NEW YORK: A number of competitors at the US Open have expressed their frustration after they were moved into a so-called “bubble within a bubble” as they had been in contact with Frenchman Benoit Paire, who tested positive for Covid-19. Tournament organisers quietly removed Paire from the draw on Sunday, […]
Day: August 31, 2020
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. SYDNEY: Facebook said on Monday (Aug 31) that it would block news publishers and people in Australia from sharing news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force the US tech […]
NEW YORK: Denis Shapovalov, one of tennis’s young guns tipped as a future Grand Slam winner, took a confident first step towards living up to the hype moving into the second round of the US Open with a 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over American wildcard Sebastian Korda. The Canadian […]
NEW YORK: Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas kicked off his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title in style as he overwhelmed Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-1 6-1 yesterday to reach the second round of the US Open. Tsitsipas, who entered the first Grand Slam of the Covid-19 era fresh […]
Kvitova admitted it took some time getting used to playing in front of the empty stands at Flushing Meadows. NEW YORK: Sixth seed Petra Kvitova handily defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-2 in first-round action at the US Open yesterday but the Czech admitted it took some time getting used […]
NEW YORK: First seed Karolina Pliskova got a roaring start to her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open yesterday, downing first-round opponent Anhelina Kalinina 6-4 6-0 to kick off the action in Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 28-year-old Czech, who led the WTA in aces in […]
Angelique Kerber (pic) returns a shot to Alja Tomljanovic of Australia on Day 1 of the 2020 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center August 31, 2020. NEW YORK: Former champion Angelique Kerber returned to action for the first time in seven months and […]
PITTSBURGH: Joe Biden on Monday (Aug 31) accused President Donald Trump of stoking violence after a week of deadly unrest catapulted law and order to the top of the political agenda barely two months before the US election. The stakes for Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh, in the swing state of […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Monday (Aug 31) that it would contribute to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID-19 vaccines, while the WHO said Germany had joined the pact and that the agency was still negotiating with the bloc. The Commission, announcing that it […]
BANGKOK: Thai police arrested a student leader today as part of a continued crackdown against political activists who helped organise an anti-government protest in July, a police officer told Reuters. Jutatip Sirikhan, 21, the president of the Student Union of Thailand, was arrested by a plain-cloth police officer while she […]