“The ball is the ephemeral, invisible force of desire,” says Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name and Bones and All. “I wanted to show desire going back and forth.” Director Luca Guadagnino on the set of Challengers. Photo: AP The result, by a score of about six-love, is the love triangle of …
The season-ending WTA Finals will be held in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh from 2024-2026, the women’s tennis body said on Thursday, ending months of speculation and marking the Gulf country’s latest foray into the sport. Riyadh will host the season finale – which features the top eight singles players and doubles teams – from Nov. …
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova. The 30-year-old Collins announced at the Australian Open that this season would be …
Carlos Alcaraz’s bid for a Sunshine Double crumbled in dramatic fashion as the top-seeded Spaniard fell 6-2, 6-4 to Grigor Dimitrov on Thursday. Dimitrov, the Bulgarian 11th seed, dominated the match, winning 77% of his first-serve points compared to Alcaraz’s 56%. He also saved four out of five break points and broke Alcaraz’s serve four …
Hong Kong took a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup World Group II play-off with Zimbabwe on Saturday, after Jack Wong Hong-kit stunned Benjamin Lock and Coleman Wong Chak-lam breezed past Courtney Lock at Victoria Park. Afterwards, Jack Wong, who ranked almost 1,300 places below his opponent at No 1,643, said his teammates would have …
Hong Kong tennis star Coleman Wong Chak-lam has set his sights firmly on victory in this weekend’s home Davis Cup tie with Zimbabwe at Victoria Park. The hosts will entertain the unfancied Zimbabweans seeking a win to stay in World Group II, and Wong believes they are on course to manage it. “I am confident …
In the back of her mind Aryna Sabalenka didn’t want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title and disappears. Winning her first Grand Slam crown in Australia a year ago gave Sabalenka the confidence she could do it again. Losing the U.S. Open final last September gave her the extra …
World number one Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Australian Open at the hands of Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the third round on Saturday to further deplete an already weakened women’s draw heading into the second week at Melbourne Park. While only three of the top 10 women’s seeds remain, the main contenders for …
Shelton was beaten in a grueling five-set battle with France’s Adrian Mannarino Korda, meanwhile, failed to get past Andrey Rublev in a straight-sets defeat DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news By Oliver Salt For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:09 GMT, 19 January 2024 | Updated: 16:37 GMT, 19 January 2024 Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda …
Chinese tennis prodigy Juncheng Shang blunted Sumit Nagal’s challenge at the Australian Open to halt the Indian’s impressive run at the first major of the season here on Thursday. Coming into the match after an inspiring win over a top-30 player, Nagal began in the same dominating fashion but the 18-year-old wild card entrant got …