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Jo Wilfried Tsonga won the pair's first meeting in Montpellier (IH) last year, but Andrey Rublev managed to level the series with a hard-fought three-set win in Marseille (IH) earlier this season. The current form makes Rublev the slight favorite, but Tsonga has been one of the top ...
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This will be the first meeting between Trabzonspor and Krasnodar – the Turkish side have kept a clean sheet in each of their last three meetings with Russian opponents (W1 D2). The last nine UEL group stage results (excluding draws) involving Trabzonspor favoured the side netting first. ...
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Unlike Andrey Rublev, Felix Auger Aliassime posted terrific results on the main tour in the first half of the season and made his top 20 debut but is struggling for form and confidence at the moment. In fact, he has won only two of his last seven matches. Andrey Rublev prevailed in ...
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The only previous meetings between CSKA Moscow and Ferencvarosi came in the 1994-95 Cup Winners Cup first round. Both sides won 2-1 at home, before the Hungarians progressed on penalties. Both teams have scored in four of CSKA’s previous five UEL games. Four of CSKA’s last six ...
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RB Leipzig and Zenit St Petersburg faced in the last 16 of the 2017-18 Europa League, with Leipzig progressing 3-2 on aggregate. RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner is yet to score a home UEFA Champions League goal – he has had 12 shots in home games without success but has scored with five of his ...
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Juventus and Lokomotiv Moscow last faced in the first round of the 1993-94 UEFA Cup, with the Bianconeri winning 4-0 on aggregate (3-0 home, 1-0 away).
Juventus beat Bologna on Saturday (2-1) making it six competitive wins in a row, which includes their last home match in the ...
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In the pair's first-ever meeting, Karen Khachanov deservedly starts as the favorite, but there isn't much between these two at the moment and expect both players to have equal chances in this battle.
Hubert Hurkacz snapped his three-match losing run on tour and made his way to the ...
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Svitolina has won her last nine opening-round matches, going back to Wimbledon, while also holding an overall season win-loss of 12-2 in hard-court openers. It is set to be the pair's first meeting as well as the Russian's maiden encounter with a top 5 player, in which the top seed ...
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Second seed Karen Khachanov will kickstart his title-defense campaign in Moscow on Wednesday. He entered the main draw of last year's edition as the third seed and defeated the likes of Daniil Medvedev and Adrian Mannarino to lift the third ATP Tour title of his career. Defeating ...
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Both players would be delighted with the draw as facing a fellow wildcard and ATP World Tour main draw debutant gives them an excellent opportunity to make their mark at this level. Though Alen Avidzba is relatively more experienced as a pro, form in recent weeks gives Alibek Kachmazov ...