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Jabeur sweeps aside Halep to reach Madrid semi-final

Ons Jabeur marched into the semi-finals of the Madrid Open on Wednesday with a crushing 6-3, 6-2 win over former world number one Simona Halep. After avenging her Charleston final defeat to Belinda Bencic in the previous round, the Tunisian world number 10 reversed her result against Halep from Dubai three months ago, sweeping the Romanian aside in just 67 minutes.

Emma Raducanu admits she was 95% sure she would lose her latest match after more injury woes

Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of the Madrid Open after yet more injury problems hampered her latest performance.

Andy Murray on clash with Novak Djokovic: ‘I’m playing with a metal hip, so I shouldn’t have a chance’

Andy Murray admits that he “should have no chance in the match” against Novak Djokovic, but after so many setbacks the past few years he is determined to “enjoy it”.

Spanish footballer Mina gets four years in prison for sexual abuse

MADRID : A Spanish court has handed soccer player Santi Mina a four-year prison sentence for sexually abusing a woman in the southern town of Mojacar in 2017, court documents showed on Wednesday, prompting his club Celta Vigo to temporarily suspend him.

Jabeur downs Halep to reach semi-finals in Madrid

Tunisian Ons Jabeur reached her career-second WTA 1000 semi-final after beating former world number one Simona Halep 6-3 6-2 at the Madrid Open on Wednesday (May 4).