Newcastle manager ready to unleash freshly fit Saint-Maximin in Brentford clash
NEWCASTLE: Eddie Howe has revealed Allan Saint-Maximin has made “good progress” and is likely to play some part for Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon.
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Djokovic sets up Medvedev clash in Astana semifinals
ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Novak Djokovic dominated Russian Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-3 to reach the Astana ATP semifinals on Friday where he will face Daniil Medvedev.
Tunisia’s home hope Ons Jabeur beaten in Monastir quarterfinals
MONASTIR, Tunisia: World No. 2 Ons Jabeur failed in her bid to land the first-ever WTA tournament to be held in her homeland Tunisia when she lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to American Claire Liu in Monastir on Friday.
Ons Jabeur delights home crowd by easing past Evgeniya Rodina into quarter-finals at Jasmin Open in Tunisia
Home favourite and world No. 2 Ons Jabeur eased into the quarter-finals of the Jasmin Open in Tunisia with victory over Evgeniya Rodina. Jabeur, who was born 10 miles away from where the tournament is being held in Monastir, needed less than an hour to win 6-1 6-3.
Top seed Paula Badosa bundled out of Tokyo by Chinese teen Zheng
World number four Badosa, who was eliminated in the round of 64 at the recent US Open, struggled to gain a foothold against 36th-ranked Zheng and joined number two seed Caroline Garcia in making an early exit from the tournament. Badosa failed to hit a single ace and lost seven straight games before ending a miserable evening in the Japanese capital by swatting a return straight into the ground on match point.
WTA roundup: Emma Raducanu advances in Slovenia
No. 1 seed Emma Raducanu advanced to the second round of the Zavarovalnica Sava Portoroz when her first-round opponent, Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine, retired Monday night in Portoroz, Slovenia.
Canada's Stakusic on to next round of qualifying at National Bank Open
TORONTO — Marina Stakusic's earliest memory of tennis was watching the Rogers Cup at Rexall Centre. The names of the tournament and the stadium have changed since Stakusic was five, but the 17-year-old has now won at least one match at the event that helped her fall in love with the sport.
WTA roundup: Coco Gauff holds off Naomi Osaka in San Jose
Coco Gauff needed eight match points to get it done, but the sixth-seeded U.S. player beat Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday in the second round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at San Jose, Calif.