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Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz beats Humbert in a tough match
In a hard-fought battle, Humbert held off Alcaraz for long periods of time, but the Spaniard produced trademark moments of magic at crucial times to fend off the 16th seed and successfully retain his Wimbledon title, atptour.com reports. Moved to within three wins of defending.Alcaraz was...-
Lovlina won the opening round in Grand Prix
New Delhi, Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist boxer Lovlina Borgohain won by a hard-fought split decision in the first round of the Grand Prix in Czech Republic on Wednesday.Borgohain, the only Indian to compete in the tournament, won 3-2 over England's Chantelle Reid in her 75kg opening round... -
Sindhu loses to Wang Zi Yi in Malaysia Masters final
Sindhu, seeded fifth in the tournament, suffered a hard-fought 21-16, 5-21, 16-21 defeat at the hands of Asian champion Wang in a seven-minute match at the Axiata Arena.It was the 28-year-old Indian's first BWF World Tour final since the Spain Masters in April 2023. Overall, it was his seventh... -
IPL 2024: RP Singh says on young player's six off Rabada's ball, 'It was not even a small ball, Nitish had picked it well'
In their hard-fought win, seam-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy produced an all-round performance. Reddy smashed 64 runs in 37 balls to take SRH's innings from 64/4 to 182/9, which proved to be a game-changer.He used his seam-bowling skills to dismiss Jitesh Sharma in the 16th over and...