Spain’s 12-time champion Rafael Nadal encountered few problems as he started the French Open with a three-set win over Belarusian Egor Gerasimov. Nadal, 34, wrapped up a 6-4 6-4 6-2 victory in two hours five minutes against the world number…
*Controversy trails death of Lagos artiste on BRT lane (Punch)*Lagos refutes BudgIT report, says state is financially, economically stable (Guardian)
Controversy trails death of Lagos artiste on BRT lane (Punch) Controversy has trailed the death of a singer, Richard Dayom, who was allegedly crushed to death by a police patrol van in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was…
US Open 2020: Daniil Medvedev beats Andrey Rublev to reach semi-finals
Last year’s US Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev saw off fellow Russian Andrey Rublev in straight sets to reach the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows. The third seed won 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to set up a meeting with second seed…
*Lagos APC denies impending power tussle between Sanwo-Olu, Abiru (Guardian) *Lagos registers continuous assessment scores for JSS 1 admission (Nation)
Lagos APC denies impending power tussle between Sanwo-Olu, Abiru (Guardian) Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the report that its candidate for the forthcoming October 31, 2020, Lagos East senatorial bye-election, Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, is being…
US Open: I fought like hell, says Medvedev (Punch)
Daniil Medvedev said the energy of the New York crowd helped instigate his stunning fightback that saw him fall just short against Rafael Nadal in a five-set classic in Sunday’s US Open final. The Russian fifth seed dropped the first two…
US Open 2019: Rafael Nadal to face Daniil Medvedev in final (BBC)
Rafael Nadal reached the US Open final with a dogged straight-set win over Italian Matteo Berrettini. The Spanish second seed, 33, survived two set points in the opener before his class shone through in a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-1 win…
Andy Murray knocked out of the Brisbane International by Daniil Medvedev (Metro)
Andy Murray suffered a comprehensive straight sets defeat against Daniil Medvedev at the Brisbane International. The former World No.1, making his comeback having competed in just six events in the whole of 2018, was comprehesively outplayed by the 22-year-old who…
Andy Murray makes impressive comeback (Guardian)
Almost a year to the day since he sat alone in a Brisbane hotel room for more than 10 hours contemplating his future, Andy Murray survived another comeback, with an encouraging and impressive straight-sets win over the Australian wildcard James…