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Nadal alerts about fake videos of him offering financial advice

rbksa — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:54:05 +0000

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MADRID: Rafael Nadal is warning about fake online videos of him offering financial advice, and the risks of artificial intelligence.
The retired tennis great said on Tuesday he has never endorsed any of the online videos or their messages.

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I’m sharing this alert, which is unusual for me on social media, but I believe it’s necessary.

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Fritz fires on final day as Team World land third Laver Cup title

Arbee — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 04:44:03 +0000

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SAN FRANCISCO: Taylor Fritz delivered the decisive blow at the Laver Cup on Sunday by beating Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6(4) as Team World completed a 15-9 win over Team Europe to reclaim the men’s team competition title in San Francisco.

The victory marked Team World’s third triumph in the eight editions of the competition following back-to-back wins in 2022 and 2023, and sparked jubilant celebrations from captain Andre Agassi’s side at the Chase Center.

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Swiatek shrugs off double duty to reach Korea Open final

rbksa — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 14:26:14 +0000

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SEOUL: Iga Swiatek blazed into the Korea Open final after bad weather forced her to play two matches on Saturday, winning both in a combined time of two and a half hours.
The Polish six-time Grand Slam champion thrashed the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova 6-0, 6-3 in a quarter-final moved from Friday because of heavy rain, then returned to the court hours later to face Australia’s Maya Joint.
World number two Swiatek was just as clinical against her semifinal opponent, winning 6-0, 6-2 to move into her fifth final of the year.

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Bjorn Borg discusses cocaine, overdoses and quitting tennis in his 20s in a memoir and AP interview

romulo — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:21:17 +0000

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NEW YORK: Bjorn Borg starts his new memoir, “Heartbeats,” with a story about being rushed to a Dutch hospital in the 1990s after overdosing on “alcohol, drugs, pills — my preferred ways of self-medication,” and the Swedish tennis great closes it by revealing that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

“It’s good,” Borg, 69, said in a recent video interview with The Associated Press from his home in Stockholm, “to have a good beginning and a good ending.”

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Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt suspended for 2 weeks for pushing anti-doping official

rbksa — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:27:54 +0000

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LONDON: Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has been suspended for two weeks for pushing an anti-doping official.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Wednesday that the sanction will be in effect from Sept. 25 until Oct. 7, so as not to be “unduly punitive” on Hewitt by impacting his Davis Cup schedule.
The incident occurred last November after Hewitt, Australia’s captain, pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone after his team’s semifinal loss to Italy.
Hewitt denied the charge, pleading self-defense.

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Carlos Alcaraz beats rival Jannik Sinner at the US Open for a 6th Slam title and the No. 1 ranking

Sajjadkk — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:44:32 +0000

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NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz reasserted his superiority over Jannik Sinner with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory Sunday in the US Open final — the third Grand Slam tournament in a row where these elite, young rivals met to decide the champion — for his second trophy at Flushing Meadows and sixth overall at a major.

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Aryna Sabalenka defeats Amanda Anisimova for her 2nd consecutive US Open title and 4th at a major

Sajjadkk — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:16:16 +0000

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NEW YORK: Aryna Sabalenka did not make many mistakes — well, until near the end — despite not sacrificing any power, and outplayed Amanda Anisimova for a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory in the US Open final Saturday, making her the first woman to win the tournament in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago.
The No. 1-ranked Sabalenka picked up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career, all on hard courts. This was not all smooth sailing, though.

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Sinner relishing ‘special’ US Open final with Alcaraz

Sajjadkk — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:31:47 +0000

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NEW YORK: Reigning champion Jannik Sinner expects another “special” occasion when he plays Carlos Alcaraz for the men’s US Open title after the Italian reached his fifth successive Grand Slam final on Friday.

Sinner beat Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and is chasing a fifth career major after joining Rod Laver, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the only men to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a season.

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Alcaraz downs Djokovic to reach US Open final

Mahad — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:20:56 +0000

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NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz beat 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in straight sets on Friday to reach his second US Open final, where he could face reigning champion Jannik Sinner.
Alcaraz won 6-4, 7-6 , 6-2 to reel off his 36th victory in his last 37 matches. His only loss in that time came to Sinner in the Wimbledon final.
The 22-year-old Spaniard is seeking his sixth major and second in New York after winning the title in 2022. He will play top-ranked Sinner or Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in Sunday’s final.

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Trump to attend US Open men’s final: White House

rbksa — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:55:53 +0000

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will attend the men’s final of the US Open tennis championship in New York on Sunday, a White House official said, marking the latest in a series of visits to major sporting events.
Trump’s visit, confirmed to AFP on Friday by an official on condition of anonymity, comes after his attendance at the NFL’s Super Bowl in February and the FIFA Club World Cup championship final in July.

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Riyadh Season’s Six Kings Slam to air on Netflix, says Turki Alalshikh

seamus.obuachalla — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:45:41 +0000

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RIYADH: The second edition of the Six Kings Slam tennis tournament will air exclusively on Netflix, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority has said.

The tournament, part of the Riyadh Season entertainment program, will feature six leading players from men’s tennis.

It is set to take place from Oct. 15-18 and will be offered live to Netflix’s more than 300 million global subscribers at no extra cost, Turki Alalshikh, the head of the GEA, said.

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Anisimova stuns Swiatek to reach US Open semifinals

Sajjadkk — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:27:54 +0000

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NEW YORK: American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova produced a stunning upset of Iga Swiatek to reach the semifinals of the US Open on Wednesday and avenge her Wimbledon final drubbing.
Anisimova — who suffered a crushing 6-0, 6-0 defeat as Swiatek clinched her first Wimbledon title in July — bounced back from that double-bagel disaster to win 6-4, 6-3 on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court.
Polish second seed Swiatek entered the US Open as the bookmakers’ favorite after following up her triumph at Wimbledon with victory in the WTA Cincinnati Open event last month.

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Alcaraz and Djokovic set up blockbuster US Open semifinal

Peter Harrison — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:04:13 +0000

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NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz dazzled at the US Open to make the semifinals on Tuesday before Novak Djokovic danced his way through to book a New York showdown with the Spaniard that will mark the latest chapter in their generational rivalry.

Former champion Alcaraz produced yet another entertaining display at Flushing Meadows to dismantle 20th seed Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-2 6-4 at a sunbathed Arthur Ashe Stadium, securing his place in the last four without dropping a set this year.

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Sabalenka gets walkover into US Open semis following Vondrousova injury

Sajjadkk — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:51:32 +0000

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NEW YORK: Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka received a walkover into the US Open semifinals on Tuesday after Marketa Vondrousova was forced to withdraw from their last eight showdown due to a knee injury, organizers said on Tuesday.
Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, had impressed in New York with upset victories over seventh seed Jasmine Paolini and ninth seed Elena Rybakina, but her run came to a painful end after she pulled up in practice earlier on Tuesday.

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Alcaraz, Pegula ease into US Open semifinals

Sajjadkk — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:24:07 +0000

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NEW YORK: Carlos Alcaraz powered into the US Open semifinals to set up a potential showdown with Novak Djokovic on Tuesday as Jessica Pegula punched her ticket to the last four.
Alcaraz needed just one hour and 56 minutes to seal a convincing 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Czech 20th seed Jiri Lehecka on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court.
The Spanish second seed could now face a blockbuster semifinal against 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic, who takes on American fourth seed Taylor Fritz in Tuesday’s other quarter-final.

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