London, June 29 (IANS) Fourth seed Jessica Pegula put behind her last year’s first-round exit with a composed straight-sets victory over Czech qualifier Darja Vidmanova to reach the Ladies’ Singles second round of Wimbledon 2026, while teenage compatriot Iva Jovic celebrated her first-ever main-draw win at the All England Club on Monday.Pegula, one of the seventh-seeded American women in this year’s tournament, overcame a brief dip in the first set to defeat world No. 92 Vidmanova 7-5, 6-3 in on…
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Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Victoria Mboko with a 6-1, 7-6 (1) victory at the Australian Open to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive year.She booked her 13th consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal and has taken a crucial step towards having her name engraved on the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup for a third time.Sabalenka won her 20th consecutive tiebreak at the Grand Slam level, eclipsing an almost two-decade-old record owned by Novak Djokovic, who won 19 …
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Day one of the Australian Open 2026 has already found its way to the history books as Elsa Jacquemot defeated Marta Kostyuk in a three-and-a-half-hour match at ANZ Arena, with all three sets decided by tiebreaks.This is the first occurrence of such an event in a women’s singles match at Melbourne Park since the tournament adopted final-set tiebreaks in 2019.At three hours and 31 minutes, it became the longest women’s singles match at the event since that format’s int…