SINGAPORE – The People’s Action Party has started a new sociopolitical website on Sunday (Nov 28) to better explain the party’s decisions and policy positions. Petir.sg seeks to be the digital counterpart of the party newsletter Petir, and was launched at the party’s convention. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the party has to update... » read more
PARIS (REUTERS) – Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a sixth Paris Masters title with 6-4 6-3 win over American Taylor Fritz while world number two Medvedev tamed home crowd favourite Hugo Gaston to reach the semi-finals on Friday (Nov 5). Medvedev outclassed Gaston 7-6(7) 6-4 after he clinched a knife-edged opening set. On Saturday... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – Matteo Berrettini became only the second Italian man to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals after powering past Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 5-7 7-5 6-3 on Wednesday (July 7). The big-serving seventh seed has flown somewhat under the radar throughout the Championships, but is now eyeing a place in Sunday’s final after another impressive... » read more
LONDON (REUTERS) – American Frances Tiafoe dumped third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the Wimbledon men’s singles 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 as the Greek became the first big casualty on day one of the tournament on Monday (June 28). Tsitsipas, playing his first match since his French Open final defeat by Novak Djokovic on June 13,... » read more
PARIS (REUTERS) – Czech Barbora Krejcikova reached the French Open final as she beat Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari 7-5 4-6 9-7 in a nail-biting, see-saw contest on Thursday (June 10). The world number 33 struggled with nerves throughout but eventually proved more consistent than Sakkari, who got tight when she served for the match... » read more
PARIS (REUTERS) – Coco Gauff reached the third round of the French Open for the first time as the 17-year-old American battled past China’s Wang Qiang 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) on Thursday (June 3). Gauff eased through the opening set after jumping out to a 3-0 lead, but did not have things her own way after... » read more
ROME (REUTERS) – Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round on Wednesday (May 12). Playing her first competitive match in nearly three months, the 23-times Grand Slam champion twice came back from a break... » read more