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Roland Garros: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud in straight sets to win a record 23 Grand Slam title
  • June 11, 2023
  • 3 min read

Roland Garros: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud in straight sets to win a record 23 Grand Slam title

Novak Djokovic won the French Open for his 23rd Grand Slam singles title, breaking the men’s record he shared with Rafael Nadal, a record that he may now own for a very long time. Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 in Sunday’s final at Roland Garros. “23 is

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French Open | Swiatek beats Muchova in women’s final for her 3rd trophy in Paris
  • June 10, 2023
  • 1 min read

French Open | Swiatek beats Muchova in women’s final for her 3rd trophy in Paris

Iga Swiatek built a big lead in the French Open final, then overcame a second-set crisis of confidence and a third-set deficit before righting herself and defeating Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday to collect her third championship at Roland Garros and fourth Grand Slam title.   The No. 1-ranked Swiatek raced to a

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Roland Garros: Casper Ruud ease past Alexander Zverev to set up Novak Djokovic final e
  • June 9, 2023
  • 4 min read

Roland Garros: Casper Ruud ease past Alexander Zverev to set up Novak Djokovic final e

Emulating past successes is never easy, but Casper Ruud made it appear so on Friday at Roland Garros.   The Norwegian charged to his third championship match in the space of five Grand Slam events with a seemingly nerveless 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 semi-final victory against Alexander Zverev at the clay-court major. Ruud, who was a

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Roland Garros:Novak Djokovic defeats Ailing Carlos Alcaraz to reach record 34th grand slam final 
  • June 9, 2023
  • 3 min read

Roland Garros:Novak Djokovic defeats Ailing Carlos Alcaraz to reach record 34th grand slam final 

Novak Djokovic moved to within one win of capturing a record 23rd major crown on Friday at Roland Garros, where he moved past an ailing Carlos Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.   The 36-year-old Serbian came out firing in the generational battle on Court Philippe-Chatrier, pulling the 20-year-old Spaniard around with destructive and consistent groundstrokes

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Iga Swiatek to meet Karolina Muchova in French Open final
  • June 8, 2023
  • 2 min read

Iga Swiatek to meet Karolina Muchova in French Open final

Iga Swiatek staved off the challenge of an inspired Beatriz Haddad Maia to advance to her third French Open final, where she will defend her title against world number 43 Karolina Muchova. The two-time Roland-Garros champion survived a few scares and took two hours and 10 minutes to post a 6-2 7-6[7] win over the

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