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Paula Badosa’s Wimbledon Match Against Karolina Muchova: A Chance for Success

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6 days ago

July 1, 2024

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When the draw for the Wimbledon women’s draw last Friday brought about Paula Badosa’s first round duel against Karolina Muchova, a priori it might have seemed that the Spaniard had a tough time against the finalist at Roland Garros, a semi-finalist in Australia and the US Open and two times quarterfinalist in the British Grand Slam. But the 27-year-old Czech and 580th in the world (she plays with a protected ranking, like Paula) had not competed for almost a year until she did so this week in Eastbourne and was unable to face Keys in the quarterfinals due to discomfort in her right wrist.

That’s why Badosa has more chances of success this Monday (not before 18:30, Movistar+) in her third match against Muchova (1-1), the second at the All England Club after the one won by the Olomouc tennis player in 2021 (the Begur native won last year in Rome). Before that (14:00), Sara Sorribes will face the Italian Jasmine Paolini.

Good sensations

Paula arrives at this match again in the Top-100 (93rd), to which she returned thanks to her triumphs in Bad Homburg against the Dutch Arantxa Rus and the German Jule Niemeier, before falling in the quarterfinals against the Russian Diana Shnaider, champion dessert. Last year, Badosa had to withdraw in the second round of Wimbledon, when she was losing to the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, due to her chronic back problems, which she now appears to have under control.

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If she improves that result, she will climb further in the rankings, although if she beats Muchova she will probably have to deal with the emerging Mirra Andreeva, if the Muscovite beats the Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova on Monday. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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2024-07-01 02:15:59
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Tragedy Strikes Moroccan Football: Five Players from Ittihad Tangier Disappear at Sea

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2 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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It is a tragedy for Moroccan football. Five players from Ittihad Tangier have disappeared at sea during a yacht trip.

Communication with the boat was lost while five Ittihad Tangier players, including a first-team member and several hopefuls, were on board.

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According to local media Le360, the passengers jumped into the water to swim, and strong winds then pushed the yacht away from the water. The Royal Gendarmerie and the Royal Navy managed to save three players, found more than 800 meters from the shore after an hour and a half of searching. Two other people are still missing. An investigation has been opened by the gendarmerie services following this incident. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

2024-07-07 19:12:00
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Padua: Mager, Oradini, Pennaforti and Piraino in the seeding

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11 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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There are 13 Italian tennis players who have reached the decisive round of the qualifications of the “Canottieri Padova Open”, an ITF men’s tournament with a prize pool of 25 thousand dollars (red clay), now in its seventeenth edition. In the running for one of the eight places available for the main draw are…
2024-07-07 19:47:12
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Madison Keys Forced to Retire Due to Injury at Wimbledon, Jasmine Paolini Advances to Quarter-Finals

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20 mins ago

July 7, 2024

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A little drama unfolded on Court 1 at Wimbledon this Sunday. Madison Keys, in tears, had to resign herself to abandoning against Jasmine Paolini while she had narrowly escaped victory a few minutes earlier, leading 5-2 double break before injuring her left thigh and having to give up continuing this spectacular and emotional fight. The American, who had just conceded an ace, preferred to leave it there after 2 hours and 23 minutes of play, losing 6-3, 6-7(6), 5-5 (15-A) and letting her opponent slip away to her first quarter-final at Wimbledon. She will face another American, Coco Gauff or Emma Navarro.

The Roland-Garros finalist came within two points of victory in the deciding game of a second set that was already full of twists and turns, as she came back from 5-1, 40-15 down before losing on the wire. We thought we had settled the score. But that was without her extraordinary fighting spirit. And without the bad luck that struck Madison, of course. At 5-4, the latter left the court for a long medical timeout during which she had her left adductor strapped. But we quickly saw upon her return, when she could barely walk and push off on her legs, that it would be complicated. She tried to close on her serve but, once it was lost on a double fault, it was a lost cause.

A stroke of luck for the Italian but she fully deserves the good fortune that is currently accompanying her. She who had never won a match on grass before this year therefore follows a semi-final in Eastbourne with a first quarter-final here. She is the fifth Italian to reach the “big 8” in London after Laura Golarsa (1989), Silvia Farina Elia (2003), Francesca Schiavone (2009) and Camila Giorgi (2018). READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

2024-07-07 15:14:00
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