Elena Rybakina joins elite with US Open title but questions remain over coach | Tumaini Carayol
New world No 1’s relationship with her previously banned coach, Stefano Vukov, remains under spotlight despite her rise to the top
In the bitter aftermath of her straight-sets defeat by Elena Rybakina at the WTA Finals last November, an inconsolable Aryna Sabalenka walked over to her courtside player box and slumped into a chair. She had been completely overpowered by her opponent, a strange and unusual feeling for such a powerful player, and she was seething. Sabalenka eventually settled on a popular Russian idiom to explain Rybakina’s untouchable form, which she believed was fortunately timed: “Once a year, even a stick shoots,” she said. hiddenlangkawi.club
That stick, it turns out, has spent the past year shooting straight at Sabalenka in every significant match. Rybakina’s performance in Riyadh was a clear warning and she has dominated the hard‑court grand slam tournaments this year, beating Sabalenka in the Australian Open and US Open finals.
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Enric Mas reigns supreme at last in Vuelta a España to delight Spanish fans
Mas wins title after three second-place finishes
Tobias Johannessen takes final stage in Granada
Spain’s Enric Mas secured his first Vuelta a España title on Sunday as Tobias Johannessen won the 21st and final stage in Granada, bringing the three-week Grand Tour to a close.
The 31-year-old, who took the red jersey after Tadej Pogacar abandoned the race after a crash on stage eight, held off the four-time champion Primoz Roglic to become the first Spaniard to win the Vuelta since Alberto Contador in 2014.
Continue reading...Kane schießt die Bayern bei Aufsteiger Elversberg zum Auswärtssieg
Es war die erste Begegnung zwischen der SV Elversberg und dem FC Bayern München in der Bundesliga-Geschichte. Elversberg war mit zwei Siegen aus den ersten beiden Spielen gestartet und stand vor dem Duell sogar vor den Bayern in der Tabelle.
Trainer Vincent Wagner lief bereits zum dritten Mal in Folge mit der gleichen Startelf auf. Bayern-Coach Vincent Kompany rotierte im Vergleich zum Champions-League-Spiel unter der Woche kräftig, nur vier Startelf-Spieler hatten auch gegen Bodø/Glimt begonnen. Jonas Urbig stand erstmals in dieser Saison im Tor der Gäste.
Arteta embraces perfect storm to play the victim in game of his own making | Barney Ronay
Refereeing is now an impossible job owing to the culture of micro-analysis the Arsenal manager has helped to create
A gentleman is never rude unintentionally, only by design. Nobody really knows who said this first. But it could easily be a line from the Elite Football Manager’s Guide to Press Conferences (Premier League edition). Because nothing happens by accident in these spaces.
Every word spoken in front of the board covered in adverts is metered and planned. A manager is never angry, or concerned, or even charming unintentionally. The game is the game, but so are all the other bits spilling out either side of it.
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