Online Sabong NEWS
Online Sabong
Traditional sabong reflection of Filipino culture
Date: 2023-09-26 11:01:37 | Author: Online Sabong | Views: 316 | Tag: football
-
Wimbledon marked 100 years of Centre Court with a special celebration on Sunday football
Close to 30 past singles champions, including Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer, made appearances while there was a singing cameo from Sir Cliff Richard football
Here, the PA news agency picks out the best pictures from the occasion football
The retiring Sue Barker and three-time men’s champion John McEnroe presented the ceremony (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Sir Cliff Richard rolled back the years by singing ‘Summer Holiday’ (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)RecommendedOver £130m handed to housing providers named and shamed by regulatorLaura Robson, Asia Muhammad and Eden Silva had a close-up view of the performance (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Tim Henman made an appearance (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Pat Cash, left, Conchita Martinez, centre, and Martina Hingis were among the former champions introduced to the crowd (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Bjorn Borg, centre, was introduced to the crowd by his great former rival McEnroe (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Andy Murray, left, received a loud ovation while the reception for the controversial Margaret Court, right, was not as effusive as the others (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Lleyton Hewitt, Rod Laver, Venus Williams, Marion Bartoli, Billie Jean King and Angelique Kerber (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Roger Federer appeared to get the loudest ovation as he stepped out on Centre Court again (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire) Register for free to continue reading Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalismBy registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalists football
World number one Iga Swiatek insisted she would not be hard on herself after her remarkable 37-match winning streak came to an end at Wimbledon football
French Open winner Swiatek had not tasted defeat since February when she went down to Jelena Ostapenko in Dubai but had no answer to Alize Cornet who claimed a 6-4 6-2 win on Court One football
Polish star Swiatek struggled throughout the third-round tie and served up 32 unforced errors to bow out of the All England Club on day six football
“I hope this is going to be the thing that I’m going to be proud of football
I mean, right now even I am satisfied with this streak, so I’m happy that I was able to do that,” she reflected football
“Honestly, yeah usually I am hard on myself football
Here, I know how I felt before matches, I know how I felt when I was practising football
Let’s just say that I didn’t feel like I’m in a best shape, so I’m kind of aware that this could happen football
RecommendedWimbledon 2022: Emma Raducanu wins Centre Court debut as Andy Murray starts with victoryIga Swiatek crashes out of Wimbledon as Alize Cornet ends 37-match win streakWimbledon LIVE: Latest scores as Swiatek knocked out and Nadal wins in straight sets“Maybe it’s not the right attitude to have, but it is like it is football
“I tried many things to feel football better on court, on grass court, but it didn’t really work out football
That’s why I’m not even hard on myself because, like, it’s kind of logic that if I couldn’t find it even on practices, I’m not going to find it on a match football
”Cornet reflected on a second memorable result on Court One after she stunned Serena Williams in 2014 football
The veteran equalled her best run in SW19 with success in one hour and 32 minutes football
“I have no words football
It reminds me of the time I beat Serena on this court eight years ago so you guys are lucky for me,” world number 37 Cornet said football
“I am like the good wine in France football
Good wine always ages well football
”Roland Garros runner-up Coco Gauff was also knocked out on Saturday, with the 11th seed failing to make the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time football
Coco Gauff suffered a third-round defeat (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)The teenager lost out to compatriot Amanda Anisimova in an all-American clash on Centre Court football
Gauff won a close opening set in a repeat of the 2017 US Open junior final but 20th seed Anisimova came roaring back and blew away her fellow youngster 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-1 football
“It is the most special day of my career,” Anisimova said football
“It’s kind of funny because we played a US Open junior final football
We’ve had a couple matches football
I think that we’ll be playing a lot in the future football
It’s an exciting rivalry football
I will always enjoy playing against her football
“I think she’s an amazing athlete and I enjoy watching her personally football
I respect her a lot football
”Amanda Anisimova celebrates victory against Coco Gauff (John Walton/PA) (PA Wire)Anisimova will face Harmony Tan for a place in the quarter-finals after Serena Williams’ conqueror ended Katie Boulter’s fine run at the All England Club football
The last-32 tie took place at 11am on Court Two, which the Frenchwomen admitted did play to her advantage in a 6-1 6-1 triumph in 51 minutes football
Breakout star Tan added: “When you play a Brit on Centre Court, I think there is a lot of people for her football
I like to play on a small court football
I like to play first match also, you know, because I don’t wait all day football
”Simon Halep, a champion here in 2019, was another player in a hurry and she beat Magdalena Frech 6-4 6-1 in 67 minutes football
It put the Romanian through to the fourth round where she will take on Paula Badosa, who fought hard to beat two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova football
Fourth seed Badosa won 7-5 7-6 (4) in just over two hours on Centre Court football
“I think I played almost a perfect match,” Spanish star Badosa said football
“I have a very tough draw football
It’s like I’m playing grand slam champions every match football
But still, I like these kind of matches football
”Eighth seed Jessica Pegula was another player upset on Saturday after world number 80 Petra Martic won 6-2 7-6 (5) in an error-strewn last-32 match football
RecommendedIga Swiatek finding grass ‘pretty tricky’ despite extending winning streakReluctant superstar Iga Swiatek digs deep at Wimbledon to extend streakWimbledon day five: Six Britons look to lift mood after Murray and Raducanu exitBarbora Krejcikova, seeded 13th, also exited after she went down 2-6 6-4 6-3 to Ajla Tomljanovic but Elena Rybakina saw off Zheng Qinwen 7-6 (4) 7-5 football
Tomljanovic’s reward is a meeting with Cornet while Rybakina will do battle with Martic for a place in the quarter-finals football
football
