TENNIS

Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal has tried everything, including a double treatment on his damaged hip, but he will not make it in time to play at Roland Garros, something he is likely to announce tomorrow at a 16:00 press conference at his Academy.

He has won the tennis tournament 14 times since his debut in 2005, including last year, but the French Open will be without its greatest champion, who had a statue dedicated to him at the main entrance in May 2021.

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Boris Becker has been called many things over his four decades in the public eye: tennis prodigy, Wimbledon champion, heartthrob, playboy, bad boy, Boom Boom. Husband, dad, divorcé, liar, convict.

Becker's heard it all. He's got another name to add to the list: "A mensch, I'm a real mensch, with qualities and weaknesses," he told ABC News in a recent interview from Dubai.

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Wimbledon lifts ban on Russian Belarusian tennis players

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Wimbledon has lifted a ban on Russian and Belarusian players, allowing them to compete in the grass-court Grand Slam this year as “neutral” athletes, in a climbdown from its response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Players from the two countries will be able to compete in the July tournament if they comply with certain conditions. These include refraining from expressing support for the invasion and not receiving government funding from their respective countries.

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