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Oct 11, 2020

Iga Swiatek Wins Maiden Grand Slam Title

Iga Swiatek became the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam as she beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1.
The unseeded 19-year-old, who did not drop a set throughout the claycourt tournament, is the youngest winner since Monica Seles lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 1992.
She is the first player not to drop a set en route to the women's title here since Belgium's Justine Henin in 2007.

Nihal Sarin Wins Junior Speed Chess Championship

Indian teenager Nihal Sarin created history by winning the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship, defeating Russia's Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final.
With this win, Sarin earned USD 8,766 and also qualified for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Final which will feature the world's best players.
Sarin had registered win over American Andrew Tang, Australia's Anton Smirnov and Armenian Haik Martirosyan in order to set-up a title clash with Sarana.

Oct 10, 2020

French Open: Sofia Kenin to Lock Horns with Iga Swiatek in Women's Singles Final

American tennis star Sofia Kenin will square off with teen sensation Iga Swiatek in the summit showdown of the women's singles event of this year's French Open at the Philippe Chatrier Court.
Kenin booked her place in the final of the second Grand Slam event of 2020 with a comfortable 6-4, 7-5 triumph over Czech seventh-seed Petra Kvitova in a one-sided semi-final clash of the women's singles event.
En route to her victory, the fourth-seeded American produced controlled tennis and saved 10 break points against two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova.

Oct 09, 2020

Novak Djokovic Reaches French Open Semis

World number one Novak Djokovic reached his 10th French Open semi-final but suffered an injury scare before beating Spain`s Pablo Carreno Busta 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
A month after being defaulted for inadvertently striking a line judge with a ball while playing Carreno Busta in the U.S. Open fourth round, the 33-year-old Serbian found himself in trouble once again.
This time it was nothing more sinister than apparent physical problems.

Oct 07, 2020

Polish Teenager Swiatek Powers into French Open Semis

Polish teenager Iga Swiatek recovered from a nervy start to outclass Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan 6-3 6-1 and move into the French Open semi-finals.
The 19-year-old, who thrashed Romania's top seed Simona Halep to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final, looked tight as she trailed 3-1 after a long wait to get on court but then took charge with some aggressive hitting.
She is the first Polish woman to reach the French Open semi-finals since Jadwiga Jedrzejowska was runner-up in 1939.

Nadal Storms into French Open Semi-finals

Claycourt master Rafael Nadal passed his first real test of this year's French Open with a 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1 victory against Italian rising star Jannik Sinner.
The Spaniard, also looking to match Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, was stretched by the 19-year-old Sinner.
The 34-year-old Nadal's 97 previous victories at Roland Garros made the difference in key moments with the Spaniard rallying from a break down in the first two sets.
Sinner, the first French Open debutant to reach the last eight since Nadal in 2005, confirmed his immense potential but lacked just a bit of composure when it mattered.

Saina and Kashyap Pull Out of Denmark Open

Indian badminton couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, which will restart the international calendar at Odense from October 13. The BWF World Tour was shut down in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sania will start the season from January only with the Asian tour.

Oct 06, 2020

Petra Kvitova Reaches First French Open Quarter-final in Eight Years

Czech left-hander Petra Kvitova reached the French Open quarter-finals for the first time in eight years as she overpowered China`s Zhang Shuai.
On yet another chilly day in the French capital, seventh seed Kvitova`s superior firepower proved decisive as she posted her fourth successive straight-sets victory.
With so many big names already out, Kvitova will sense a golden title opportunity as she heads into a quarter-final against either Germany`s Laura Siegemund or Spain`s Paula Badosa, neither of whom are seeded.
The 30-year-old Czech, who reached the semi-finals in 2012, made her intentions clear from the start as she seized on anything short to dominate from the baseline, moving 4-0 ahead in 15 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier.

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