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Cédric, dit « le C30.4 »
Ranked C30.4, a club-level ranking, “since a transitional period”. Analyses Sinner and Alcaraz as peers, give or take two practice sessions a week. see The Newsroom
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US Open fines add up to $112,500, and the club player converts it into restrings
US Open organisers handed out a total of $112,500 in fines at the 2026 edition, for smashed racquets, verbal abuse and unsportsmanlike conduct. The breakdown was made public on 15 September.
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Shelton got two days between matches, the C30.4 gets twenty minutes
Ben Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach his first Grand Slam final. He put the emphasis on the two days between that semi-final and his quarter-final against Carlos…
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US Open quarter-finals ended at 3.33am, and the C30.4 has done the maths
The 2026 US Open quarter-final day lasted 16 hours, from 11.30am on Tuesday to 3.33am on Wednesday, with four fifth sets. In the women’s draw the entire top 6 reached the quarters…
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A Challenger in Liège with free entry on Monday, the C30.4 books time off
The Ethias Province Open, a new Challenger 50, will be played in Liège from 5 to 12 July at the RTCL. Entry will be free on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
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Zverev served out the US Open thinking it was 5-1, and our club player has a plan
In the US Open final, Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2. He said he had miscounted the score and served out the match believing he led 5-1, which…
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“You’re thinking too much”: our club player has found his Sunday philosophy
Aryna Sabalenka lost the US Open final to Elena Rybakina 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. In the press conference, to someone suggesting that experience of finals made the defeat harder, she replied: “You’re thinking…
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A US Open match ended at 3.33am, and our club player sees nothing odd in it
Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz finished their US Open match at 3.33 in the morning. Several of the tournament’s night sessions ran extremely late, reviving the row over how night matches are…
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Shelton finished at 3.34am, plays again Friday: the club player on recovery
Ben Shelton, the eighth seed, beat Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals at 3.34am on Wednesday, the latest finish in US Open history. He faces Frances Tiafoe on Friday in the night session,…
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Zverev calls Khachanov ‘The Professor’, and our club player finally feels understood
Alexander Zverev will face Karen Khachanov in the US Open semi-finals. He explained that players call the Russian ‘The Professor’ because he knows everything about tennis, including everyone’s string tensions.
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Alcaraz on court until 3.33am, and the C30.4 notes that his club shuts at midnight
Carlos Alcaraz and Ben Shelton played until 3.33am at the US Open, in a match that started at 11.05pm and lasted a little over four hours. It is the latest finish in…