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Emma Raducanu has become the first British woman in 44 years to win a tennis Grand Slam singles title after she defeated fellow teen Leylah Fernandez in the women's U.S. Open final (September 11).
18-year-old Raducanu overpowered the 19-year-old from Canada to win the championship match: 6-4, 6-3.
The Briton,

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts after winning the first set against Leylah Annie Fernandez of Canada during their Women's Singles final match on Day Thirteen of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 11, 2021 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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Emma Raducanu: The 18-year-old British U.S. Open winner who stunned the tennis world

Tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021 will fall between Grand Slam events at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and is the ninth staging of the sport as a medal event since its return to the Olympic programme in 1988.
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Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova and Roberta Vinci reveal their guilty pleasures, favourite songs and some unusual off-court "talents".

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Happy Simona Halep has a sweet tooth as well as a sweet forehand, but she's not overly confident her singing voice matches up.

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We get to know the eight stars of the WTA finals in Singapore as they battle it out for the season-ending trophy.

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Etching her name into fans’ memories and the history books both at once, Japanese tennis star Osaka Naomi (pictured above) had these poignant words midway through the Australian Open:
“I have this mentality that people don't remember the runners up. You might, but the winner's name is the one that's

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 21: Naomi Osaka of Japan poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy after winning the 2021 Australian Open Women's Final, at Government House on February 21, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

Naomi Osaka won the 2021 Australian Open.

What we learned from the 2021 Australian Open

For the Australian Open 2021, it’s better late than never.
The first Grand Slam of the Olympic tennis season gets underway on 8 February in Melbourne, pushed back by three weeks from its normal start date as tournament and government officials worked together to put players through two weeks of

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The first robot Olympic champions?
Well, maybe not, but this curling robot – named ‘Curly,’ of course – just beat two Korean national teams.
Pretty impressive! Now, we just need the Norwegian team to help Curly with its outfit.

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Olympic Daily News: 28 September 2020

Never mind what month or season it is: The French Open, tennis’ clay court major, starts Sunday (27 Sept.).
Typically held as summer blooms in Paris, instead its autumn setting in, and players have made their way from the U.S. Open in New York City to the Italian Open in

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French Open: 8 things to know about tennis’ clay major in 2020

Today in 1994, the hit television show ‘Friends’ debuted. And since ‘friendship’ is one of the three Olympic values, you know we are big fans.
We even put together our own group of figure skating friends, including Alina Zagitova, Hanyu Yuruzu, Evgenia Medvedeva and more.
Who would be in your

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Olympic Daily News: 22 September 2020

In the viral video, the crowd erupted in support of Cori Gauff. But she wasn't standing on a tennis court – she was standing behind a podium and microphone.
If the summer of 2019 was when the American teenage tennis sensation known as Coco let her racket do the talking,

Coco Gauff in action

Not old enough to vote, teen tennis star Coco Gauff speaking out anyway

Happy birthday, Paris!
The city of lights and 2024 Olympic host celebrated its 2,000th on this day in 1951 with fireworks illuminating some of the cities most well-known attractions, including the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe.
There’s sure to be more fireworks in just 1,485 days when the Games

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Fireworks are ignited as 'Paris' is projected onto the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees on December 31, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Ausset-Lacroix/Getty Images)

Olympic Daily News: 8 July 2020

The hard courts of Tokyo will be hunting ground for Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, believes India’s former no.1 singles player Somdev Devvarman, who is expecting one of the two to win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics.
“It \[Olympics\] is going to be on a hard court and

Roger Federer (left) and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland receive their gold medals after defeating Thomas Johansson and Simon Aspelin of Sweden during the men's doubles gold medal tennis match at the Olympic Green Tennis Center on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Roger Federer’s only Olympic gold came at the 2008 Beijing Games with doubles partner Stan Wawrinka.

Devvarman weighs in on Olympic gold chances between Federer and Djokovic

While Andy Murray stole the headlines in the run-up to the first tennis grand slam of 2019 with this tearful press conference, there's so much more to come at the Australian Open from Monday 14th January.
Can Djokovic beat Federer to a record 7th title? Can Nadal stay fit enough

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Australian Open 2019: What to look out for at the first grand slam of the tennis season

As qualification season begins for Tokyo 2020, athletes in all corners of the world are bringing their best to the table.
There's still lots of European Championships action with athletics, gymnastics and diving on the docket.
Swim giants Australia and the USA will battle it out at the Pan Pacific

_Simona Halep kisses her trophy after winning the 2018 French Open in Paris. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images_)

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