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‘Second Service’ tennis news: Nick Kyrgios takes aim at ATP over Wimbledon points decision, as Wilander backs Halep as innocent in doping scandal
Looking back on the big tennis news in our exclusive ‘Second Service’… Nick Kyrgios took aim at ATP for the Wimbledon points decision, as Mats Wilander backed Halep as innocent in her doping scandal, and more.
To start this tennis news roundup, Nick Kyrgios has qualified for the ATP Finals in doubles alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis, and has taken aim at the ATP by suggesting he should be in contention to qualify in singles too.
āShould of (sic) been in singles as well [but] no points at Wimbledon,ā Kyrgios wrote on his Instagram Story. āFirst time in 53 years but we wonāt speak of that.ā
In other tennis news, Simona Halep has seen Mats Wilander join the numerous others suggesting she is innocent following her doping suspension.
āHonestly, my heart goes out to Simona Halep,ā Wilander told Eurosport. āI would never claim that I think I know her.
āIāve watched her play a lot of tennis matches over the years.Ā Iāve interviewed her quite a few times. And I would say that out of all the players Iāve run across, she is one of the ones that thereās no way that she would intentionally do anything.
āSo I think that sheās out there, sheās said it. Sheās going to try and clear her name.ā
Read what else he had to say here.Ā
Furthermore, Novak Djokovic has safely made it into the last 16 of the Paris Masters as he chases a record-extending seventh title at the event.
The 22-time Slam champion has now won 17 ranking matches in a row since the French Open, with titles at Wimbledon and in Israel and Kazakhstan. His only loss in that time came to Felix Auger-Aliassime at the Laver Cup in September.
Moreover, Djokovic has now surpassedĀ Roger FedererĀ in terms of career Masters 1000 match wins. The Swiss great ended his career with 381 wins at Masters level. Djokovic now has 382 to his name.
The 39-time Masters title-winner still trails leaderĀ Rafael NadalĀ on the all-time list. The Spaniard enters Paris with 406 wins to his name at 1000 level.
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To finish off, Carlos Alcaraz does not see the fight to be world number one as a duel between himself and compatriot Rafael Nadal.
The 19-year-oldĀ made history after claiming the US Open to become the youngest man ever to top the ATP rankings. However, he has not yet guaranteed the status of year-end world number one, with world number twoĀ NadalĀ poised as his closest challenger in that regard.
āI donāt see it that way,ā Alcaraz told Eurosport when asked if he is fighting with Nadal for the number one ranking. āItās true, Rafa is fighting for the number one. Some players have the same goal, to be number one, so I need to do my best.
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