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La Belge s’est inclinée en trois sets, face à la joueuse russe. Elise Mertens a été éliminée au premier tour du simple dames des Jeux Olympiques de Tokyo. La N.1 belge, 17e mondiale et tête de série N.12, s’est inclinée en trois sets 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 contre la Russe Ekaterina Alexandrova, 34e mondiale.
La rencontre débutait mal pour Mertens qui perdait son premier service et se voyait rapidement menée 2-0. La Limbourgeoise parvenait cependant à inverser la tendance avec un contre-break pour revenir à 2-1 pour égaliser à 2-2.
À 3-3, la N.1 belge transformait une nouvelle balle de break pour mener 4-3, puis 5-3. À 5-4, Mertens ne laissait pas filer l’occasion de remporter la première manche.
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Naomi Osaka is back and still winning.
The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in her first match in nearly two months.
Osaka hadn t played since she withdrew from the French Open in May to take a mental health break, revealing that she has dealt with depression. She then sat out Wimbledon.
The second-ranked Osaka was sharp from the start, serving an ace down the T on the opening point of the match and and racing out to a 5-0 lead.
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Naomi Osaka, of Japan, plays against Saisai Zheng, of China, during the first round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Credit: The Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) Naomi Osaka is back playing, still winning, and also talking to the media again.
The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in her first match in nearly two months.
Osaka hadn t played since she withdrew from the French Open in May to take a mental health break, revealing that she has dealt with depression. She then sat out Wimbledon.
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TOKYO Naomi Osaka is back playing tennis, still winning and also talking to the media again.
The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday at the Tokyo Games in her first match in nearly two months.
Osaka hadn t played since she withdrew from the French Open in May to take a mental health break, revealing that she has dealt with depression. She then sat out Wimbledon.
Τένις: Η Κάρλα Σουάρεθ Ναβάρο νίκησε τον καρκίνο και συμμετέχει στους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες Η Ισπανίδα νίκησε την Τυνήσια Ονς Ζαμπέρ με 2-0 σετ και προκρίθηκε στο Β γύρο
25/07/2021 08:46
Μία από τις όμορφες ιστορίες των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του Τόκιο είναι αυτή της Κάρλα Σουάρεθ Ναβάρο. Η Ισπανίδα τενίστρια βρήκε νικήτρια από τη μάχη της με τον καρκίνο και όχι μόνο επέστρεψε στα κορτ, αλλά προκρίθηκε και στο Β γύρο του Ολυμπιακού τουρνουά τένις.
Η Ισπανίδα διαγνώστηκε πέρσι με λέμφωμα Hodgkin και ενώ ήδη είχε πάρει την απόφαση να σταματήσει το