Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy's Twitter acount Alex Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva survived Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin and Croatia’s Petra Marcinko, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), to reach the semifinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles on Thursday, June 10. The top-seeded Filipino-Russian pair needed 1...
Desirae Krawczyk (right) and Joe Salisbury (Photo from Roland Garros Twitter account) Desirae Krawczyk, an American player with Filipino descent, and British partner Joe Salisbury captured their first Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title on Thursday in Roland Garros. The unseeded Krawczyk and Salisbury...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Filipino golfer Yuka Saso's way to the top of the US Women's Open was not without blood, sweat and tears. The 19-year-old Saso has a laborious training schedule which was crafted and enforced by her Japanese father Masakazu, who even made his daughter sign a pledge promising not to...
This combination of pictures created on June 10, 2021 shows Serbia's Novak Djokovic (left) and Spain's Rafael Nadal. (Photos by MARTIN BUREAU and Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) Novak Djokovic said facing Rafael Nadal for the 58th time on Friday, with a place in the French Open final on the line,...
Yuka Saso of the Philippines (center), her father (left) Masakazu Saso, and caddie Lionel Matichuk celebrate with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the 76th U.S. Women's Open Championship. (AFP) At one point during the presentation ceremony of the Harton S. Semple trophy, Filipino-Japanese...
Filipina golf sensation Yuka Saso cannot help but to be in awe after learning that she has earned a five-year membership to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour. Yuka Saso of the Philippines celebrates with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the 76th U.S. Women's Open...
Yuka Saso (AFP) US Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso said that she looks forward to the day of meeting her idol Rory McIlroy. The 19-year-old Saso was thrilled to get a message via social media post from McIlroy during the final day of the US Women’s Open last Sunday at the Lake Course of The...
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to Russia's Daniil Medvedev during their men's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 10 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 8, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP) Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Daniil Medvedev in...
Photo from Alex Eala's Instagram account Alex Eala and Russian Oksana Selekhmeteva dumped Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas and Finland’s Laura Hietaranta, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles Tuesday night, June 8. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva hardly...
Yuka Saso holds the Harton S. Semple trophy after winning the US Women's Open title Sunday in San Francisco, California. (LPGA.Com Images) Newly crowned US Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso said that winning the prestigious title doesn’t mean things will turn out the same in her next tournaments,...
Photo from Alex Eala's Facebook page Alex Eala and Russian partner Oksana Selekhemeteva opened their Roland Garros Girls Doubles campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round victory over Belarus’ Evialina Laskevich and Russia’s Alina Shcherbinina early Tuesday, June 8. The win came hours after Eala...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has filed a resolution congratulating Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso for her historic win in the 76th US Women's Open. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) “Congratulations for bringing an unexpected victory for our people! Our...
