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Serena Williams gives birth to second child, a daughter
Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, she posted on Aug. 22 on Instagram, almost exactly a year after her last match as a tennis star.
Adira River Ohanian is the second child — and second daughter — for the 41-year-old Williams and her husband, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Their first, Olympia, was born in 2017.
Swiatek dedicates victory to ‘suffering Ukraine’
Poland's Iga Swiatek swept aside Anett Kontaveit in the Qatar Open final on Feb. 26 and dedicated her victory to "the people who are suffering in Ukraine."
Former French Open champion Swiatek, seeded seven, needed just over an hour to see off the fourth-seeded Estonian.
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Tennis: Sorana Cirstea qualifies for second round of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea qualified on Monday for the second round of the WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates, with total prize money worth 1,835,490 dollars, after she defeated Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, 6-4, 6-4. Cirstea, (30 years of age, WTA's 67th) won in one hour and 24 minutes to an opponent coming from qualifiers (31 years, WTA's 142nd).
Tennis: Simona Halep crushes Anett Kontaveit and qualifies for Australian Open semifinals
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, qualified for the semifinals of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, after crushing Estonian player Anett Kontaveit, 6-1, 6-1, on Wednesday, in Melbourne.
Tennis: Simona Halep advances to Australian Open quarterfinals
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, advanced on Monday in Melbourne to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tournament, the first Grand Slam of the year, after defeating Belgian Elise Mertens, No. 16 seed, 6-4, 6- 4. Halep (28), number four seed, prevailed in one hour and 37 minutes against world number 17 (24 years), at the end of a hard-fought and high quality match.
Serbia knock Estonia out of FED Cup
TALLINN - Serbia defeated Estonia 2-1 in Round 1 of the Euro/African Zone Group I of the Fed Cup on Wednesday.
Serbia won after over two hours of play in the doubles match, in which Ivana Jorovic and Nina Stojanovic overcame Anett Kontaveit and Maileen Nuudi 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.
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Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari through to final 32 in Australina Open
After knocking out Anett Kontaveit in the Australian open, Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari continued her success by disposing of 43rd ranked French player Alize Cornet in 3 sets (7-5, 4-6, 6-1) to advance to the last 32 of the grand slam.
Sakkari in second round of Australian Open
Maria Sakkari of Greece reacts after winning her women's singles first-round match against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in straight sets (6-0, 6-4) at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne Tuesday. In the second round, she will face Alize Cornet of France. [EPA]
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