Articles filed under Tennis
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Girls tennis: Worth the wait at state for Wauconda pairOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - Lake Zurich girls tennis coach Andy McCurley went to a pancake house to grade geometry tests. Segments, squares, syrup. Yum. Stevenson ace Sarah Wang returned home to do...
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Girls tennis: Freshman Boianov seeking Lake Zurich history at stateOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - A man washes ashore on an island and learns the island's owner no longer enjoys hunting animals. Too boring. He prefers to prey on humans for sport. "It's a dark story,"...
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Girls tennis: Barrington duo reaches doubles quarterfinals at stateOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - A trainer examined Barrington senior Abby Carl to make sure she hadn't suffered a concussion Thursday morning. Check. Carl's nose? Not broken. She then returned to actio...
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Sabalenka returns with win over Tomljanovic at Kremlin CupOct 20, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - In her first match since reaching the U.S. Open semifinals and subsequently testing positive for COVID-19, Aryna Sabalenka beat Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6 (2), 4...
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Girls tennis: Nowicki, St. Viator use teamwork as spark for successOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - St. Viator made history last weekend by winning its first girls tennis sectional championship. Now, junior singles player Maia Nowicki and the doubles combination of All...
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Prospect of no jab, no visa for Australian Open tennis starsOct 19, 2021 7:00 am - Tennis players who haven't received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a visa to enter the country for the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, according to ...
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Norrie, Badosa are 1st-time winners at Indian WellsOct 17, 2021 7:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - A handful of tennis' superstars skipped the coronavirus-delayed BNP Paribas Open. A rash of upsets sent other big names packing, too. Left st...
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Upsets send Fritz, Basilashvili to semis at Indian WellsOct 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Taylor Fritz beat No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Friday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in front of a homet...
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Basilashvili, Norrie reach Indian Wells final without Top 25Oct 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Nikoloz Basilashvili beat American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday to set up a final against Cameron Norrie at the BNP Paribas Open, wh...
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Girls tennis: Barrington nets title at JacobsOct 16, 2021 1:00 am - Familiarity sometimes works to your advantage. It sure worked for Barrington junior Emily Yoon at Saturday's Class 2A Jacobs sectional in Algonquin. Yoon defeated teamma...