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Turkey’s top tennis seeds to compete in qualifiers for Australian Open 2021

Three of Turkey’s highest ranking tennis players are competing in the qualifiers for a place in this year’s 2021 Australian Open in Melbourne, which starts on 8 February. Top female seeds Çağla Büyükakçay and Pemra Özgen are playing in the women’s qualifiers in Dubai, while Turkish men’s no.1 Cem İlkel will be on court in […]

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Wimbledon never stops surprising
 

This year marks the fifth year in a row I have been lucky enough to visit the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in SW19. And while you may think it gets old, Wimbledon is always full of surprises. 2018 has proved this yet again, with top women’s seeds tumbling and the return of the legend that is […]

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Çağla Büyükakçay set to make her Australian Open debut on Tuesday

Turkey’s leading female tennis player Çağla Büyükakçay has been drawn in the fourth quarter of the Women’s Singles draw at this year’s Australian Open in Melbourne. Büyükakçay, ranked 86th, will play France’s Oceane Dodin, ranked 72nd, in the first round-match on Tuesday 17th January at midnight UK time. It’s the first time the 27-year-old has […]