At 42 points, the final-set tiebreak between Anna Blinkova and Elena Rybakina (won 22-20 by Blinkova) is the longest tiebreak in a singles match in Grand Slam history.
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- In the interests of player health and welfare and following extensive consultation, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Tennis Event matches will begin at 3pm JST from Thursday 29 July #Tokyo2020 #tennis
- Active players to have won Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles: Serena Williams Venus Williams Samantha Stosur Barbora Krejcikova
- With Elena Rybakina defeating No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek today, this year's #AusOpen will be the first Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era where the Top 2 seeds in both the men's and women's singles draws have lost prior to the quarterfinals.
- At 38 points, the final-set tiebreak between Lesia Tsurenko and Ana Bogdan (won by Tsurenko 20-18) is the longest tiebreak in a Grand Slam women's singles match in history. #Wimbledon
- Last year, @RafaelNadal defeated Dominic Thiem in the @rolandgarros final to win his 12th title in Paris. He become the first player, man or woman, to win 12 titles at the same Grand Slam event - surpassing Margaret Court's mark of 11 Australian Open titles.
- With Ons Jabeur, Nick Kyrgios, Tatjana Maria, Cameron Norrie and Elena Rybakina all set to contest the semifinals at #Wimbledon this year, this is the most first-time semifinalists at a Grand Slam since the 1997 US Open.
- Another milestone for @rogerfederer today at @rolandgarros: the 20-time major winner is playing his 400th Grand Slam match, the first player in history - man or woman - to play 400 singles matches at the Grand Slams (344-55 w/l record) #RG19
- The International Tennis Federation has issued the following statement:
- Defeats for Feliciano Lopez and Andreas Seppi in @rolandgarros qualifying this week end their respective streaks of 79 and 66 Grand Slam main draw apps Lopez had contested the main draw at every GS since 2002 Roland Garros, while Seppi had played at every GS since 2005 Wimbledon
- The 34-point first-set tiebreak between @Riske4rewards 🇺🇸 and @D_Yastremska 🇺🇦 (won 18-16 by Riske) is the 2nd-longest tiebreak in @BJKCup history.
- Dayana Yastremska has been provisionally suspended under Article 8.3.1(c) of the 2020 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme. Full details: tinyurl.com/Yastremska
- The ITF has announced an agreement with the @ATP_Tour and the @WTA to optimise the structure of men’s and women’s professional tennis. Full story ➡️ po.st/ProStructure
- Novak Djokovic withdraws from the mixed doubles bronze medal match due to a left shoulder injury. Ashleigh Barty and John Peers receive a walkover against Djokovic and Nina Stojanovic and win the bronze medal for Australia.