As a tennis fan left disabled by long Covid, I’m not mad at Djokovic

In 2008, I witnessed Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic break my heart.  He beat my all-time favourite player, two-time defending champion Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, ending Federer’s consecutive streak of reaching 10 major finals, five years after he turned professional.   Two days later, Djokovic would secure his first ever grand slam title against Frenchmen […]

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Tsitsipas rallies late, advances to Rotterdam final

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied past a qualifier at the Rotterdam hard-court indoor tournament on Saturday to reach his first final since the French Open last June. Tsitsipas ended Czech qualifier Jiri Lehecka’s run in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. He will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in Sunday’s final after the third seed came back from one set down […]

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