Tirante topples top seed Shelton to reach Houston ATP semi-finals
Thiago Tirante stunned top-seeded Ben Shelton 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-4 on Friday to book a semi-final showdown with friend and fellow Argentine Roman Burruchaga at the ATP clay court tournament in Houston, Texas.Second-seeded American Frances Tiafoe saved a match point in the third set tiebreaker to reach the semi-finals with a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) victory over Australian Alexei Popyrin.
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Wim Fissette, Iga Świątek and why coaching a generational talent is a challenge
After all these years spent coaching some of the best players to lift a tennis racket, Wim Fissette knows and accepts the rules of the game. When results don’t match a player’s expectations, the player can’t fire herself. If other members of the team — a trainer, a sports psychologist, a physiotherapist — have been around longer and have a deeper relationship with her, then the axe falls on the coach. That’s one of the reasons Fissette, one of the most respected and successful coaches on the WTA
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Nick Kyrgios shares whether he’ll play Wimbledon and the French Open this year
Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe have hilarious disagreement
Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe are playing in Houston at this week’s US Men’s Clay Court Championship. The pair are good friends who often socialize outside of tennis. When Shelton was asked what he was doing in his off-court time,…
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Over 50 years ago, the lowest-ranked player in Monte Carlo history pulled off an unforgettable title run
BOYS TENNIS Clay 5, Minford 0 In a SOC tennis match that was held on Tuesday evening at Minford, the Clay Panthers' co-ed tennis program won 60 of the 72 games contested en route to a 5-0 victory over the Minford Falcons' boys tennis program. Caroline Ridenour won 12 of her 13 games at No. 1 singles while Ford Swords won 12 of 15 games at No. 2 singles. Billy Miller, who made ...
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