/ 09 June 2023

It’s a big weekend in international sport…

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… and football and tennis fans have a few late nights/early mornings ahead of them. First up is the French Open tennis grand slam, which has fast reached the pointy end of the tournament. Top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland faces the 43rd-ranked Czech Karolina Muchova in the women’s singles final tomorrow night. And on the men’s side, world #1 young gun Carlos Alcaraz is heading to a thrilling match against #2 Novak Djokovic today as Norwegian 4th seed Casper Ruud plays Germany’s Alexander Zverev for a place in Sunday night’s final. And after last weekend’s FA Cup final delivered a victory to Manchester City, the team is angling for another win in the European Champions League final against Inter Milan on Sunday morning. That’s the comp that sees the best clubs in Europe battle it out, and it could see Man City become the first English club since 1999 to take out ‘the Treble’ after they claimed the Premier League title last month. With the women’s World Cup soon to kick off, we’re on a soccer roll…

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