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Wimbledon 2023: Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula cruise through as Lesia Tsurenko makes history with epic tie-break

Ons Jabeur stormed into the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-1 6-1 thrashing of Zhouxuan Bai that took just 45 minutes. The Tunisian is looking to go one step better than her runner-up finish at the All England Club last year, and faces Bianca Andreescu next. Ad Jabeur, seeded sixth at SW19, was untroubled in her victory on Court No.1, earning five breaks and staying solid on serve with six aces and 87% of first serve points won.

Man City 'set Aymeric Laporte asking price amid Juventus interest' and more transfer rumours

Manchester City will demand €30million (around £25million) for Ayermic Laporte this summer with Juventus among several interested sides, according to reports in Italy.

Mark Cavendish foiled in bid for history as Jasper Philipsen claims victory in Bordeaux sprint at 2023 Tour de France

Sixteen years to the day after his Tour de France debut in London, Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) came so close to an historic 35th stage win on the world’s biggest bike race. On a hectic finale alongside the Garonne river in Bordeaux, the road opened up for Cavendish, who came from deep with one of his trademark turns of pace and was able to get the jump on the in-form Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).

Manas Dhamne Qualifies For Junior Wimbledon Championships

Young Manas Dhamne qualified for the boys singles main draw at the prestigious Wimbledon championships on Friday with a three-set win over 10th seed Atakan Karahan but Aryan Shah missed out with a second-round defeat. The 15-year-old Dhamne beat his opponent from Turkey 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-8 in the second and final qualifying round. Dhamne, placed 78th in junior ITF ranking list, had two match points in the second set as he served for the match at 40-15 in the 10th game but the 69th ranked Karahan stretched it to the decider.

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Wimbledon 2023: Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula cruise through as Lesia Tsurenko makes history with epic tie-break

Man City 'set Aymeric Laporte asking price amid Juventus interest' and more transfer rumours

Mark Cavendish foiled in bid for history as Jasper Philipsen claims victory in Bordeaux sprint at 2023 Tour de France

Manas Dhamne Qualifies For Junior Wimbledon Championships

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