Elina Svitolina and Venus Williams granted Wimbledon wildcards
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and former world number three Elina Svitolina were handed wildcard entries into Wimbledon, the organisers announced on Wednesday.
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Venus Williams handed Wimbledon wild card
US Venus Williams attempts to return the ball to Switzerland’s Celine Naef during their women’s singles match on day two of the Libema Open tennis tournament in Rosmalen on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Sander Koning / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT / NETHERLANDS OUT
Venus Williams gets wild card to play singles at Wimbledon - ESPN
Venus Williams is set to make her 24th appearance in the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wild-card entry Wednesday.
Unseeded Karolina Muchova to face No. 1 Iga Swiatek in French Open women’s final
PARIS: As it is, Karolina Muchova was the unseeded, unexpected participant in the French Open semifinals.
Novak Djokovic perfect in key tiebreaker at French Open and faces No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz next
PARIS: Novak Djokovic, in his words, felt “quite sluggish, quite slow” for nearly two full sets against Karen Khachanov in the French Open quarterfinals Tuesday.
Kasatkina hits out at French Open crowd over booing after defeat to Svitolina
Daria Kasatkina has hit out at the French Open crowd after she was booed off court following her defeat by Elina Svitolina.
Sabalenka Sets Up Svitolina French Open Clash, Boycotts Media
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus moved into a politically-charged French Open quarter-final with Ukraine's Elina Svitolina on Sunday and immediately set the tone for the high-profile confrontation by boycotting Roland Garros media for a second time. Australian Open champion and world number two Sabalenka defeated Sloane Stephens 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to reach the last eight in Paris for the first time. Tuesday's clash will be the third meeting between Sabalenka and Svitolina but first since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. Belarus is a key military ally of Moscow.
Belarusian Sabalenka fanning the flames, says Ukraine's Svitolina after handshake incident
PARIS: Ukraine's Elina Svitolina accused Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka of adding fuel to the fire by standing at the net waiting for a handshake she knew would never happen at the end of their French Open quarter-final on Tuesday (Jun 6).