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French Open: Britons Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski go out in the men's doubles quarter-finals
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:51
Britain's Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski were both beaten in their men's doubles quarter-final ties in Paris.Salisbury, 30, and American Rajeev Ram, 38, lost to Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek 3-6 7-6 (11-9) 7-6 (12-10).The top seeds wasted five match points in all as Dodig and Krajicek edged the final set tie-break.Skupski, 32, and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof, 33, were…
French Open: Teenager Coco Gauff sets up semi-final with Martina Trevisan
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 09:29
American teenager Coco Gauff says her recent high-school graduation was tougher than reaching the semi-finals of the French Open for the first time.The 18-year-old swept into the Roland Garros last four with a 7-5 6-2 win over fellow American Sloane Stephens.Gauff combined her studies with competing on the WTA Tour and graduated before the tournament started.She said: "Was graduating tougher?…
French Open: Alexander Zverev beats Carlos Alcaraz to reach Paris semi-finals
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 13:10
Third seed Alexander Zverev reached the French Open semi-finals for the second successive year after surviving teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz's fightback.Continuing his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title, Zverev won 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6 (9-7) against the sixth seed.The German, 25, served strongly and was superb from the back of court, but 19-year-old Alcaraz made too many errors.A semi-final…
French Open: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic in late-night thriller
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022 17:11
Rafael Nadal demonstrated once again why he is the greatest player in French Open history by beating long-time rival Novak Djokovic in a late-night thriller to reach the men's singles semi-finals.Nadal, going for a 14th title, started superbly and fought off resistance from defending champion Djokovic to win 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6 (7-4) at Roland Garros.Nadal secured victory at 1:15am…
How artificial intelligence 'blew up' tennis
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Monday, 30 May 2022 16:05
Data analytics has been around a long time in sport. Perhaps the best known in example of its use is from 2002, when the Oakland Athletics baseball team used statistical analysis to choose their squad, rather than the wisdom of coaches and scouts, and their favoured metrics.
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