Novak Djokovic defeated France’s Quentin Halys in two tie-break sets on Thursday to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Adelaide tournament in Australia. The Serbian, seeded number 1, will face Canadian world number 18 Denis Shapovalov in the next round, after suffering against Quentin Halys (7-6 7/3, 7-6 7/5). For starters, the 35-year-old world No. … Read more
Former world number two Alexander Zverev suffered his second consecutive defeat of the season in Monday’s United Cup, knocked out by American Taylor Fritz in just 64 minutes. The 25-year-old German, currently world No. 12, was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by world No. 9 in Sydney, having just returned from a serious injury. He lost to … Read more
Tuesday 13 December 2022 7.30pm … 1 The steamer SS Pacific collided with the Orpheus and sank near Cape Flattery, USA in 1975. © Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Pacific is a steamer that sank in the Pacific Ocean in 1875, on the current western border between Canada and the United States. There were more than … Read more