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US Open Women’s Day 8

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Marketa Vondrousova backed up her Wimbledon title with a first appearance in the US Open quarter-finals on Monday, scoring a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-2 comeback over American Payton Stearns.

The Czech Grand Slam winner claimed her 11th consecutive victory at the majors as she advanced to the last eight in two and a quarter hours over the former university player.

She then pulled out of doubles with partner Barbora Strycova.

Vondrousova moved into a first-time meeting against former New York finalist Madison Keys, who put out third seed Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-3 in barely an hour.

Keys will be playing her third quarter-final here after handing Pegula a debut loss in a Grand Slam fourth round; her last-eight place is her first at a major in five years.

Pegula came to the court with wins in 11 of her past 13 matches, a run of form which included the Montreal title last month.

Wimbledon quarter-finalist Keys earned a second defeat of a Top 5 opponent this season after dispatching Caroline Garcia in February in the Gulf. She fired 21 winners to just six for Pegula, a good friend on the Tour.

“I’ve had so many amazing moments in New York,” Keys said after a warm embrace at the net with Pegula.

“Being able to at any moment come back from any difficult positions I’ve been in matches has been amazing,” added the veteran playing here for the 12th edition.

“It’s always tough having to play a friend… when we get on the court it’s all business.”

The winner outlined her match strategy: “I tried to give as little rhythm as possible without messing myself up. I wanted to keep the points as short as possible.

“Jess is so good, the longer the rally gets, the better she seems to get.

“I was really just trying to hit the best ball that I could in the first one or two balls of the rallies – luckily things went my way today.”

Main photo:- Madison Keys celebrates victory over compatriot Jessica Pegula – by Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd

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Wimbledon goes modern with electronic reviews

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Wimbledon will bow to the high-tech future by introducing limited electronic reviews of line calls on major courts at the Championships, the club revealed on Saturday.

The All England Club will allow the technology on showcourts including Centre Court, No. 1 and four others. During controversial moments, competitors will be allowed to ask the chair umpire for a review of the point in question.

The wizardry is coming late to Wimbledon having been used at the US Open since 2023 and later adapted by the Australian Open. Roland Garros relies on marks in its clay surface to determine line calls.

Under the rules, players can ask for the review any number of times, with electronic line-calling now in effect at the grass-court major for a second year after the 2025 elimination of human line judges.

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Sinner claims full house with Indian Wells win

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World No. 2 Jannik Sinner became the youngest man to complete the full set of hard-court victories by beating Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (8) 7-6 (7) in the searing heat of Indian Wells.

The 24 year old Italian, didn’t face a break point during the final nor did he drop a set on his way to claiming his first title of the year and his 25th overall.

Sinner has won both hard court Grand Slams, with victories at the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025 and at the US Open in 2024.

In addition he has lifted all six Masters 1000 series hard court titles – adding the Indian Wells title to victories in Miami, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris plus the season-ending ATP Finals.

Only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have achieved the same feat.

Main photo:- Jannik Sinner lifts Indian Wells Trophy – by ATPTour.com

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Her way or the highway for Raducanu on court

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Emma Raducanu remained defiant at the start of the Indian Wells Masters that if she does hire a new coach, it might not be to try and shape her game.

The Brit who won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier and then suffered a four-year drop in form due to injury, is in the market for a mentor – but only if he or she conforms to her vision for her tennis.

“Right now, it’s more about bringing my instincts back out, getting back in touch with myself,” the 23-year-old told the BBC.  “I have had a lot of people telling me what to do, how to play, and it hasn’t necessarily fit.

“So I want to come back to my natural way of playing. That takes time to relearn because that’s something that has been coached out of me a little bit.

“I don’t necessarily want to have one coach in the role because anyone I bring in is straight away going to be scrutinised – even if it’s a trial.

“I might feel the pressure to stick with them, even if it’s not necessarily the right decision.

“I would love to have a coach that works well, but I don’t think it’s necessarily going to be easy to find one person and they are going to check every box.”

Raducanu reached a WTA fiak in early February after exiting in the Australian Open second round. She lost both matches she played last month in the Gulf, at Doha and Dubai.

She is entering the first Masters of the season with former coach Mark Petchey filling in ad hoc in between his TV broadcast commentating duties.

But that solution is temporary. “With Mark I knew he’d be in Indian Wells so I asked him to come out a few days earlier just to do some stuff with me on the court and try to feel back in a better way with my game,” the No. 24 said.

“At the start of the year I didn’t feel too good but the last few days I’ve been feeling better. 

“It’s not something that has really been organised going forward but I knew he would be here and it’s been great, I always love being on court with him.”

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