The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Nadal wins damages
Rafael Nadal has been awarded damages after the former French sports minister who accused him of doping was found guilty of defamation.
Roselyne Bachelot alleged that when Nadal was sidelined by a knee injury for seven months in 2012 it was actually because he had tested positive for a banned substance.
Nadal took action and, after the case went to court, Bachelot was ordered to pay damages of 10,000 euros, which the tennis player will donate to a French charity. Federer in July’s Wimbledon final, said: “I think today was a solid match.
“Obviously it’s a little bit more difficult mentally knowing that I’d had two losses, and that I wasn’t going to be able to go through.
“But still I played those first two sets at a really good level. I even had a break point there early in the second.
“In the third set I felt like I dropped a little bit with my serving percentage.”
Jack Sock won a see-saw encounter with Alexander Zverev to secure a semifinal against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
The American was well on top as he took the first set against third-ranked Zverev, but a major shift in momentum saw the 20-year-old German run away with the second.
Zverev took an early break in the third, prompting Sock to blast a ball into the crowd earning a penalty point from the umpire.
Yet Sock took the next four games, only to be pegged back to 4-4, before a double fault from Zverev offered up match point and a wide forehand saw the eighth seed through 6-4 1-6 6-1.