Betway Scores

Thu, 28 May

Egypt - M15 Sharm ElSheikh

FT

Yassin Ahmed Wageh John Bothma

RT P2

John Bothma Vardan Manukyan

RT P1

John Bothma Aleksandre Bakshi

Egypt - M15 Sharm ElSheikh

FT

Pierluigi Basile John Bothma

6²4

7⁷6

FT

John Bothma Egor Pleshivtsev

South Africa - M15 Pretoria

FT

John Bothma Bora Sengul

7⁷6

6⁵4

FT

John Bothma Marc Van Der Merwe

Baking on the clay: How players are feeling the heat in a French Open furnace

Jannik Sinner has blamed illness rather than high temperatures for his shocking exit while the locker room is divided over the weather at Roland GarrosJannik Sinner, the No 1 men’s tennis player in the world, was still leading by two sets and serving for a place in the third round of the French Open when it became clear he was in significant danger on the baking clay in Paris on Thursday afternoon. He was undone in the second round of the only Grand Slam he has yet to win, not by the ingenuity of his opponent or even the immense pressure that comes with being the prohibitive favourite, but rather by his own body. The Italian – who had not lost a match since February – said afterward that he had been struggling with an illness.Despite waving away suggestions he had wilted in the high temperatures, the unprecedented heat wave in the first week of the French Open this year could not have helped his cause. He fell 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo before a stunned, packed audience on Court Philippe-Chatrier, the crowd veering between cowering from the sun and astonished at the sight of a historic result unfolding. Sinner could barely walk and was completely uncompetitive in the second half of the match. Continue reading...

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'Nobody is a robot' - Sinner had 'no energy' in shock French Open defeat

Jannik Sinner says he "couldn't find any energy" as he lost in the second round to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in one of the biggest French Open shocks in recent years - but the world number one says the Paris heat was not to blame.

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