Articles filed under Tennis
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No 97 Laura Siegemund upsets Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen at the Australian OpenJan 14, 2025 10:06 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — Distracted by a time penalty and unable to counteract No. 97-ranked Laura Siegemund's aggressive approach, Zheng Qinwen's loss in the second round ...
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Raducanu overcomes a shaky serve to advance at the Australian OpenJan 13, 2025 9:50 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — For Emma Raducanu, winning in the first round at the Australian Open was always going to be more important than how she achieved the result. That w...
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Coco Gauff starts her Australian Open with a straight-sets win over Sofia KeninJan 12, 2025 9:14 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff had a little difficulty adjusting to the sun at one end of Rod Laver Arena and dropped an early service game but quickly settled into a ...
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Australian Open: Olympic champ Zheng Qinwen starts her bid for another final on a rainy Day 1Jan 12, 2025 5:54 pm - MELBOURNE, Australia — Zheng Qinwen's tennis resume is quite different from what it was when she showed up at the Australian Open a full year ago. No matter everything sh...
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Zheng wins indoors as Day 1 of the Australian Open is disrupted by rainJan 11, 2025 10:43 pm - Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made the most of the indoor conditions under a roof at Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets while it poured with rain outside.
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Coco Gauff has worked on her serve and her forehand heading into the 2025 Australian OpenJan 09, 2025 7:32 pm - Coco Gauff has made improvements to her serving and her forehand. And the strides in both of those areas are among the reasons she's considered one of the few women ready to challenge two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka for the title at the Australian Open.
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Novak Djokovic beaten by big-serving Reilly Opelka in quarterfinals of Brisbane InternationalJan 03, 2025 11:21 am - Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals. Opelka served 16 aces including one to finish off each set and earned one of the biggest wins of the American's career.
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Wimbledon finalist Gabriela Dabrowski reveals she played through 2024 after breast cancer diagnosisDec 31, 2024 1:10 pm - Former U.S. Open doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski has revealed she played through 2024 while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She delayed part of that treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon where she reached the women's doubles final.
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Jannik Sinner leads Italy past the Netherlands for its second consecutive Davis Cup titleNov 24, 2024 7:53 pm - MALAGA, Spain — Italy went nearly a quarter-century without winning the Davis Cup. Then along came Jannik Sinner, and now the country is celebrating its second consecutiv...
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An emotional Rafael Nadal retires at the Davis Cup after he loses and Spain is eliminatedNov 19, 2024 6:48 pm - MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his reddened eyes welled with tears as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates for Spain's national anthem Tuesday b...