz’s left thigh and the American resumed playing, breaking again to take the third set.

There were five breaks in a topsy-turvy fourth set as both players struggled for consistency on their serve but Nadal came out on top to level the match.

The first six games of the deciding set went with serve before Nadal produced a backhand drop-shot winner to break after a hard-fought seventh game.

Fritz broke back straight away when Nadal netted with a backhand.

The set went to a tie-break and Nadal seized control, racing into a 9-3 lead and completing the win on his second match point.

Nadal, who has already won the Australian Open and the French Open this year, is halfway to the first calendar Grand Slam by a man since Rod Laver in 1969.

He is also bidding to win his 23rd Grand Slam title and equal Serena Williams in second place on the all-time list for most Grand Slam singles titles. Margaret Court is the leader on 24 titles.

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Kyrgios outclasses Garin, qualifies for his first Wimbledon semi-final

LONDON: The unseeded Australian Tennis player Nick Kyrgios carried on his astounding Wimbledon run as he thumped Cristian Garin in a straight-set victory 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 to qualify for the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time.

The Australian after dropping his serve in the opening game roared back and went on to display a contrasting performance for the rest of the match to seal a comprehensive victory over Garin.

Kyrgios utilized his service skills to the fullest as he claimed a straightforward second set to move within one from the victory.

Fuelled with momentum, the Australian soon pulled ahead in the third set with a dominant early lead of 6-3 to leave himself on the verge of semi-final qualification. Garin, however, did not give up and sealed the next three games to force the match into the tiebreaker.

The Chilean then could not continue his astounding comeback and failed to claim the tiebreaker, allowing Kyrgios to run away with the victory and earned his semi-final spot for the first time.

The Australian will now face the winner of Rafael Nadal and Taylor Fritz’s quarter-final.

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Nadal cruises into Wimbledon quarter final for eighth time

LONDON: Rafael Nadal reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the eighth time on Monday with a straight-sets defeat of Botic van de Zandschulp.

Nadal, who has already won the Australian and French Opens to stand halfway to the first calendar Grand Slam since 1969, triumphed 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6).

Next up for the 36-year-old Spaniard is a clash against American 11th seed Taylor Fritz, who beat him in the Indian Wells final earlier in the year.

“To be back in the quarter-finals after not being here for three years is amazing,” said the 2008 and 2010 champion.

“I expect a very tough match against Taylor — he won his first Masters title this year against me in the final.

“The quarter-finals of a Slam are always very tough.”

Nadal had already defeated Van de Zandschulp in straight sets at the French Open and he was hardly troubled Monday until a third set blip.

He broke the world number 25 Dutchman in the 10th game to secure the opening set.

The 22-time major winner backed it up with a double break in the second set.

Van de Zandschulp managed to stem the bleeding, retrieving a break in the third to get to a tiebreak.

He saved three match points before his challenge ended with a wild smash.

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Tomljanovic beats Cornet to reach Wimbledon last eight

LONDON: Ajla Tomljanovic reached her second straight Wimbledon quarter-final on Monday, beating French veteran Alize Cornet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Both players struggled to win their service games in a match featuring 16 breaks of serve.

Cornet, who ended top seed Iga Switek’s 37-match winning streak in the previous round, took the first set.

But Australia’s Tomljanovic, ranked 44, levelled the match and broke four times in the decider to seal the win, setting up a quarter-final against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.

Cornet, ranked 37, was playing in her 62nd consecutive Grand Slam main draw, equaling Ai Sugiyama’s record on the WTA women’s tour.

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Djokovic downs Rijthoven, advances to Wimbledon quarters

LONDON: The defending champion Novak Djokovic avoided the scare in his fourth-round match as he defeated Tim Van Rijthoven 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to qualify for the Wimbledon 2022 quarter-finals.

Djokovic, who enjoyed a near-perfect run in the ongoing tournament thus far, had to fight hard this time around as he sank the wildcard entrant Rijthoven despite dropping the second set.

The Serb displayed sheer dominance in the opening set as he pulled ahead with an early lead of 4-1, the Dutch, however, managed to claim his second game in the next two, only for Djokovic to claim the sixth to seal the set.

The second set then returned a contrasting result as the unseeded Dutch player Ritjhoven stunned Djokovic from 1-2 down to claiming the second set and levelled the match.

Ritjhoven’s astounding comeback in the second set forced Djokovic to be more efficient in the third set by 6-1 to reclaim control.

The fourth set then followed the same pattern as the defending champion did not let the youngster force another comeback and ran away with a comprehensive victory to secure a quarter-finals berth.

Djokovic will play Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals after the Italian thumped Carlos Alcaraz in four sets.

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