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Swiatek more than doubles her lead at the top of WTA rankings after French Open triumph
Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek, who won the French Open women's singles title on Saturday, has more than doubled her lead at the top of the WTA rankings, Swiatek, for whom this was the second singles title at Roland Garros after her run to the trophy in 2020, had entered the clay-court major a fortnight back enjoying a lead of 2,150-point over then-No. 2 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic -- 7,061 to 4,911.
Bolat Turlykhanov Cup: Aman Sehrawat bags gold, Bajrang settles for bronze; India end campaign with 11 medals
With the two more medals, India concluded the United World Wrestling's ranking series with 11 medals - six golds, one silver, and four bronze. Five of the golds were won by women. Aman Sehrawat overcame a stiff challenge from Kazakhstan's Meirambek Kartbay in the opening round of 57kg to win 15-12.
India beat Poland 6-4 to clinch inaugural FIH Hockey 5s title
Bobby Singh Dhami (11', 19') and Mohammed Raheel (13', 17'), who finished as the top goalscorer at FIH Hockey 5s, netted twice, while Sanjay (8') and captain Gurinder Singh (9') also contributed to the team's victory. The goalscorers for Poland were Mateusz Nowakowski (1'), Robert Pawlak (5'), Wojciech Rutkowski (5') and Captain Jacek Kurowski (18').
Women's Hockey 5s: India women miss out on final after draw against South Africa
Despite the win over the hosts, India missed out on a spot in the final with the draw against South Africa, and finished in the 4th position in the table with 4 points. In their third match in the competition, Mumtaz Khan (10', 14', 17') scored a hat-trick while Rutaja Pisal (3') also scored a goal to help India pick up the win against the hosts Switzerland. For Switzerland, Sarah Zepf (2'), Dunja Hartsch (4'), and Sofie Stomps (11') scored the goals.
AFC Asian Cup: Buzzing Kolkata crowd will be a boost for India, feel local lads Pritam and Subhasish
Notably, AIFF on Saturday said that there will be no dearth of tickets for India's matches in the Asian Cup qualifiers which was music to the ears of the country's football community. Therefore, the two local boys in the Blue Tigers squad Pritam and Subhasish are absolutely overjoyed to play in front of the passionate fans here.
Nadal beats Ruud to clinch 14th French Open title, 22nd Grand Slam
By earning a 22nd Grand Slam crown, the Spaniard has moved further clear of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the Grand Slam race, with the Serbian and Swiss tied on 20 major titles. It is the first time Nadal has won the Australian Open and Roland Garros trophies in the same season and he is now level with countryman Carlos Alcaraz on a Tour-leading four titles in 2022 after improving to 112-3 at the clay-court major.
Win against New Zealand massively important but going to be a long ride: Ben Stokes
"It was massively important but it's going to be a long ride. It's not going to happen overnight, we'll have tough times, no doubt. But it's about how we respond. The way that Leesy (Alex Lees) came out and played yesterday, it was only 20 but it was the best he'd looked in an England shirt," said Stokes after the match.
Garcia, Mladenovic beat Gauff, Pegula to win French Open women's doubles title
2016 champions and French hopes Garcia and Mladenovic took 1 hour and 44 minutes to register a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win on Court Philippe Chatrier and capture their second Roland Garros title as a team. Former WTA Doubles World No 1 Mladenovic also claimed the title alongside Timea Babos in both 2019 and 2020 and she now has won a total of four Roland Garros women's doubles titles.
Rain threat looms large over Ranji Trophy quarterfinals as knockout stage begins
After the league phase was conducted in February-March this year, where each team played a maximum of three matches as opposed to eight or nine in a pre-pandemic era tournament, eight teams - Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand - will contest against each other for the Ranji Trophy.
Lessons drawn from Nadal's career helping me improve as a player: Swiatek
Swiatek defeated American youngster Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final to cap her superb clay-court season, lifting her second French Open singles trophy. Swiatek, who has won a staggering 35 consecutive matches tying Venus Williams for the best winning streak this century, said post-match that watching how Nadal has faced success and failure had helped shape her own approach to the highs and lows of life on tour,
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