Author: Sanjeet Patel

23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams defeated World No. 2 Anett Kontaveit 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 in round two. Playing her last tournament before retirement, Serena Williams showed her class and range of shots. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1565153478602854400?t=EvF7Y4ojrkHFNNr_3EQaTA&s=19 The match lacked some noise compared to Monday. Anett started nicely but she and the crowd soon realized that Serena isn’t fazed by her seeding and will fight hard. First set She saved three break points to hold at 4-3 in a game that lasted 11 minutes. She saved another one in her next service game. The crowd ignited when Anett hit a long return to…

Premier League club Manchester City has signed Borussia Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji on the deadline day. The agreement between the club is worth €17.5m. Akanji has signed a 5-year deal with Manchester City. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565263534367428608 The 27-year-old defender signed for Dortmund in 2018 and made 158 appearances for the club. Manuel Akanji is the 5th signing for Manchester City this summer on top of many players who returned after their loan spells ended. Manchester City is playing to defend their Premier League title and to win the Champions League for the first time in their history. https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1565266299349090304 Akanji’s signing will strengthen…

Premier League club Liverpool has signed Juventus midfielder Arthur Melo on loan on deadline day. Liverpool’s plan to sign the midfielder emerged during the day and the clubs have reached an agreement. The Loan deal will be valid until June 2024, with no buy option. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1565284006790402048 Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expressed his desire to sign a midfielder this summer. He said that they missed a midfielder because he decided to join a different club. After an average start to the Premier League season, Klopp indicated the club needs a midfielder in this window itself. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1564729935259910144?s=20&t=oZZ-LLqUWJtTXdlgGkG-8g Arther Melo will benefit the…

Wimbledon Champion Elena Rybakina, 2 times US Open Champions Naomi Osaka and Venus Williams were defeated in round one. Naomi Osaka is having a tough year on tour while Elena Rybakina is struggling after not being awarded points for her victory at Wimbledon. Qualifier Clara Burel defeats Elena Rybakina The Wimbledon Champion was defeated in straight sets by Clara Burel by 6-4, 6-4. World number 131 Clara played a clean match and converted all of her breakpoint opportunities to assert control. Elena Rybakina recently complained about the lack of leadership on the tour. She won the Wimbledon Championships in July…

British World No. 1 and defending Champion of the US Open Emma Raducanu’s return to New York was not memorable. French Alize Cornet defeated Raducanu 6-3, 6-3 in round one. Emma Raducanu made waves in the tennis world by winning the US Open last year as a teenage qualifier. Since then, however, Emma Raducanu has struggled to build upon her Grand Slam victory. Alize Cornet used her experience and toughness to get through 19-year-old Emma Raducanu easily. World number 40 ranked Cornet narrowly missed on the seeding for the US Open. 32-year-old Alize Cornet might be playing her last season…

Premier League club Manchester United is signing Antony from Ajax in a deal worth €100m. The clubs have reached an agreement in principle for the player. The Fee is €95m + 5m in add-ons. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1564584247213625344 Antony is going to be the 3rd departure from Ajax this summer to Manchester United. Man Utd signed their manager Erik Ten Hag in April and center-back Lisandro Martinez last month. Antony deal is also now the Eredivisie historical record fee paid for a player on a transfer. https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1564583777019609088 Antony in an interview last week with Fabrizio Romano said that he made it clear to…

Premier League Manchester United is signing a goalkeeper at the end of the transfer window. The club has reached an agreement with Newcastle to sign Martin Dúbravka on loan. The deal includes a £5m buy option which is not mandatory. Martin already agreed on personal terms with United and was pushing for the move. https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1564306203647397888 Martin Dúbravka is going to play a crucial role in United which desperately needed a new goalkeeper. The player is expected to start under manager Erk Ten Hag this season. Martin will compete with long-time United goalkeeper David de Gea for the spot. De Gea…

Williams sisters, Serena and Venus have accepted a wild card to play doubles together at the US Open this year. Serena Williams, 40, who plans to retire after the Grand Slam is also playing in singles. The sisters have won 14 major doubles titles together. https://twitter.com/usopen/status/1563573435619414016?s=20&t=8PQwCipgNxPLtpIxBJKTww Serena Williams announced her plans to move away from tennis last month and since then contested in Montreal and Cincinnati WTA 1000 events. Now ranked 608th in the world, Serena will start her US Open campaign against Danka Kovinic in the first round. It will be a night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium on…

Premier League club Manchester United defeated Southampton away at St. Mary’s by 1-0 yesterday. After suffering two consecutive losses by Brighton and Brentford, Man Utd is back on winning ways. Erik Ten Hag played an unchanged side and reaped excellent benefits. https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1563517231765798913?s=20&t=Los6HHtc1hbVgplQZm-Qzw United ended its losing away streak against Southampton. Rashford took the duty of the lone forward this time as well. After a balanced 20 minutes, Saints goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu denied Anthony Elanga first, and later some bodily defending stopped United from taking the lead. Manchester United kept possession for the longer durations but Southampton continued to be dangerous.…

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced the group stage draws for its annual European competitions this week. The draws took place in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are the group stage draws of UCL, UEL, and UECL. UEFA Champions League (UCL) The 32-team draw has 8 groups between them. Defending UCL and La Liga champions Real Madrid are drawn in Group F with Leipzig, Shakhtar, and Celtic. The club will begin its UCL defense against Celtic on 7th September. https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1562848239199473665?s=20&t=gZcPfr3Jgi5rQzi1C6yx6A Netherland Eredivisie champions Ajax is in Group A with Premier League club Liverpool, Serie A side Napoli and Scotland’s Rangers FC.…