Former champion Simona Halep said she is playing her "best tennis" as she set up a Wimbledon semi-final clash with Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina on Wednesday. Halep, the 2019 winner, comfortably reached her third semi-final at the All England Club with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Amanda Anisimova of the United States. Russian-born Rybakina became the first player representing Kazakhstan to reach a Grand Slam semi-final when she defeated Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. "Definitely this is my best tennis," said Halep, who missed last year's Wimbledon with a calf injury. "I am trying to build my confidence back, and it's good." The Romanian 16th seed, who was also French Open champion in 2018, broke Anisimova's serve four times in the match, wrapping up victory in just over an hour. "It's great to be back in the semi-finals," said the former world number one. "I'm very emotional right now. It means a lot." The 30-year-old took charge early in the match on Centre … [Read more...] about Simona Halep Sets Up Semi-Final Against Rybakina | Tennis News
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Virat Kohli Hits New Career Low In Five Years As Rishabh Pant Storms Into New Career High
London: Team India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant broke into the top-5 of the ICC Test ranking for the first time after scoring a century and fifty in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston, while star batter Virat Kohli dropped three places to 13th after a string of poor performances. Wicketkeeper-batter Pant put India on top early in the Test against England with 146 runs off just 111 balls in the first innings then followed up with 57 later in the match. Pant’s recent form with two tons and three half-centuries in his past six Test innings has earned him a highest-ever position in the Test batting rankings, moving six places to fifth. Virat Kohli, who only managed scores of 11 and 20 against England in rescheduled Edgbaston Test and slipped out of the top-10 in the ICC men’s Test player rankings. Bairstow helped guide England to a stunning fourth-innings triumph over India with an unbeaten 114, and now climbs 11 places to tenth in the Test batting rankings. The … [Read more...] about Virat Kohli Hits New Career Low In Five Years As Rishabh Pant Storms Into New Career High
ICC Media Rights: Lack of assurance on Indo-Pak games concerns Indian contenders
ICC NEWS by Vijay Tagore • Last updated on Share Tweet An ICC match between traditional rivals is considered a commercial blockbuster in terms of television and digital broadcasting. © Getty Lack of clarity on withholding tax and ambiguity on the formula to decide the four and eight-year bids are the concern areas for the Indian broadcasters and digital players vying for the media rights of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The biggest worry of them all, yet, is the ICC's silence on an unthinkable scenario of India failing to make the knockouts and absence of assurances that every global event will have a definitive India-Pakistan fixture. An ICC match between traditional rivals, the commercial blockbuster in terms of television and digital broadcasting, has been a constant feature in almost all world events of late but the ITT, released by the ICC, provides no such assurances. The broadcasters seem to be seeking … [Read more...] about ICC Media Rights: Lack of assurance on Indo-Pak games concerns Indian contenders
The England litmus test to India’s World Cup readiness
INDIA TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2022 by Kaushik Rangarajan • Last updated on Share Tweet Rohit Sharma has been medically cleared to play the first T20I. © Getty It is the reality of the looming World Cup that India are close to being back at full strength for a T20I series that starts two days after a gruelling Test match. Well almost. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli will be available only from the second game of the series but that aside, the rest of the squad has been hard at work with a sense of urgency that build-ups to bilateral T20Is otherwise lack in non-World Cup years. India, who have played four T20s (vs Ireland, Northamptonshire and Derbyshire) in the last 10 days, have won 13 of the 15 completed T20Is since tumbling out of the group stages of last year's World Cup, most while not fielding their top players. It's a formidable record in a fickle format, one that is representative of both their baseline … [Read more...] about The England litmus test to India’s World Cup readiness