Shortly before the public match at the Stockholm Open, a shock announcement came at the Royal Tennis Hall: Danish star Holger Rune is withdrawing from his quarter-final against top-seeded American Taylor Fritz because of an injury.
SportsThe Czech tennis youngster Jakub Mensik got a surprising meeting with football star Lionel Messi before the semifinal in the Masters 1,000 tournament in Miami. Then he went out and won over world number four Taylor Fritz, USA.
FootballFirst, Gaël Monfils qualified for the quarterfinals in Australian Open by upsetting a world number four. A few hours later, his wife Elina Svitolina copied the feat. "I would like to say that I got inspiration from my husband's victory," says the Ukrainian.
SportsIt required five sets. But in the end, Holger Rune made it to the second round of the Australian Open. The Dane got 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 against the Chinese Zhang Zhizhen.
SportsNovak Djokovic can exhale. Jannik Sinner too. The two tennis giants face each other in the Australian Open at the earliest in a potential final.
SportsHe is a world number one with a doping case hanging over him – on the tennis court, Jannik Sinner seems untroubled. The Italian put a full stop on a sporting success year by winning the ATP final in Turin against American Taylor Fritz with 2–0 in sets. It's fantastic, says the 23-year-old.
SportsWorld number one Jannik Sinner is as expected clear for the final in the ATP finals in tennis. There he meets the fifth-seeded Taylor Fritz – who wants revenge from the US Open final.
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