Clay win-loss record in 2021 (before French Open): 12-2
The world No 3 won two titles from four tournaments on clay and yet by his high standards it didn’t feel enough. In the two matches he didn’t win this season, both quarter-finals, he went down to the much younger Rublev at Monte Carlo and Zverev at Madrid, looking slightly listless in the latter.
Yet, Nadal, who turns 35 on June 3, was one of two standout performers on clay, the second being Stefanos Tsisipas who the Spaniard beat in a terrific Barcelona Open final to win his first title of the season
Seven of the 15 ministries will get new ministers under a major Cabinet reshuffle aimed at giving younger ministers experience and exposure. The changes come two weeks after the announcement that Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat is stepping aside as leader of the People s Action Party s fourth-generation team.
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Aussie Sharma topples Jabeur for first WTA title
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MIAMI, April 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Australian Astra Sharma, ranked 165th in the world, rallied to beat 27th-ranked Ons Jabeur 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Sunday to win her first WTA title at Charleston, South Carolina.
Sharma, who beat a top-30 player for the first time in three attempts, broke Tunisian top seed Jabeur three times in the third set to give herself a chance to serve out the match, which she did in style with a love game.
The Singapore-born Australian, who reached the 2019 Australian Open mixed doubles final with compatriot John-Patrick Smith, became the sixth first-time singles winner on the WTA tour this year.
Sharma overcomes Jabeur in Charleston to claim first WTA singles title Unseeded Aussie Astra Sharma came back to upset No.1 seed Ons Jabeur at the MUSC Health Women s Open to win her first WTA singles title. Americans Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally took the doubles title. (Source: MUSC Health Women s Open) By WTA Staff | April 18, 2021 at 10:19 PM EDT - Updated April 18 at 11:49 PM
Astra Sharma of Australia staged an impressive comeback Sunday to win her first WTA singles title, upsetting No.1 seed Ons Jabeur 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the MUSC Health Women’s Open final.
VIDEO: Sharma overcomes Jabeur in Charleston to claim first WTA singles title