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Tsitsipas struggles with back issue as Chile stuns Greece in United Cup

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) has released the names of typhoons that will enter the Philippine area of responsibility in 2024.

Typhoon names are reused every four years except for those of tropical cyclones that cause a high number of casualties and massive damage.

PAGASA decommissioned four tropical cyclone names from the 2020 cycle and replaced these with new names for 2024. The names that will not be reused are Ambo, Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses.

The name of the first tropical cyclone for 2024 is Aghon. 

Here’s the full list of names:

 PAGASA also has 10 backup auxiliary names in case there are more than 25 tropical cyclo nes for the year. These are Alakdan, Baldo, Clara, Dencio, Estong, Felipe, Gomer, Heling, Ismael and Julio.  

According to PAGASA, at least two to five tropical cyclones are expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility during the first half of the year. 

The state weather bureau said that typhoons mainly occur from July to October, with almost 70% of all tropical cyclones developing during this period.

SYDNEY – Australian Open contender Stefanos Tsitsipas struggled with a lower back problem Tuesday, pulling out of his opening singles match of the se ason in the United Cup as Greece crashed 2-1 to Chile.

The World No. 6 was expected to meet Chilean number one Nicolas Jarry, but sat it out, leaving teammate Stefanos Sakellaridis to step up in the Group B clash in Sydney.

Sakellaridis, just 19 years old and ranked 416, put up an outstanding fight against the 19th-ranked Jarry, but fell short 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Greek World No. 8 Maria Sakkari had earlier earned a commanding 6-0, 6-1 victory over Chile’s outclassed Daniela Seguel.

Tsitsipas returned for the cru cial mixed doubles decider with Sakkari, but they lost 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 10-6 to Seguel and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera.

“It’s amazing, amazing,” Barrios Vera said. “It’s our second match as a team, so we’re super happy.”

Tsitsipas, who reached the Australian Open final last year, losing to Novak Djokovic, was clearly struggling on serve late in the match, grimacing as he held his back.

While watching Sakkari’s singles, he told the host broadcaster “there are a few chances I might not play and there are a few chances that I might” against Chile.

“I’m kinda 50-50 so far. We’ll wait and see.”

A six-time Grand slam semi-finalist, Tsitsipas has 10 ATP Tour titles to his name, but is still searching for a first major win.

Sakellaridis played the match of his life against Jarry, saving 10 of 12 break points. But his opponent’s experience paid off in the end.

“It was an incredible match, very tough for me,” said Jarry. “Stefanos played amazing. I think he was grinding a lot, so it was a very tough opponent and I’m happy to be able to be there mentally.”

Sakkari, the highest-ranked Greek woman in history, took just 68 minutes to crush Seguel, who was facing a top-20 player for the first time in her career.

She did not face a break point until the last game of the match, and successfully erased the chance.

World No. 1 Djokovic is on court later Tuesday in Perth against the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka. Serbia will move into a quarter-final showdown with Australia should they win.

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