Stuart Fraser
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Last Seen Profiles
“Hats off for your bank account” is the chant to Patrick Cantlay on the 16th. What a scene.
#RyderCup
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Andy Murray on women's Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg being asked to twerk on stage tonight...
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BREAKING: Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon.
A statement from her team says: "Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year. She is taking some personal time with friends and family. She will be ready for the Olympics and is excited to play in front of her home fans."
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In case there are any sceptics, this isn't put on for the cameras. A regular sight behind the scenes on tour is Nadal thanking members of staff upon his departure from tournaments.
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Rafael Nadal: "I don't know what can happen in the future but I am going to keep fighting to try to keep going." A huge roar from the crowd here.
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And with that, Sue Barker calmly walks off Centre Court for the last time in her role as BBC presenter with no fuss whatsoever. A broadcasting legend who will be sadly missed here.
#Wimbledon
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Scrap the 1:30pm starts! On another evening where the 11pm curfew could come into play, it's time for Wimbledon organisers to realise what a misguided decision it was to move back the Centre Court start time. Should be at least an hour earlier next year.
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BREAKING: The ATP have stripped Wimbledon of ranking points: "The ability for players of any nationality to enter tournaments based on merit, and without discrimination, is fundamental to our Tour."
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Novak Djokovic could win Wimbledon on Sunday and drop from No 3 to No 7 in the world rankings. Madness.
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BREAKING: Andy Murray has announced a shock reunion with his former coach Ivan Lendl. The pair will work together for a third time, renewing the successful partnership that saw Murray win all three of his grand-slam titles.
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Daniil Medvedev asking umpire Jaume Campistol to issue a code violation to Stefanos Tsitsipas for illegal coaching: "If you don't, you are... how can I call it... a small cat."
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Too young to have seen Maradona at his best on the pitch, but was in the room for one of his finest quips in Glasgow 12 years ago.
@CarrieBrownTV
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BREAKING: Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Wimbledon ahead of his semi-final tomorrow because of an abdominal tear. Nick Kyrgios receives a walkover into the final. More to follow.
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Andy Murray about to start his R1 match on Centre Court. He has facilitated an invite for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to watch him from the Royal Box today after she told him on Radio 4 that she had watched him win in 2016 from prison in Iran.
#Wimbledon
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Ridiculous behaviour here from Serena Williams, angrily pointing her finger and demanding an apology from umpire Carlos Ramos, who is merely doing his job
#USOpen
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Left: Before Isner v Anderson
Right: After Isner v Anderson
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Carlos Ramos one of the few umpires not afraid to call a rules violation against the top players when it is due. It is his colleagues who are letting him down with their inaction, which then leads to situations like this in which players feel they are receiving unfair treatment.
Mouratoglou admitted to ESPN that he coached.
Thus, the warning was correct by Ramos.
Then, racket abuse warning was indisputable.
Williams felt entitled to having coaching warning retracted, which never happens. So she ranted abusively, and got a third warning.
All fair.
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At the start of Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu was ranked No 10 in Britain and No 338 in the world.
Two months later, the 18-year-old is guaranteed to replace Johanna Konta as the British No 1 on Monday, projected to rise to world No 51 as it stands.
#USOpen
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BREAKING: Andy Murray confirms he will play with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles
#Wimbledon
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Nick Kyrgios fined 15,000 Euros (£13,190) by the ATP for unsportsmanlike conduct at Queen's yesterday...
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After winning the Virtual Madrid Open earlier, Andy Murray donating half of his £35,000 prize money to the NHS and the other half to the tennis player relief fund.
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Christopher Eubanks on ESPN is outstanding. Comes across like he's been doing punditry for 20 years.
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Tennis to launch a new ATP and WTA mixed event at the start of the season in Australia. The "United Cup" will replace the ATP Cup, offering top men and women the opportunity to represent their countries together. A good move for the sport. Exclusive:
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BREAKING: Simona Halep’s ban has been reduced from four years to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Having already served a provisional suspension since October 2022, she can return to tennis with immediate effect.
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BREAKING: Wimbledon announce the introduction of fifth-set tiebreaks at 12-12 from next year.
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BREAKING: Serena Williams announces her upcoming retirement from tennis in the September issue of Vogue magazine.
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Nick Kyrgios clearly emotional as he walks out onto the court wearing a LA Lakers vest in tribute to Kobe Bryant
#AusOpen
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Serena Williams' Time interview reveals that, just 10 minutes before her 6-1 6-0 defeat by Jo Konta in San Jose, she discovered on Instagram that the man convicted of killing her sister in 2003 had been released on parole earlier in the year: "I couldn't shake it out of my mind"
TIME’s new cover: Serena Williams opens up about her complicated comeback, motherhood and making time to be selfish
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Judy Murray has just about seen it all from courtside for the past 18 years but she is shaking her head in disbelief as her son serves out the third set moments after screaming in pain. Play suspended for the night with Andy Murray leading Tsitsipas two sets to one.
#Wimbledon
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History is made on Centre Court... Rafael Nadal and Matteo Berrettini take part in the first pre-tournament practice on the main show court to play in the grass.
#Wimbledon
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Martina Navratilova, the greatest player in Wimbledon history, has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. Both are in the early stages & described as "still fixable". She will not travel to the Australian Open and vows to "fight with all I have got"
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Confirmed. Unvaccinated players cannot participate in the 2022 Australian Open.
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Wimbledon men's semi-finals on Friday:
Novak Djokovic vs Cameron Norrie
Rafael Nadal vs Nick Kyrgios
Not bad for an exhibition...
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Serena Williams has just confirmed that she will play Wimbledon this year
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Amazon Prime show Novak Djokovic getting into a car and leaving Flushing Meadows. Woeful misjudgement by the world No 1 and leader of the new player association not to front up and apologise for his actions (a 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov fronting up in 2017 comes to mind...)
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The thing that still riles to this day is the laughing from other so-called journalists. Happens far too often in the tennis press room when legitimate questions are asked...
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Tiger Woods vs Rory McIlroy for the first time in matchplay at 1:30pm UK. I'll be hitting play on this classic Nike advert at 1:28pm...
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A remarkable display from Andy Murray to get past Matteo Berrettini in five sets over four hours and 49 minutes. He's 35 years old with a metal hip. Unbelievable!
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Andy Murray has done it! Comes back from a set and a break down to beat Stan Wawrinka 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the final of the European Open in Antwerp. What a remarkable story, and testament to his extraordinary perseverance and resilience.
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From courtside I could see Billie Jean King almost fall backwards and mouth “Wow” to this line. Leylah Fernandez is 19 years old.
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You weren't saying "the rule is the rule" when you were unfairly hammering Carlos Ramos a couple of years ago...
Here are my thoughts on the Novak Djokovic default.
First I hope the line judge is okay.
The rule is the rule. It is unfortunate for everyone involved, but in this specific situation the default was the right call.
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Just in from the ATP: "We believe that today’s unilateral decision by Wimbledon and the LTA to exclude players from Russia and Belarus from this year’s British grass-court swing is unfair and has the potential to set a damaging precedent for the game."
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Rafael Nadal apologises to Lorenzo Sonego: "I was wrong. I should not call him on the net. I apologise for that. My mistake."
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Just to let you all know, Rafael Nadal has reached his fifth Australian Open semi-final since 2009.
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I can't recall seeing this before. Greek official Eva Asderaki-Moore standing in the tunnel below the Tsitsipas box to listen out for illegal coaching, and signals towards the match umpire when she hears it. Nicely executed officiating here.
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As the Novak Djokovic visa saga comes to an end (we think..), a shout for the tremendous reporting of
@karenlsweeney
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@paulsakkal
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If you are a tennis fan, start planning now for a trip to the Australian Open in the future. Facilities, spectator experience, entertainment... undoubtedly the best tournament in the world. A staggering transformation of this site over the last decade.
#AusOpen
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Arrived in New York thinking it would be a great achievement if Emma Raducanu came through qualifying.
16 days later... 🏆
#USOpen
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A stat I think you can trust me on this time... Rafael Nadal hasn't won a best-of-five-set match from two sets down since 2007, when he beat Mikhail Youzhny in the fourth round at Wimbledon.
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Andy Murray tearing up after his first singles victory at Queen's since 2016, beating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2 in 65 minutes: "I love playing tennis...*Pause"
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Andy Murray sits on his courtside bench in tears. Very different tears to those in Washington at 3am 14 months ago...
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Netflix cameras following Kyrgios outside the press room seconds after discovering that he had been branded a bully by Tsitsipas. Looking forward to this episode.
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BREAKING: Roger Federer has confirmed that he is to retire from official competition at the age of 41: "The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in grand slams or on the tour."
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This just sums up Andy Murray. Asked him if there was a particular person who provided inspiration during his rehab, expecting it to be Sir Alex Ferguson or someone like that. Turns out it was a "smug" surgeon who told him he wouldn't play tennis again.
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BREAKING: Australian Open draw "cancelled until further notice"
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Fully expecting photographs to emerge of Novak Djokovic having cheese and wine at 10 Downing Street next...
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Extraordinary turn of events in the course of tennis history this month in Melbourne. After all the efforts by organisers to try and allow Novak Djokovic to claim grand slam No 21 here, Rafael Nadal ends up doing it. A truly crazy few weeks.
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Andy Murray reaches his first semi-final since the 2017 French Open, defeating Marius Copil 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4 after two hours and 35 minutes at the European Open in Antwerp.
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An emotional Andy Murray, who is wearing Castore kit, in press conference: "(the hip) is not great." Struggling to speak here.
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Venus Williams, 42, is to join her sister Serena in making a return to Wimbledon. She and Jamie Murray have requested a mixed doubles wild card, which will of course be granted by the All England Club. Kyle Edmund also coming back with Olivia Nicholls.
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It's been a long week. Just told Rafael Nadal he hadn't reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open since 2009. Decent chance I'll be stopped at the border for that...
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Embarrassing from some in the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd to boo Elina Svitolina considering the circumstances. Get a grip. Shameful.
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Harmony Tan was the toast of Centre Court last night but her withdrawal from the doubles with a “thigh injury” today has angered her partner...
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Serena Williams cancelled her press conference at Wimbledon this afternoon so that she could accompany Meghan Markle in watching Prince Harry play polo.
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Nadal given a chair during the trophy ceremony, bringing back memories of 2012
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Q. You took meldonium legally for ten years to deal with your health problems. Now that it's banned and you can no longer take it, is it a struggle physically to deal with the demand of a grand slam fortnight?
Maria Sharapova: Is there another question?
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The greatest of all-time wins another grand slam. Novak Djokovic now has 24 major titles after outlasting Daniil Medvedev in a match that didn’t feel like a straight-sets victory because of the gruelling rallies that were contested. An emphatic response to his Wimbledon defeat
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I can't quite believe what I've just seen here... an astonishing victory by Emma Raducanu! The 18-year-old qualifier has just defeated the world No 41 Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0 6-1 in 70 minutes. Through to the last-16 of the US Open
#USOpen
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Laver Cup organisers have just confirmed that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will both be playing in the event at The O2 in London in September.
Federer: “I’m really looking forward to getting back into competition later this year and Laver Cup is very much part of my plan."
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A high level of discontent among tennis umpires after a chaotically-organised US Open. Further riled by the treatment of Carlos Ramos, some officials considering refusing to officiate matches involving Serena Williams until she apologises.
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Murray waiting to get on Court 14 as Stakhovsky and Karlovic play a practice set.
Stakhovsky: "How long we got?"
Murray: "About 30 seconds. Enough for Ivo to hold serve."
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Rafael Nadal's match against Nick Kyrgios is included in the confirmed order of play tomorrow as the second match on Centre Court. An indication that he has told tournament organisers this afternoon that he will play tomorrow.
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Well done, Annabel Croft, as she addresses the disgruntled spectators. "I'm not sure why you're all booing... I think you have to be a little bit more respectful".
#ATPFinals
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Spanish ATP Cup captain Tomas Carbonell in his runners-up speech: "As a Spanish player also in the past and as a Spanish captain, we can only promise two things... fight till the end and we can promise that we all have Covid passports."
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Some news here at Wimbledon... Andy Murray will appear on BBC television tomorrow as a studio pundit and then again on Wednesday as a commentator.
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Surprised Tsitsipas didn't have enough time to check this in the toilet before bringing it up at his post-match press conference tonight...
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Great scenes at the O2 arena at half past midnight. Federer (and Nadal) in tears to a long standing ovation from the crowd. His family waiting courtside to join the retirement ceremony.
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Nick Kyrgios leaves Wimbledon with one last fine for the fortnight. £3,000 for his audible obscenity, taking the total for the fortnight to £15,000. His prize money for reaching the final was £1,050,000.
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Incredible. Tsitsipas has done it again. Seven minute bathroom break after losing the third set.
#USOpen
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Novak Djokovic stopped by on his way past earlier when Johanna Konta was telling us about her baking...
Konta plays Ostapenko tomorrow in Rome:
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I cannot believe it! 18-year-old qualifier Emma Raducanu has won the US Open and become the first British woman to win a grand-slam singles title since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon 1977.
Defeated Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 to complete a run of TWENTY STRAIGHT SETS for the title.
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An early minor victory for Novak Djokovic's legal team. Confirmed that the hearing will be held in front of a full court of three judges tomorrow, which limits the Australian government's ability to appeal if it doesn't go their way.
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So pleased for Cameron Norrie's parents David and Helen, who missed so much of his rapid rise because they were stuck at home in New Zealand during the pandemic. Finally were able to make a trip to Europe starting in May and have now witnessed their son's greatest moment.
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Murray has now returned and apologises. "Not feeling good. Been struggling for a long time. Been in a lot of pain for 20 months now. Pretty much done everything that I could to try and get my hip feeling better and it hasn't helped loads."
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Boris Becker: "No active player under 28, apart from Thiem, has been in a grand slam final. That is not good. Don't give me that the others are too good. We should question the quality and the attitude of everybody under 28. It just doesn't make sense."
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On Friday afternoon, Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal on clay at Roland Garros for the first time since the 2011 final.
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Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are the world's top two players for the first time since March 2011:
1. Nadal - 9,465
2. Federer - 7,505
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Andy Murray: "Why are we playing at 3am?! Ridiculous."
50 minutes early but the point still stands...
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34yo Andy Murray beats 20yo Jannik Sinner 7-6 6-3 in Stockholm. A second top-10 win in 2021 to reach his second ATP tour quarter-final in the last two years.
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Leaving Melbourne Park with a new personal best of 4:35am. What an Australian Open. Time to head home and lie in a darkened room for the whole of February...
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