Articles filed under Tennis
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Williams' 1,000th match ends in defeat at Italian OpenMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Serena Williams' 1,000th tour-level singles match ended in defeat as she marked her return to action with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 loss to Nadia Podoroska on Wednesday...
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French Open players to get 1 hour of daily freedom in ParisMay 12, 2021 7:00 am - Players at the French Open will be allowed a daily one-hour window outside their social-distancing bubble, tournament organizers said Wednesday. Guy Forget, the director...
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US tennis player Opelka back to winning after bout of COVIDMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - American tennis player Reilly Opelka is back to winning matches after dealing with a bout of COVID-19 that he said kept him off the court entirely for more than two week...
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Italy's new group of male tennis stars are all-court playersMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Jannik Sinner is just as comfortable on the hard courts of Miami as he is on the red clay of Rome, where he's scheduled to face Rafael Nadal on Wednesday. Lo...
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Djokovic loses cool, wins match against Fritz in Rome rainMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic shouted at the umpire before regaining his cool to see out his rain-delayed second-round match against Taylor Fritz at the Italian ...
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Italian teen Sinner sets up match with Nadal in RomeMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Seven months ago, Jannik Sinner twice had chances to accomplish something few tennis players have been capable of: Taking a set from Rafael Nadal at the Fren...
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Serena Williams returning after 'very intense' trainingMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Forget all that speculation about Serena Williams considering retirement after her emotional hand-to-heart gesture upon her Australian Open exit three months...
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No US men in Top 30 for 1st time in computer tennis rankingsMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - There are no American men in the ATP's Top 30 for the first time in the nearly half-century of computerized tennis rankings. The highest-ranked man from the U.S., Taylor...
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Auger-Aliassime pulls out 3-set win over Krajinovic in RomeMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Felix Auger-Aliassime 'œdug deep'ť to pull out a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win over Filip Krajinovic in the first round of the Italian Open on Sunday. Auger-Aliassim...
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Zverev beats Berrettini to win his 2nd Madrid Open titleMay 09, 2021 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Alexander Zverev continued his impressive form going into the French Open by winning his second Madrid Open title on Sunday. After beating top-seeded Rafae...