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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: October 26, 2016
Kei Nishikori became the first player to progress to the quarter-finals of the 2016 Swiss Indoors on Wednesday after beating Paolo Lorenzi in straight sets, 7-6 (3), 6-2. The tournament’s No. 3 seed didn’t concede a single break of serve throughout the fixture—including the first-set tiebreak—and built on an impressive opener before downing his Italian foe in some style. Juan...
Published: October 26, 2016
The return of the Mexican Grand Prix in 2015 was welcomed both by local fans and the wider Formula One world. The grandstands at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez were packed last autumn, with an attendance of 336,000 over the weekend. This year, the circuit is targeting 350,000 admissions, according to Rodrigo Sanchez, the track’s director of marketing and media relations, per ESPN...
Published: October 26, 2016
The WGC-HSBC Champions represents the last chance for players to make it into the top 70 in the Race to Dubai rankings, but a strong showing in Shanghai won’t come easy. Forty of the world’s top 50 golfers will be competing from Oct. 27-30, including eight of the top 10. The Sheshan International Golf Club, once described as the “crowning jewel of all of Asian golf” by Tiger...
Published: October 26, 2016
Angelique Kerber impressively finished off Simona Halep in group play at the WTA Finals in Singapore, looking like the world No. 1 player who won the Australian and U.S. Opens. She streamlined her long sweeping forehand and moved around the baseline like a gazelle with a 6-4, 6-2 statement win. So far so good for the determined German superstar who could enhance her position at the top with the year-end...
Published: October 25, 2016
Novak Djokovic may have missed out on winning a calendar Grand Slam; however, even with just a few weeks left in the season, he has more milestones within reach. Djokovic will be seeded No. 1 at the Paris Masters when the event kicks off Monday. If he wins, Djokovic would become only the third singles player to win the Paris Double—the French Open and Paris Masters—in the same year. Andre...
Published: October 25, 2016
Stanislas Wawrinka recovered from a nervy start to complete a comeback victory over Marco Chiudinelli and bag his place in the second round of the 2016 Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland. The home favourite and tournament top seed emerged a 6-7(1), 6-1, 6-4 victor after being put to the sword early on by his underdog opponent, coming close to a first-round upset in the process. Second seed Milos Raonic...
Published: October 25, 2016
We’ll proceed from the premise that Dustin Johnson, as the winningest player on the PGA Tour last year, doesn’t need to improve a great deal to win more. Indeed, we know he already works hard on his wedge play, and his putting numbers have improved since a late-season flatstick switch. For the rest of the top golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking, we’ll drill down on a...
Published: October 25, 2016
The 19th round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, where Lewis Hamilton has to keep the momentum going. The three-time world champion ended a five-race winless run at last weekend’s United States GP in Austin, Texas, where he dominated from pole position to slice Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s...
Published: October 24, 2016
Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic both took care of business during the opening day of the 2016 Swiss Indoors Basel on Monday, winning their first-round matches in straight sets. Nishikori overcame an early injury scare to beat Dusan Lajovic, and Cilic had his hands full with defensive mastermind Mikhail Youzhny. Qualifier Donald Young won in straight sets against Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko,...
Published: October 24, 2016
After completing the signing of Nico Hulkenberg from Force India, it seems Renault are close to finalising their driver lineup for the 2017 Formula One season. The team had reportedly intended to partner Hulkenberg with Valtteri Bottas, but the Finn’s failure to wriggle his way out of his Williams contract has left Renault with a straight choice between one of their current drivers and their...