Tennis
The latest Tennis coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
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Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz comes back to beat Frances Tiafoe in the third round
Carlos Alcaraz found himself pushed to a Grand Slam fifth set again, this time at Wimbledon, this time against good pal Frances Tiafoe. And as he usually does under such circumstances, no matter how much trouble he might have been in, Alcaraz surged to the finish.
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Naomi Osaka wins at Wimbledon for the first time in 6 years, and Coco Gauff moves on, too
Naomi Osaka had not won a match at Wimbledon in six years. Hadn't even played there in five. Grass courts never were her favorite surface.
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Wimbledon 2024: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are taking over tennis
There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived until now.
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Carlos Alcaraz wins French Open for third Grand Slam title at 21
Triumph on clay joins championships on US Open's hard courts, Wimbledon's grass
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Coco Gauff and defending champion Iga Swiatek will meet in the French Open semifinals
Coco Gauff's long and successful Tuesday at Roland Garros began when she arrived at about 8:15 a.m. There was a warmup session. A couple of meals. A couple of matches. Oh, and a couple of victories — first, one to reach the singles semifinals, and then one to reach the doubles quarterfinals, which wrapped up a little past 4:30 p.m.
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Novak Djokovic wins his record 370th Slam match but isn’t sure he can continue at the French Open
Novak Djokovic was laying on his back on a French Open sideline early in the second set Monday, wincing while his injured right knee was manipulated by a trainer — and worrying that he might need to quit playing the match.
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Novak Djokovic begins his bid for a 25th Grand Slam title with a first-round French Open win
Ignore the straight-set score: Novak Djokovic was not quite at his impervious best in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday night, and his 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4 win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert was not enough to alter the defending champion's “low expectations” at this tournament.
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14-time champion Rafael Nadal loses in the French Open’s first round to Alexander Zverev
The noise was loud and relentless, a chorus of thousands of belting out “ Ra-fa! Ra-fa! ” whenever their guy found the occasional moment of brilliance of the sort he has conjured up so often at the French Open and elsewhere through the years.
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Baylor girls join McCallie in Spring Fling tennis finals
The Baylor School's girls' tennis team won nine consecutive Division II-AA state championships from 2011-19 and has played in the final match for 13 consecutive seasons.
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Grand Slam champ Simona Halep wins doping case on appeal and is cleared to resume tennis
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports' highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test at the 2022 U.S. Open.
