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Iga Swiatek stages stunning comeback to reach French Open quarter-finals

Defending champion beats Elena Rybakina 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 Swiatek to face Elina Svitolina in last eight After another sad second serve rebounded off the top of the net and floated out on a break point, Iga Swiatek turned to her support team and frantically gestured her rage. She had simply not shown up. As Elena Rybakina bulldozed through the early stages of their highly anticipated fourth-round tussle, Swiatek trailed 6-1, 2-0 and her hopes of victory were fading. For much of this year, Swiatek has struggled to find her form when forced into difficult positions against her toughest rivals. However, she showed her resilience here with a supreme 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 statement win against the 12th seed Elena Rybakina, to return to the quarter-finals of the French Open. Continue reading...

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Cameron Norrie rediscovers his love for tennis but Novak Djokovic awaits

After falling outside the top 80, Briton refocused and is now in the fourth round of French Open for the first time It was not until the Miami Open three months ago that Cameron Norrie truly understood that his entire approach to his career needed to change. Although the 29-year-old had once established himself as one of the best players in the world, reaching world No 8, his results and ranking were in freefall. Already out of the top 80 for the first time in six years, he was brushed aside in straight sets in the first round by the unheralded Bu Yunchaokete. Despite how hard he tried, Norrie could not pin down the root of his struggles. On and off the court, he continued to work tirelessly and he felt he was striking the ball better than he ever had. Still, he kept on losing. Continue reading...

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