Angelique Kerber
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Belgium tennis star Kim Clijsters will return to the competitive tennis at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time after 2011.Grand Slam champions Simona Halep and Emma Raducanu of Great Britain could face off in the third round.
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There would be no letdown for Leylah Fernandez after the biggest win of her fledgling career, the youngster soaking up the energy from a seething Louis Armstrong crowd after dropping the opening set to three-times Grand Slam winner Kerber.
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Tokyo Olympic Games is being held under the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic. The Olympics are already delayed by a year, since they were supposed to take place in 2020 but even in 2021, the Games are struggling to attract top names from the world of sports. The likes of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Serena Williams and Zuzana Hejnova have already pulled out of the Olympics for different reasons. In these collection of pictures we take a look at some of the top sportspersons giving Tokyo Olympics a miss.
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The Australian Open preparations took a strong hit as several players were informed not to practice for a fortnightas a precautionary measure to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus on Saturday.
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The online competition was held in the virtual Manolo Santana Stadium on PlayStation 4's Tennis World Tour.
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The tournament is the season`s first Premier Mandatory event and Romanian Halep, the reigning Wimbledon champion, has not shaken off a foot problem.
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Halep will now square off with Belgian tennis player Elise Mertens in the next round.
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Perhaps the imperious American did not need to amp it up against out-matched Czech Barbora Strycova in a 6-1 6-2 trouncing on a sunny Centre Court. It was that easy.
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Add in a niggling ankle injury to her poor record on clay, there was little chance that the fifth-seeded German would win a tournament where she has never gone past the quarter-finals in 11 previous appearances.
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Petra Martic automatically qualified for the last-16 as a result of Kerber`s withdrawal.
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Azarenka will next lock horns against second-seed Garbine Muguruza of Venezuela in the summit showdown of the Monterrey Open.
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Once the rain disappears fans can expect a wide open tournament if the season follows the current trend.
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Andreescu, brimming with confidence, will now face questions at every turn about whether she has what it takes to become the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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Adreescu said she had visualized winning the tournament prior to the match, where she won her first career title despite playing with an injured right shoulder and cramp.
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The 18-year-old Canadian continued her magical run by overcoming sixth-seeded Svitolina to set up a final with three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber who beat Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-2.
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With the win, Kerber has now set up a clash in the summit showdown against Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu.
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Kerber, who is looking for a maiden title in Indian Wells, will next play Belinda Bencic after the Swiss beat world number five Karolina Pliskova earlier in the quarter-final.
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Playing in her first tournament with new coach Thierry Van Cleemput, Halep raced to a 4-0 lead in the opening set before her ninth-seeded opponent Julia Goerges fought back to force a tiebreak.
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The seven-times champion lost a match point at 5-1 and saw another three disappear at 5-4 before crumbling to a 4-6, 6-4, 5-7 defeat to seventh seed Pliskova at Rod Laver Arena.
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Wimbledon champion Kerber mumbled to herself constantly, unable to show any fight she threw down her racquet in frustration that brought a warning from the umpire.
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The Wimbledon champion broke the 22-year-old Haddad Maia twice in the opening set and converted her first set point when the Brazilian sent a forehand wide for her 29th unforced error in the set.
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It was Evans` first win in the main draw of a Grand Slam in nearly two years, setting up a second round clash with Federer.
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