Thousands of seats stayed empty when match started, as security checks due to President's attendance slowed entry to Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, the largest tennis venue in world.
Early in her partnership with coach Gavin MacMillan and adapting to a new serve, Gauff battled through a tough match to set up a third-round clash with 28th seed Magdalena Frech.
Incident occurred when Benjamin Bonzi was readying his second serve. The chair umpire reset it to a first serve, prompting Medvedev’s outburst, halting the match for 6 minutes.
Wawrinka made his comeback to the tennis circuit in March 2022 after more than a year out following two operations on his left foot, and ranks 49th in top 100 in the world.
Sen, the Commonwealth Games champion lost to the world number seven and All-England Champion Li Shifeng by 17-21, 24-22, 17-21 in a hard-fought match that lasted an hour & 16 minutes.
Serena, only a few weeks away from turning 41 & one of the greatest sportswomen the world of tennis has seen, lost the match 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia on Friday
UK’s Raducanu beat Canada’s giant-slaying Fernandez in the final, becoming the first qualifier in men’s or women’s singles to win a grand slam in the Open Era of tennis.
Novak Djokovic now shares record 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And yet he is the clear outcast in the tennis' Big Three.
In spite of the Abraham Accords and other bilateral agreements with Arab countries and non-Arab trade blocs, many are sceptical about Israel’s long-term agenda for Palestine.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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