Reem Abulleil
@ReemAbulleil
🇪🇬 sports journalist @thenationalnews @arabnews @afp ex-@CNN / @eurosport contributor. Host of podcast series Abtal. Ex-managing editor of @Sport360.com
I rarely do this — but sometimes it really is personal. thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
I wrote about burnout in tennis thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
Wildcard them into US Open plz
Someone bring these two back together 😭 they had the perfect mix of sense of humour between them
Ons Jabeur's tennis timeout shows the growing need to address the problem of burnout at the highest levels of sport, reports @ReemAbulleil thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
Seismic win for Sinner, Swiatek silences doubters: Wimbledon takeaways | The National thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
1 - Mirra Andreeva is youngest player to reach the Women’s Singles quarterfinals in Wimbledon since Maria Sharapova in 2005, at the exact same age (18 years and 62 days at the start of the tournament). Historic. #Wimbledon | @Wimbledon @WTA @WTA_insider
Thought this was interesting from Grigor Dimitrov on Sinner and Alcaraz. Full story here: thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
Announced by @Turki_alalshikh yesterday: The 2nd edition of the Six Kings Slam will take place in Riyadh from October 15 to 18 and will feature the current world’s top six — Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Jack Draper, Taylor Fritz, and Novak Djokovic.
Dimitrov: That's probably one of my biggest strengths and my biggest weakness, is always being so aligned with myself, with my feelings. And it's always been very hard to hide when I had to hide. But also at the same time, I realised I don't want to hide. thenationalnews.com/sport/tennis/2…
There have been many surprises at Wimbledon so far and the remarkable run of lucky loser Solana Sierra is definitely one of the most inspiring and least expected ones, get to know her a bit more 🇦🇷 #Wimbledon
Update: She got the week off 🙌🏼
Ben Shelton is really trying to get his sister a couple of extra days off work! 😂 #Wimbledon
Kecmanović on Djokovic’s level: “I feel like this is either 2011 or 2015 all over again. If he plays like this, he’ll win 20 more Slams. His serving was insane — you’re left wondering what to even do on court.” 🎯
We played the deciding match this afternoon. Maybe ask him what happened after the next match 😉
"He said to you to ask this question right?" @carlosalcaraz sets the record straight on his golf matches against @andy_murray 😂 #Wimbledon
Ben Shelton explains the conversation he had with officials yesterday about why they suspended play when he was about to serve for the match. They told him Hawk-Eye would stop working in 5 mins, including the changeover. "I was telling him I only need 60 seconds," said Shelton😃
Naomi Osaka says she felt quite emotional after losing in Paris but today she just feels nothing: "Now I don't feel anything, so I guess I prefer to feel nothing than everything."
To no one's surprise, Ben Shelton closes out the win in what he estimated to be 55 seconds. Gets Fucsovics next.
Taylor Fritz: "The fourth set that I lost I really don't think I did much wrong at all. I'm really happy to get through that, it was a really really tough match."