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German third seed Zverev, who lost last year’s final to Alcaraz, won 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 against Hamburg champion Flavio Cobolli. “I don’t know if it was good for me to get this scheduled slot, because it was interesting, the crowd was really following the (football) game,” he said. The Club World Cup semifinals have arrived, and we have a duo of compelling matches on our hands. “I don’t have an issue with the goal reviews and things like that as long as they make good decisions, which they do. I just think the live minutes are a bit too long.”

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Sixth seed Andreeva will next play Daria Kasatkina, ranked 17 and now playing for Australia after switching allegiance from her native Russia, who beat Spanish 10th seed Paula Badosa 6-1, 7-5. The 21-year-old won through 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) against the world number 47 and next plays Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 20th seed, who beat fellow Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-2, 6-2. British fifth seed Jack Draper proved too strong for Brazilian teenage sensation Joao Fonseca, winning 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to progress through to the fourth round, where he will meet Kazakh Alexander Bublik. “I think in early stages of Grand Slams it’s good that you don’t spend so much time, if you have the chance, on court,” said the top-seed Italian. Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner flexed their muscles on Saturday, powering into the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets, as Madison Keys saved three match points to advance alongside three other American women. The feedback from assistant coaches is in addition to the revived AFL competition committee, an advisory panel of a select group of officials, players and coaches who will guide AFL decision-making on key aspects of the game.

The three-time French Open winner took just over two hours to beat 153rd-ranked Misolic and will next play Britain’s 81st-ranked Cameron Norrie for a place in the quarter-finals. “I’m happy to be still in the tournament,” said the 30-year-old seventh seed after she saved three match points when serving at 4-5 in the decider. And the 23-year-old has not dropped a set in Paris — extending his winning streak at Grand Slam events to 17 matches after titles at the 2024 US Open and Australian Open this January.

At 38 years of age,his time has come and gone and luckily for Australia, there is a ready-made replacement in Konstas. Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw have all come and gone, dropped at the first sign of struggle, while others hold onto their spots regardless of their output. In the World Test Championship, Cam Green was the only Aussie under the age of 30 in the team. West Indies vs. Australia Test & T20I Series | Watch every ball LIVE with ESPN, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Sinner has been finding his feet since his comeback from a three-month doping ban, reaching the Italian Open final where he lost to reigning Roland Garros champion Carlos Alcaraz.

And when injuries have presented selectors with the chance to blood youth, instead they routinely turn to the likes of Scott Boland and Michael Neser and others deep into their 30s. World number two Gauff booked her ticket to the same stage with a straight-sets win over Czech Marie Bouzkova. Former Australian Open champion and Roland Garros runner-up Kenin had led 3-0 in the third set, before the world number eight turned the match round to book her place in the last 16. Keys and Kenin shared breaks early in the decider, before the reigning Australian Open champion broke the 31st seed at 5-5 and then held serve to see out the match.

“I would like to see the game just a little bit shorter. The COVID quarters (16 minutes) I thought were really good, personally I feel like it keeps the games closer,” Kingsley said in May. This year, Greater Western Sydney CEO Dave Matthews and coach Adam Kingsley have both called for quarters to be shortened to ensure total match duration stays at around two-and-a-half hours. But several 3.20pm games this season have concluded after 6pm, delaying Seven’s high-rating news broadcast.

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Game length was one of the topics club assistant coaches were asked about in a recent AFL memo, where the league requested feedback on a range of issues. The AFL handpicked the assistants to act as conduits between their clubs and the league on a number of talking points in the game. The round 11 match between Melbourne and Sydney in the 3.20pm slot took almost 140 minutes to complete, including a 40-minute final term, and finished after 6pm.

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Games with a 3.20pm start time on Sundays are broadcast on both the Seven Network and Fox Footy and are intended to finish before 6pm, when Seven’s coverage switches to its nightly news bulletin. MATCHES in the 3.20pm AEST Sunday slot will start at 3.15pm AEST for the remainder of the season. Cummins also suggested the likes of Konstas and Inglis could find themselves in the team come the first Test against the Windies.