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ALEX Eala of the Philippines has sustained her ascent in the world rankings, now at a career-high 763 in the latest list released by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
Fifteen-year-old Eala saw her rankings climb by 140 points from her previous spot built on strong showing in recent tournaments she participated in.
Ms. Eala, a Rafa Nadal Academy scholar and longtime Globe ambassador, won her first professional women’s singles title when she defeated Spanish player Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers in the finals of the first leg of the Rafael Nadal Academy ITF World Tennis Tour in Mallorca, Spain, last month.
Shimano, UCI Grow Partnership Sponsor Spotlight 01/30/21
(ATR) Shimano, a world leader in bicycle components, ups its status to UCI World Cycling Partner for the 2021-2024 period in a new deal with the Union Cycliste Internationale.
Shimano has been a UCI partner since 1999. (Twitter @RocdAzur)
The two entities have been partners since 1999.
The new agreement announced on Friday means Shimano will now be involved in the majority of the UCI World Championships including the maiden UCI Cycling World Championships in 2023 as well as in the UCI Mountain Bike and Cyclo-cross World Cups. Shimano will also step up its contribution to the UCI’s cycling development activities.
Kunieda, De Groot and Alcott crowned 2020 year-end No.1s
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Japan’s Shingo Kunieda, Diede De Groot of the Netherlands and Australian Dylan Alcott have ended the 2020 season as the ITF UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour’s year-end world No.1s.
Kunieda, who regains the year-end top spot from Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez in 2020, has now held the year-end No.1 ranking in nine seasons, second only to Esther Vergeer’s record of 13 consecutive seasons from 2000-2012. For De Groot, this marks the third year in succession she has topped the rankings at the end of the season, while it is the fifth year that Alcott has ended the year as world No.1 after doing so in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
one american won the french open championships. an american won the juniors at wimbledon. we have junior players that are out there. and the thing will be whether they can make the transition into the progame. and hopefully bring back some american spirit mere in the tennis tour. definitely something to look forward to. harry, we were talking about the juniors, who are the up and coming american men to watch? taylor fritz, the top player right now. and jared donaldson from providence, rhode island, he s a stud. he went to argentina to trade. he represents america. he believes in himself. had a great match against monfy. he believes. that s what it s all about, believing i having the focus like samperous and agassi had many years ago. stan smith had it as well.