tennis Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/tennis Sports News, Live GAA scores, GAA fixtures Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:53:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.sportsnewsireland.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sni-icon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 tennis Archives - SportsNewsIreland https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tag/tennis 32 32 229439223 Wimbledon: 2019 Champion Simona Halep Ruled Out https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tennis/2019-champion-simona-halep-ruled-out-of-wimbledon-2021 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tennis/2019-champion-simona-halep-ruled-out-of-wimbledon-2021#respond Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:53:21 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=17035 Wimbledon 2019 Women’s Singles champion Simona Halep has been ruled out of this year’s Championship due to a calf injury. Halep injured her calf in May during an Italian Open matchup against Angelina Kerber and has not played since. The world number three tennis player had previously missed the 2021 French Open through injury. Therefore, […]

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]]> Wimbledon 2019 Women’s Singles champion Simona Halep has been ruled out of this year’s Championship due to a calf injury.

Halep injured her calf in May during an Italian Open matchup against Angelina Kerber and has not played since.

The world number three tennis player had previously missed the 2021 French Open through injury.

Therefore, Wimbledon will be the second major championship she has missed this year.

In her statement, the Romanian said that she had “gave it everything in order to be ready to play Wimbledon…..unfortunately [her] body didn’t cooperate and [she’ll] have to save that feeling for next year.”

Halep stated that the time on the sidelines has been hard for her and that missing two majors makes it even worse.

However, the two-time major winner  hopes that the experience will make her even stronger than she was before.

No timeline was given for her return to the court.

She closed her statement thanking everyone at Wimbledon for their understanding and support.

The Full Statement:

“It is with great sadness that I’m announcing my withdrawal from The Championships as my calf injury has not fully recovered.

“I gave it everything I had in order to be ready to play Wimbledon and after having such special memories from two years ago, I was excited and honoured to step back on these beautiful courts as defending champion.

“Unfortunately, my body didn’t cooperate and I’ll have to save that feeling for next year.

“I can honestly say that I’m really down and upset about having to take this decision. This period has been difficult but to miss the last two majors has made it even more challenging mentally and physically.

“We will see what the future holds but I’m hoping it will make me a stronger person and athlete.

“Thank you to everyone at Wimbledon for your understanding and support.”

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]]> https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/tennis/2019-champion-simona-halep-ruled-out-of-wimbledon-2021/feed 0 17035 List of sports to play during Covid 19 that include social distancing https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-sports-to-play-during-during-covid-19-that-include-social-distancing https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-sports-to-play-during-during-covid-19-that-include-social-distancing#respond Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:05:01 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=3627 Hopefully, very soon we will be allowed play some sports . So we have a list of some of the sports that you should be able to participate during the current pandemic of Covid 19  as long as people keep social distancing. Tennis – Tennis is obviously a sport that can be played given that […]

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]]> Hopefully, very soon we will be allowed play some sports . So we have a list of some of the sports that you should be able to participate during the current pandemic of Covid 19  as long as people keep social distancing.

Tennis – Tennis is obviously a sport that can be played given that people are on the opposite sides of each other. You don’t need a tennis court to play either. It could be simply just across the street from your neighbour. You could play from one foothpath to the other. Obviously you would have to bear in mind cars and that but it could certainly be played in housing estates. Two girls in Italy played Tennis on their rooftops.

Golf – Golf can obviously be played while adhering to social distancing. The main people to keep the social distance would be the caddies and other players. However, it certainly would work. In terms of professional golf it would more difficult to control obviously owing to spectators. But for leisure it is a definite one that could be played.

Croquet – Croquet is a game that could be played in your back garden. For those of you that don’t know what croquet is it is a game that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops.It is a game that can easily be played in your back garden.

Bowls – Bowls is another game that could be played in your back garden in an adapted way. The objective is to roll biased balls close to a smaller ball called the jack.

Swimming – Swimming can obviously take place. Your local beach would be handy obviously for this. However, most beaches have been closed. However, if they are monitored closely with strict social distancing in place then it would obviously work.

Windsurfing – Windsurfing is another sport that could be done during Covid 19. It is normally only a one person thing so social distancing would be easily adhered to. Windsurfing combines surfing and sailing. Its looks like the perfect sport for after covid, with social distancing not being an issue, have a look at Globo Surf for more info on the best places to surf.

Mountain Biking – Mountain biking is again a single person sport. Of course you can go with your family providing they have their own bikes. Keeping the 2m apart would be fairly easy to do also.

Rowing – Rowing is another water based sport that could be done. Again all you need is your local river and a boat and some oars. It can be done in pairs providing the 2m distance in the boat is adhered to.

Similar water based sports like kayaking, canoeing and paddle boarding could also be played as long as social distancing measure are in place.

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]]> https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/list-of-sports-to-play-during-during-covid-19-that-include-social-distancing/feed 0 3627 Federer to miss rest of 2020 season https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/federer-to-miss-rest-of-2020-season https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/other_sports/federer-to-miss-rest-of-2020-season#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:21:58 +0000 https://www.sportsnewsireland.com/?p=4609 Tennis player Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 season after he underwent a procedure on his right knee the Swiss tennis player announced. Federer has been struggling with a knee injury since the Melbourne Open in Australia. He lost in the semi-finals to Serbian Novak Djokovic and he then underwent surgery on […]

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]]> Tennis player Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 season after he underwent a procedure on his right knee the Swiss tennis player announced.

Federer has been struggling with a knee injury since the Melbourne Open in Australia. He lost in the semi-finals to Serbian Novak Djokovic and he then underwent surgery on his knee in February. The 20 times Grand Slam Champion revealed that he will the rest of the reason in a Twitter post on Wednesday. He said, “A few weeks ago, having experienced a setback during my initial rehabilitation, I had to have an additional quick arthroscopic procedure on my right knee,”.

Federer has suffered with several injuries over the past number of season. In 2016 he also had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. That meant he missed the entire second half of that season. He made a return in 2017 and won the Australian Open and he also added a Wimbledon title in a superb year for the Swiss tennis star. Federer has not won a Grand Slam tournament since 2018 when he won the Australian Open. He said, “Now, much like I did leading up to the 2017 season, I plan to take the necessary time to be 100% ready to play at my highest level,”. He continued, “I will be missing my fans and the tour dearly but, I will look forward to see everyone back on tour at the start of the 2021 season.”

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