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By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday August 12, 2023World No.4 Elena Rybakina saved a match level to defeat Daria Kasatkina in a late night time battle that completed simply earlier than 3 AM on the Omnium Banque Nationale in Montreal.The Kazakh held on, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6(8) to set a semifinal with Liudmila Samsonova of Russia. Rybakina’s victory took three hours and 27 minutes on an extended day in Montreal.There was over 13 hours of tennis on a jam-packed day on Court Central that featured two three-hour epics and one other two contests that lasted nicely over two hours. 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina improves to 38-9 on the season, and 24-5 on onerous courts.In a topsy-turvy affair that featured ten breaks of serve from every participant, Rybakina rebounded from a break down withi...

By Erik Gudris | @atntennis | Friday, August 11, 2023    Daniil Medvedev believes the excursions must discover a method to standardize tennis balls at every occasion. World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev feels one of many greatest points nonetheless not correctly addressed on tour is that so many tournaments use totally different tennis balls each week.  Medvedev introduced up the problem after his straight units 7-6(7), 7-5 loss to Alex de Minaur within the Toronto ATP 1000 Masters quarterfinals.  Up now on Centre Court on the #NBO23, two of the most effective defenders on the @atptour:@DaniilMedwed vs @alexdeminaur 👀Winner meets Davidovich Fokina. Get prepared for some lengthy, wild rallies 😁📸 : @PeterMPower / @GylesD pic.twitter.com/KHYdvOqtTQ — National Bank Open (@NBOtoronto) August 1...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday August 11, 2023Ben Shelton could also be an unfinished product on the tennis courtroom, and he might have managed a file of 8-18 since his journey to the quarterfinals on the Australian Open, however the truth stays: Shelton hits one of many largest balls on the tour.Just ask Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated the American in second-round motion, 6-3, 7-6(3), on Wednesday evening in Toronto.“You know, honestly, I never played against someone that hit the ball as hard as he hit,” Alcaraz mentioned. “It's something crazy. You know, some serves at 235. Honestly, I almost broke my string.”Alcaraz dealt with the problem effectively, changing considered one of his three break factors and successful 30 % of his first-serve return factors (9 of 37). World no....

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Friday, August 11, 2023Carlos Alcaraz credit household ties for his singles success. World No. 1 Alcaraz held off Hubert Hurkacz 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(3) in Toronto to attain his 14th consecutive victory.More: US Open Prize MoneyThe Wimbledon champion's success is rooted in household. Alcaraz's father, additionally named Carlos, started educating him tennis when he was 4.Alcaraz credit his "second father", former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, for serving to him obtain his main goals."Everything that I have done is thanks to him," Alcaraz stated of Ferrero. "I learned a lot from him not only in the professional part, even the personal part as well. He's my second father, so he is really important person for me."Everything that I've got here by way of at...

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 10, 2023A devastated Andy Murray took the courtroom on Thursday to announce that… he wouldn’t be taking the courtroom. The three-time National Bank Open champion picked up an belly subject earlier this week and needed to pull out of the draw, sending Italy’s Jannik Sinner via to the quarterfinals.“I've rarely been in this situation in my career and I feel I feel terrible,” Murray stated, including: “This might be my last time playing here as well. So to finish like this feels feels rubbish.”Murray handled the same subject final 12 months and stated that he wanted about 10 to 12 days to really feel proper once more. The US Open begins in 18 days, on Monday August 28. A contact of sophistication by @andy_murray as regular 👏#NBO23 pic.twitt...

Nick Kyrgios pulled out of the U.S. Open on Thursday, that means he can have missed all 4 Grand Slam tournaments the yr after reaching his first main remaining. ...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 10, 2023The US Open is over earlier than it started for Nick Kyrgios and Jan-Lennard Struff.The big-serving pair each withdrew from this month's US Open as we speak. Both males additionally withdrew from Wimbledon.More: US Open Prize MoneyThe 2022 Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios has struggled to regain power and stability in his knee since present process surgical procedure final January. World No. 92 Kyrgios has performed simply as soon as match this season, shedding to Yibing Wu in his Stuttgart return in June.World No. 25 Struff, who was runner-up in Madrid and Stuttgart, has been nursing a hip damage.Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) and Diego Schwartman (ARG) transfer into the principle draw with the departures of Kyrgios and Struff.Radu Albot...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 10, 2023The US Open will convey the excitement this month.Maestro Dobel Tequila has signed a sponsorship cope with the USTA to make the world’s first Cristalino the primary “Official Tequila” of the US Open, starting with the 2023 occasion.More: US Open Prize MoneyMaestro Dobel Tequila’s partnership with the US Open solidifies its place as a supporter {of professional} tennis within the United States, as Dobel additionally serves because the “Official Tequila” throughout key ATP tournaments together with the Miami Open, BNP Paribas Open and Western & Southern Open.A champion of maestros of their respective crafts, Maestro Dobel has additionally partnered with gamers Taylor Fritz, Aryna Sabalenka and Dana Mathewson, the highest-rank...

By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 10, 2023Fila gears up its model recreation with a brand new search for subsequent week's Cincinnati Masters.Stars will debut Fila's new Deuce Court assortment at subsequent week's Western @ Southern Open. More: US Open Prize MoneyThe assortment presents a mixture of eye-catching multi-dimensional prints layered on Fila's top quality premium supplies.Women’s Deuce Court CollectionFila sponsored WTA standouts Barbora Krejcikova and Karolina Pliskova will put on the Women’s Deuce Court assortment on-court in Cincinnati.The assortment highlights Fila's latest tennis items for the summer season that features two tanks and two skorts.The World No. 12 Krejcikova will sport the Deuce Court Racerback Tank in Cincinnati, pairing that prime with ...

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, August 10, 2023An opportunity elevator encounter introduced present and former world No. 1 champions face-to-face.It takes quite a bit to unnerve Carlos Alcaraz, however working into Maria Sharapova in a Toronto elevator did it. More: US Open Prize MoneyThe reigning Wimbledon and US Open champion described his "shock" assembly fellow Nike famous person Sharapova."I watch her, you know, a lot of matches. She was a great tennis player," Alcaraz stated of Sharapova. "She was probably one of the best player in the world."And I used to be in shock as a result of I did not anticipate her to be right here in Toronto. And she was first within the elevate and it was, She is Maria or no? You know what I imply?" New mother Sharapova regarded happy a...