Articles filed under Tennis
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Perfect prep: Halep takes 14-match win streak to French OpenSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Two months of physical training. Then three months of practice on clay courts. Followed by two straight titles on the red dirt. Amid all the tumult of the co...
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FRENCH OPEN 2020: Serena wants more; Djokovic under scrutinySep 26, 2020 7:00 am - Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title at age 17 and now that she's pushing 40, she's still making it to the late stages of major tournaments. Impressive as tha...
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Tsitsipas to play Rublev in Hamburg Open finalSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his impressive tune-up for the French Open by beating clay-court specialist Christian Garin in the Hamburg Open semi...
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FRENCH OPEN 2020: Nadal defends title; 2019 champ Barty outSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - A glance at the French Open, the third and final Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2020: SURFACE Red clay courts SITE Roland Garros in Paris SCHEDULE The 15-day tournament...
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Tsitsipas to face Garin in Hamburg semisSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his first clay-court semifinal in 16 months on Friday after beating Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the Hamburg Open, th...
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Virus again slashes French Open crowd sizes; now only 1,000Sep 25, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - With only one week separating the end of one and the start of the other, the Tour de France and the French Open were shaping up as a double bill of sports e...
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Fernando Verdasco out of French Open for positive COVID testSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Former Top 10 player Fernando Verdasco said he has been dropped from the French Open because of what he believes is a false positive result on a coronavirus...
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Nadal can tie Federer's 20 Slams with lucky No. 13 in ParisSep 25, 2020 7:00 am - For all of the many qualities contributing to Rafael Nadal's unprecedented superiority at the French Open - the bullwhip of a high-bouncing lefty forehand, the reflex re...
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FRENCH OPEN 2020: Serena seeks Slam 24; Halep on win streakSep 24, 2020 7:00 am - Women to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: ___ SIMONA HALEP Seeded: 1 Ranked: 2 Country: Romania Age: 28 2020 Match Record: 20-2 2020 Singles Titles: 3...
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French Open organizers still hope for 5,000 fans each daySep 24, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The French Open may have to reduce the number of fans at Roland Garros from 5,000 to 1,000 for the clay-court tennis tournament. French Health Minister Oliv...