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* Gauff beats Pegula to reach Wimbledon semis for first time* Zverev finishes off Lehecka after wobble* Muchova sends Osaka packing after deepest run American Coco Gauff and Germany’s Alexander Zverev both broke new ground at Wimbledon on Tuesday but Naomi Osaka’s title hopes evaporated on a boiling hot day at the All England Club.Hot weather warnings might have furrowed the brow of men’s defending champion Jannik Sinner but he tamed German veteran Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5 7-6(4) 6-3 to reach the semi-finals.Seventh seed Gauff’s relationship with grass has been lukewarm since she made her Wimbledon debut as a 15-year-old in 2019 and had never gone past the fourth round.The bond is clearly getting stronger though as she proved with a composed 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory over American number one Jessica Pegula on Centre Court.OSAKA’S BID FOR FIFTH MAJOR HALTEDZverev, whose Wimbledon ceiling had also previously been the fourth round, returned to finish off dangerous Czech Jiri Lehecka to reach his first quarter-final there.The 29-year-old had been three games from victory on Monday evening before being snagged by Wimbledon’s curfew and despite allowing Lehecka back into the match on the resumption he completed a 6-4 7-5 3-6 7-6(6) win.He will be back on court on Wednesday to face American Taylor Fritz in a battle of the 140 mph servers.Japan’s Osaka’s outfits and tennis have sparkled in equal measure at this year’s Championships, and her dominant victory over world number one Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday had many predicting she could go on and win a fifth Grand Slam title.The 14th seed ran into inspired Czech Karolina Muchova in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, however, losing 7-6(4) 6-4.On a day of personal bests, Muchova also ensured her deepest Wimbledon run after twice falling in the last eight and she will now stand in the way of Gauff.GAUFF’S GRASS DROUGHT ENDINGMuchova could be joined in the semi-finals by a second Czech on Wednesday when Linda Noskova plays Elise Mertens.Gauff’s progress at this year’s Wimbledon has been far from smooth, dropping sets in three of her four matches.But she is finding ways to win. Friend and doubles partner Pegula, playing her first ever match on Centre Court, looked the more assured player for a set and a half on Tuesday but Gauff solved the puzzle for an impressive victory.”Pretty insane, honestly,” was Gauff’s immediate reaction to the win. “Considering how I hadn’t won a match on grass in two years before this tournament, I’m definitely just really happy with how I played today.”Zverev lost 12 of the first 13 points as he resumed at 3-3 in the third set against Lehecka and looked heavy-legged as all his good work on Monday appeared to be unravelling.But he steadied the ship and despite serving a double-fault on match point in the fourth-set tiebreak, he got it done.”Who would have thought it’s only taken me 12 years to get (to my first Wimbledon quarter-final), but I’m incredibly happy and relieved. But of course I want to play three more matches,” he said on a paint-peeling day in London SW19.NO SWEAT FOR SINNERSinner’s second-round meltdown in a Parisian heatwave a few weeks ago has raised doubts about the red-haired Italian’s ability to operate in extreme temperatures.He never managed to find top gear against Grand Slam quarter-final debutant Struff and things might have got sweaty if he had not saved a set point in the second set.But, ultimately his precision serving eased him through to his 10th Grand Slam semi-final and a possible collision with seven-time champion Novak Djokovic.Djokovic was in action against Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the day’s final singles action. Related Story Source link
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England blew away India at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to inflict a record T20 defeat on the world champions and take a 2-0 lead in the series with two matches to play.Josh Tongue took 4-28 and Jofra Archer 3-29 as England’s pace attack powered them to a commanding 125-run victory.India, who came into the series off the back of a 2-0 series defeat to Ireland, were bowled out for just 76 in the third T20.The trouble started when Abhishek Sharma was caught for 10 at deep point by Phil Salt off Tongue.Then 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who hit two sixes in a five-ball 13, gloved Archer to Jos Buttler who took four catches and a stumping.India needed Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer to steady the ship but they departed in successive balls to catches from Jacob Bethell.Archer had the promoted Axar Patel caught behind with the final ball of the fifth over and India were reduced to the rubble of 52-5.There was no way back.England had built their total of 201-7 around an innings of 70 from Phil Salt. He played out a maiden from Arshdeep Singh in the first over of the innings before accelerating with three sixes in his 44-ball stay.Prince Yadav impressed in just his third T20 international with 2-30 including the wicket of Buttler for 36 with a beautiful inswinging yorker with his first ball. Harshit Rana removed Bethell and Tom Banton with successive deliveries but Sam Curran’s unbeaten 41 from 24 balls took England to a competitive total. BRIEF SCORESEngland 201 for 7 (Salt 70, Curran 41*, Prince 2-32) beat India 76 (Tongue 4-28, Archer 3-29) by 125 runs Source link
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The United States revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Iranian oil Tuesday after three tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, raising pressure on Tehran as it negotiates with Washington over ending the Middle East war.The US Treasury Department canceled a licence announced in June that had allowed Iran to produce, sell and deliver crude oil and related products through August 21.’Iran's actions in the Strait were wholly unacceptable to the United States and will be met with consequences,’ a US official told AFP.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US-Iran memorandum of understanding was ‘entirely performance-based,’ warning that Tehran would see benefits only if it showed ‘good behaviour.’But US negotiators were continuing to work ‘in good faith towards a final deal,’ the official said.The attacks, which ended more than a week of relative calm, revived concerns over freedom of navigation after Iran lifted its blockade of the vital waterway following a fragile ceasefire with the United States.Oil prices rose by more than 2% as the renewed attacks reignited worries over global energy supplies and cast doubt on the durability of the US-Iran agreement.’We are now in a sensitive period where potential alternatives to an Iranian toll or fee system are being explored,’ Andreas Krieg, a security expert at King's College London, told AFP.’Iran is sending a clear signal that no alternative will be accepted.’Krieg said tankers trying to diverge through the Omani maritime corridor without registering with Iran would be punished, and called the attacks a ‘clear violation’ of the ceasefire agreement and international law.Maritime traffic had tentatively resumed after Washington and Tehran signed the memorandum last month, but Iran has insisted there will be no return to pre-war arrangements, under which vessels could pass freely through the strait.Under the 14-point US-Iran memorandum, Iran and Oman, which border Hormuz, must hold talks ‘to define the future administration and maritime services’ in the waterway with other Gulf states. Source link
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