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Londonmdash; American Chris Eubanks has become the talk of the tennis world after reaching the Wimbledon quarter finals in his first-ever outing on the vaunted court in London. In doing so, the former Georgia Tech player has overcome one of his long-time nemeses mdash; grass courts mdash; and his big personality is also winning new fans on tennis most hallowed ground.Eubanks only broke into the world top 100 this year, but his Monday match saw him up against fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece.Over five sets, the Atlanta native dug deep. Towering over the court at 6-foot-7, Eubanks has a killer serve, regularly hurtling the ball over the net at over 120 miles per hour. Christopher Eubanks of the U.S. shakes hands with Greece s Stefanos Tsitsipas after winning their fourth r adidas originals ound match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, England, July 10, 2023. TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS The last American man to reach the final at Wimbledon w nike dunk as Andy Roddick in 2009. The last man from the U.S. to actually win the championship was Pete Sampras in 2000.Eubanks, however, has already won over the Wimbledon crowd with his easy charm. Because of this atmosphere you guys pushed me to be able to do some incredible stuff, he told the fans in Wimbledon s No. 2 Court after his Monday win. He puts those people skills to work in his sid crocs e hustle, too, already building a burge Ughv Welcome to Hell : Protests to greet Trump, fellow leaders at G-20
Rebel forces Saturday shot down a cargo plane chartered by the United Nations, the second U.N. plane to crash in Angola s central highland war zone in eight days, U.N. officials said. The C-130 aircraft, with eight people on board, was hit by anti-aircraft fire 20 minutes after it took off from the city of Huambo in the central highlands, about 300 miles southeast of the capital, Luanda, U.N. spokesman Hamadoun Toure said.Toure did not know if there were any survivors.UNITA officials were not immediately available for comment. Another U.N.-chartered plane with 14 people on board cra stanley tumbler shed in the same area Dec. 26 when it was flying over an area of fighting between the government army and rebels. The United Nations mission in Angola wants to ask UNITA rebel leaders about government claims that the movement is holding survivors stanley cup from the earlier crash, Toure said. A rebel leader told The Associated Press earlier Saturday he was unaware of any crash survivors. It went down in flames. I can t believe there are any survivors, UNITA Secretary-General Paulo Lukamba Gato said by telephone.Gato said he had not been contacted by the United Nations, and called government claims of survivors a ploy. They know the passengers died, but they want to get some political advantage out of making UNITA look bad, he claimed. There were eight U.N. peacekeepers and six other people on board the plane in last mo stanley becher nth s crash. On Friday, army spokesman Brig. Manue
Londonmdash; American Chris Eubanks has become the talk of the tennis world after reaching the Wimbledon quarter finals in his first-ever outing on the vaunted court in London. In doing so, the former Georgia Tech player has overcome one of his long-time nemeses mdash; grass courts mdash; and his big personality is also winning new fans on tennis most hallowed ground.Eubanks only broke into the world top 100 this year, but his Monday match saw him up against fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece.Over five sets, the Atlanta native dug deep. Towering over the court at 6-foot-7, Eubanks has a killer serve, regularly hurtling the ball over the net at over 120 miles per hour. Christopher Eubanks of the U.S. shakes hands with Greece s Stefanos Tsitsipas after winning their fourth r adidas originals ound match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, England, July 10, 2023. TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS The last American man to reach the final at Wimbledon w nike dunk as Andy Roddick in 2009. The last man from the U.S. to actually win the championship was Pete Sampras in 2000.Eubanks, however, has already won over the Wimbledon crowd with his easy charm. Because of this atmosphere you guys pushed me to be able to do some incredible stuff, he told the fans in Wimbledon s No. 2 Court after his Monday win. He puts those people skills to work in his sid crocs e hustle, too, already building a burge Ughv Welcome to Hell : Protests to greet Trump, fellow leaders at G-20
Rebel forces Saturday shot down a cargo plane chartered by the United Nations, the second U.N. plane to crash in Angola s central highland war zone in eight days, U.N. officials said. The C-130 aircraft, with eight people on board, was hit by anti-aircraft fire 20 minutes after it took off from the city of Huambo in the central highlands, about 300 miles southeast of the capital, Luanda, U.N. spokesman Hamadoun Toure said.Toure did not know if there were any survivors.UNITA officials were not immediately available for comment. Another U.N.-chartered plane with 14 people on board cra stanley tumbler shed in the same area Dec. 26 when it was flying over an area of fighting between the government army and rebels. The United Nations mission in Angola wants to ask UNITA rebel leaders about government claims that the movement is holding survivors stanley cup from the earlier crash, Toure said. A rebel leader told The Associated Press earlier Saturday he was unaware of any crash survivors. It went down in flames. I can t believe there are any survivors, UNITA Secretary-General Paulo Lukamba Gato said by telephone.Gato said he had not been contacted by the United Nations, and called government claims of survivors a ploy. They know the passengers died, but they want to get some political advantage out of making UNITA look bad, he claimed. There were eight U.N. peacekeepers and six other people on board the plane in last mo stanley becher nth s crash. On Friday, army spokesman Brig. Manue