Articles filed under Tennis
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Girls tennis: Batavia slides by Benet for St. Charles East crownSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Leah Puttin is the one known commodity for the Batavia girls tennis program. The senior earned state experience at the last IHSA-conducted postseason big dance two years...
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Girls tennis: Maine West doubles team shines at Grayslake CentralSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Ali Krieger knew exactly what to do when she awoke Saturday morning and eyeballed "5:55" on her clock. "Make a wish," Krieger, half of Maine West's No. 1 doubles team, s...
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The Latest: Djokovic, Zverev going 5 in US Open semifinalsSep 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Novak Djokovic is going the distance in his quest to reach another Grand Slam...
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Global citizens, teen US Open finalists have fans all overSep 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Emma Raducanu first met Leylah Fernandez at a tournament for players 12 and under, around the time one of Fernandez's teachers urged her to give up the t...
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Teen dream: Raducanu, 18, Fernandez, 19, into US Open finalSep 10, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez are so similar in so many ways: They possess enviable quickness and anticipation. They take balls low to the ground an...
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The Latest: Raducanu rolls through 1st set in US Open semisSep 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 10:55 p.m. Emma Raducanu has rolled through the first set of her women's semifinal. The ...
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Set down, Djokovic tops Berrettini at Open, nears year SlamSep 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Never fazed, rarely flummoxed, Novak Djokovic is so collected in best-of-five-set matches - even when falling behind, as he has done repeatedly at the U....
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US Open Lookahead: Djokovic, Zverev again in a semifinalSep 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY Novak Djokovic's bid for an Olympic gold medal was stopped in the semifinals in Tokyo by Alexander Zverev. Now it's Zverev again who ...
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What makes Novak Djokovic great? Shots, yes, but also mindSep 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ask other tennis players what makes Novak Djokovic great, what has pushed him to the brink of the first calendar-year Grand Slam by a man in more than a ...
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Girls tennis: Glenbard South's Foster-Simbulan sets her sights on stateSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Had there been a state tournament last fall, Lorenza Foster-Simbulan would have been a qualifier in her first year of high school tennis. Now the Glenbard South sophomor...