Articles filed under Tennis
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Grasping for air: Heat a major issue at Olympic tennis venueJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova grasped for an air tube during a medical timeout and grew frustrated at the lack of ice in a court-side contai...
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Djokovic knows 'history is on the line' at Tokyo OlympicsJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Novak Djokovic knows how close he is. Not just to creating history and becoming the first man to achieve a Golden Slam by winning all four major tennis tour...
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Osaka makes her return against Zheng at Tokyo OlympicsJul 22, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Naomi Osaka's first match in nearly two months will come against 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament. Th...
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Federer, Osaka, Djokovic entered in US OpenJul 21, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Federer, who withdrew from the Olympics because a knee injury, and Naomi Osaka, who skipped Wimbledon and withdrew from the French Open because of ...
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American Danielle Collins advances at Palermo Ladies OpenJul 20, 2021 7:00 am - PALERMO, Italy (AP) - Top-seeded Danielle Collins reached the last 16 of the Palermo Ladies Open by beating Katharina Gerlach of Germany 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday. The America...
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Carreno Busta beats Krajinovic to win Hamburg European OpenJul 18, 2021 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Pablo Carreno Busta continued to impress on clay with a 6-2, 6-4 win against Filip Krajinovic in the Hamburg European Open final on Sunday. The s...
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Wimbledon runner-up Berrettini withdraws from OlympicsJul 18, 2021 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini announced his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday due to a thigh injury sustained at the grass-court tournamen...
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Coco Gauff to miss Olympics after testing positive for virusJul 18, 2021 7:00 am - U.S. tennis player Coco Gauff has tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing her to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics. 'œI am so disappointed to share the news that I hav...
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Anderson wins Hall of Fame Open title; beating BrooksbyJul 18, 2021 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Kevin Anderson beat 20-year-old American Jenson Brooksby 7-6 (8), 6-4 on Sunday to win the Hall of Fame Open. The 35-year-old South African captured...
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French Open champion Krejcikova reaches Prague finalJul 17, 2021 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the final of the Prague Open by beating Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Kre...