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American success was once commonplace at Wimbledon. Pete Sampras won at the All England Club seven times – a record until Roger Federer won his eighth title in 2017 – and Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick made five finals between them. Further back there was Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe, who played each other in two finals and won a combined five titles.
BAD HOMBURG, Germany: Iga Swiatek overcame a slow start before powering her way into the second round of the Bad Homburg Open with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 win over grasscourt specialist Tatjana Maria on Monday.
LONDON: After picking up his first grass-court title on Sunday and reclaiming the top ranking, an increasingly confident Carlos Alcaraz says he sees himself as one of the favorites to win Wimbledon next month.
Alfie Hewett believes he is in good shape to win back the men's wheelchair singles crown at Queen's, after defeating compatriot Gordon Reid in the semi-finals. Hewett beat doubles partner Reid 6-3 6-1 to set up a decider against defending champion Joachim Gerard. Ad The pair then put their singles rivalry aside to breeze into the doubles final, beating Asif Abbasi and Manojkanth Somasundaram 6-0 6-0 to reach the final, where they will face Gerard and Stephane Houdet.
Gordon Reid is confident he and Alfie Hewett can fill a rare gap on their CVs as they aim to land the men's wheelchair doubles crown at Queens. The pair breezed past Asif Abbasi and Manojkanth Somasundaram 6-0 6-0 in the last four on Saturday and will face Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet for the right to lift the trophy. Ad «This is one of the few tournaments we haven't won together, so it's a good challenge for us,» Reid said.
Carlos Alcaraz says the prize of becoming world No. 1 and the top seed for Wimbledon will be an “extra motivation” for him in the Queen's final against Alex de Minaur. Alcaraz was bumped off the top spot in the ATP rankings by Novak Djokovic earlier this month after the Serbian won the French Open, but the Spaniard will return to the summit if he seals a fifth title of the season in London.
Carlos Alcaraz inched closer to winning his first grass court title and reclaiming the world number one ranking from Novak Djokovic after easing past Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final at Queen's Club on Saturday.
PARIS: Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday denied making racist comments over bitter rival Nick Kyrgios, claiming his remarks that the Australian firebrand played “uneducated” tennis have been “misinterpreted.” The world number five also told Netflix’s Break Point series that Kyrgios brought “an NBA basketball attitude” to tennis. The remarks were recorded at Wimbledon last year after the two men fought out a controversial third round tie in which Tsitsipas claimed Kyrgios should have been defaulted for hitting the ball into the crowd.