Business presentation Up to date: 29/07/2024 23:35 Issued: 29/07/2024, 15:50
Summer season Olympics in Paris, July 29, 2024. Spectators on Court docket Philippe Chatrier watching the 2nd spherical tennis singles match between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Rafael Nadal of Spain. AP/Manu Fernandez
Paris – Czech tennis primary Barbora Krejčíková superior to the spherical of 16 singles on the Olympic Video games in Paris. The winner of this 12 months’s Wimbledon and Roland Garros from 2021 defeated China’s Wang Sin-ju 6:3, 6:2 on clay and equaled the three-year-old document from Tokyo. In the present day, the Czechs had a 100% document even within the doubles. Tomáš Macháč succeeded twice, who first managed the match alongside Adam Pavlásk after which additionally the combination with Kateřina Siniaková. Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková additionally handed.
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Muchová and Nosková turned the duel towards the Russians in impartial colours Ekaterina Alexandrová and Jelena Vesninová and gained 2:6, 7:6 and 10:6. Macháč and Pavlásek confirmed the same turnaround towards the fifth-seeded pair of Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski and beat the favored British 4:6, 6:3 and 10:8. Macháč and Siniakova had been eradicated within the combined doubles by Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund after units of 6:4, 7:5.
The 28-year-old Krejčíková carried out extra confidently than within the 1st spherical with the Spaniard Sara Sorribesová. Whereas on Sunday she fought on the court docket for nearly three hours, at this time she stayed on Simonne Mathieu’s court docket for an hour and 24 minutes. Within the spherical of 16, she is going to face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Krejčíková surpassed the thirty sixth participant on the planet Wang Sin-yü within the variety of successful balls 21:13. Thanks to 2 breaks, she took a 5:1 lead within the first set and prolonged the benefit. Though the Czech tennis participant misplaced her serve initially of the second set, she answered instantly and gained the remaining 4 video games from the rating of two:2.
“I am glad that it was shorter at this time, but it surely actually wasn’t simpler. The match was additionally difficult, there have been many key factors the place it broke and which I gained. I am glad that it broke for me and that I she at all times constructed a lead within the units,” Krejčíková instructed journalists.
Muchová and Nosková, who fashioned a pair after the withdrawal of the injured Markéta Vondroušová, misplaced the primary set towards Alexandrová and Vesninová after an unsuccessful ending. Within the second set, they already held serve and gained 7:5 in a balanced shortened sport. They triumphed 10:6 within the decisive tremendous tie-break. Within the spherical of 16, they may face the primary seeds Pegula and Coco Gauff from the USA.
Macháč and Pavlásek eradicated Skupski and Salisbury in a single hour and 35 minutes. Though they misplaced the primary set because of a misplaced serve within the ninth sport, they averted 4 break factors within the second set and scored a key break within the sixth sport. After leveling the rating, in addition they succeeded within the tremendous tie-break, the place they overturned a 3:6 drawback and gained 10:8.
The 23-year-old Macháč then additionally succeeded within the combine with Siniaková. The Czech duo misplaced serve solely as soon as towards the match’s primary gamers Zverev and Siegemund. They selected the triumph within the eleventh sport of the second set, after they gained a key break on Siegemund’s serve after which took benefit of the primary match level. Macháč may also face Zverev on Tuesday, when he’ll problem the defending champion from Tokyo in singles.
After the win over Nadal, Djokovic is within the spherical of 16 on the Olympics, Šwiateková additionally superior
Serbian tennis participant Novak Djokovic defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6:1, 6:4 in a gorgeous match of the 2nd spherical of the Olympic match. He gained the intently watched duel on Philippe Chatrier’s clay court docket in a single hour and 44 minutes and claimed his thirty first victory within the sixtieth match between them. This 12 months’s Roland Garros champions additionally succeeded. The Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz defeated the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor 6:1, 7:6, the Polish Iga Šwiateková outclassed the house French Diana Parry twice 6:1.
Djokovic was in management for a lot of the match between two tennis icons who collectively have 46 Grand Slam trophies. Fourteen-time Roland Garros winner Nadal, who began with a bandaged proper thigh, averted the specter of the “canary” on the finish of the primary set. Within the second set, he got here again from a 0:4 deficit with the help of the followers, however Djokovic, the winner of a document 24 Grand Slams, gained the final two video games. He ended the duel with an ace.
“I could not get him in hassle. He performed a lot better than me – from begin to end. I can solely congratulate him,” stated the 38-year-old Nadal.
A 12 months youthful, the Serb continues to cherish the prospect for the primary Olympic gold in his profession, beneath the 5 rings he solely gained bronze in singles in 2008 in Beijing. Then he misplaced to eventual winner Nadal within the semi-finals. Within the spherical of 16, he’ll meet the German Dominik Koepfer.
Nadal, who has struggled with well being issues lately and stands out as the final season of his profession, continues on the match in doubles alongside Alcaraz.
After the defeat with Djokovic, he once more confronted the standard query in regards to the approaching finish of his profession, however he didn’t give a concrete reply. “I can not dwell every single day on whether or not it was the final match of my profession or not. Now I am enjoying right here and I am giving it my greatest. After I determine, I will let you already know,” Nadal stated.
Djokovic hoped that at this time was not their final mutual duel. “For the sake of our rivalry and the entire sport, I hope that we’ll meet at the least as soon as or a number of extra occasions. The longer he performs, the higher for tennis,” stated the Serb about his rival.
Šwiateková, the winner of the final three years of Roland Garros, goes by the Olympic match with out shedding a set. The world primary conceded solely two video games to Parry and gained her twenty third match in a row in Paris. Her subsequent opponent shall be Linda Nosková’s defeater from the first spherical, the Chinese language lady Wang Si-yü.
This 12 months’s Roland Garros and Wimbledon finalist Jasmine Paolini didn’t hesitate both. The Italian tennis participant defeated Poland’s Magda Linette 6:4, 6:1, who gained the title on the WTA match in Prague on Friday. She had a balanced combat along with her solely within the opening set. Within the second opponent, she gained serve thrice and transformed the primary match level.
Tennis on the Paris Olympics:
Males:
Singles – 2nd spherical:
Djokovic (1-Srb.) – Nadal (Sp.) 6:1, 6:4, Alcaraz (2-Sp.) – Griekspoor (Niz.) 6:1, 7:6 (7:3), Ruud (6 -Nor.) – Vavassori (It.) 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, S. Tsitsipas (8-Řec.) – Evans (Brit.) 6:1, 6:2, F. Cerúndolo (Arg .) – Humbert (10-Fr.) 7:5, 6:7 (5:7), 7:5, , Báez (12-Arg.) – Hassan (Lebanon) 6:2, 3:6, 7: 6 (7:3), Koepfer (Něm.) – Arnaldi (It.) 3:6, 6:2, 6:1, Safiullin (Rus.) – Etcheverry (Arg.) 6:0, 7:6 (7 :1).
Doubles – 1st spherical:
Macháč, Pavlasek (CZ) – Salisbury, Skupski (5-Brit.) 4:6, 6:3, 10:8.
Girls:
Singles – 2nd spherical:
Krejčíková (9-CR) – Wang Sin-yü (China) 6:3, 6:2, Šwiateková (1-Pol.) – Parryová (Fr.) 6:1, 6:1, Gauffová (2-USA) – Carleová (Arg.) 6:1, 6:1, Paoliniová (4-It.) – Linetteová (Pol.) 6:4, 6:1, Svitolina (Ukr.) – Pegulaová (5-USA) 4:6, 6 :1, 6:3, Cheng Chin-wen (6-China) – Rusová (Netherlands) 6:2, 6:4, Sakkariová (7-Greece) – Yuan Jüe (China) 6:2, 6:1 , Kosťuková (12-Ukrainian) – Burelová (Fr.) 7:6 (7:3), 6:2, Vekičová (13-Croatian) – Andreescuová (Can.) 6:3, 6:4, Wang Si -jü (China) – Šnajderová (15-AIN) 6:3, 6:1, Fernandezová (16-Can.) – Bucsaová (Sp.) 7:6 (7:4), 6:3, Kerberová (Deu. ) – Cristiano (Romania) 6:4, 3:6, 6:4, Schmiedlová (SR) – Haddadová Maia (14-Brazil) 6:4, 6:4, Collinsová (8-USA) – Wozniacka (Dan .) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, Navarrová (11-USA) – Tomovová (Bulgaria) 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:1, Osoriová (Col.) – Jastremská (Ukraine) 7:6 (7:4), 6:4.
Doubles – 1st spherical:
Muchová, Nosková (CZ) – Alexandrová, Vesninová (AIN) 2:6, 7:6 (7:5), 10:6.
Combined Doubles – Spherical 1:
Macháč, Siniaková (CZ) – Zverev, Siegemund (1-Germany) 6:4, 7:5.
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