No crown for 'Queen Wen' but Zheng learns valuable lessons
NEW YORK : Zheng Qinwen came up short in her U.S. Open title bid on Wednesday but the player known to fans as "Queen Wen" will leave New York with her head held high.
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NEW YORK : Zheng Qinwen came up short in her U.S. Open title bid on Wednesday but the player known to fans as "Queen Wen" will leave New York with her head held high.
NEW YORK: World number one Iga Swiatek moved into the third round of the US Open on Wednesday (Aug 30) but not without a fight, taming feisty Daria Saville, who had warned she had the game to make the defending champion uncomfortable.
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As Elina Svitolina stepped up to the baseline to contest her second match point 20 minutes after squandering her first, she sprinted on the spot, she furiously swung forehands and backhands in the air and did everything to show that she was ready. Nearly two hours into her fourth-round battle with Daria Kasatkina, seemingly every exchange had been long, intense and physical, but Svitolina knows that few players can match her physicality.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek landed her 13th career title as she beat Australian Open champion and world No 2 Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets to record her second successive Stuttgart Open victory on Sunday.
MUNICH: Bayern Munich and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer revealed Wednesday that he was previously treated for skin cancer and had to undergo surgery. Neuer said he has a scar near his nose and that “I had to be operated on three times and I had skin cancer there,” in a video launching a new skincare line with former top-ranked tennis player Angelique Kerber.