Rybakina to clash with Ukraine’s Kalinina in Rome final
ROME: Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina fought from 4-1 down in the second set to overhaul Jelena Ostapenko on Friday to reach the final of the Italian Open.
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We won’t fail, Flying Eagles vow
Flying Eagles played a 3-3 draw with Colombia in their pre-FIFA U20 World Cup friendly match on Tuesday at the Estadio 20 October in Tristán Suárez, Buenos Aires. They will face Dominican Republic tomorrow
Cheslin Kolbe stars as Toulon thump Franco Smith's Glasgow Warriors to win Challenge Cup
Italy veteran Sergio Parisse scored while Springbok star Cheslin Kolbe dazzled as Toulon beat Glasgow Warriors 43-19 on Friday to win their first Challenge Cup title.
Chelsea’s Lampard says road to success paved with a ‘lot of failure’
LONDON: Frank Lampard has urged his Chelsea players to learn from the example set by Manchester City’s treble challenge when the teams meet at the Etihad on Sunday.
'Threatening presence' Elena Rybakina wins again; super, spicy Saturday awaits in Rome at the Italian Open
Rybakina shrugs off rain and another former French Open champion Another day, another rain delay at the 2023 Rome Open – but there was no stopping Elena Rybakina as she swept into her fourth final of the year. Ad The Kazakhstan star isn’t a player that would immediately spring to mind when it comes to picking out the leading ladies likely to make waves on clay, but her form in Rome could well make her a dark horse at Roland-Garros.
Anhelina Kalinina overcomes Veronika Kudermetova, to face Elena Rybakina in Italian Open final
Anhelina Kalinina became the lowest-ranked player to reach the Italian Open final since 1986 with a 7-5 5-7 6-2 win over Veronika Kudermetova in Rome. She will face Elena Rybakina in the final after the Wimbledon champion got the better of Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-4 in the other semi-final. Ad The Ukrainian Kalinina powered past the 11th seed in two hours and 50 minutes in an intense battle to collect her second top-20 victory in a row (she beate Beatriz Haddad Maia in the previous round) — and only her fifth on clay.
Tennis: Rybakina defeats Ostapenko in rain-delayed Italian Open semi-final
ROME : Seventh seed Elena Rybakina beat Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko 6-2 6-4 in a rain-delayed semi-final at the Italian Open on Friday and will play Anhelina Kalinina in Saturday's final.
‘One match can change everything’ - Resurgent Casper Ruud eyes Roland-Garros redemption in Paris next week
Casper Ruud wants to go one step further at the French Open this year than he did last term, when he was beaten by his idol Rafael Nadal in the final. Preparation has been far from ideal for Ruud in the run-up to the second Grand Slam of the year, with the world No. 4 enduring a tricky start to the campaign.