Articles filed under Tennis
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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...
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Rafael Nadal's last match is a loss to van de Zandschulp as Spain fails to advance in Davis CupNov 19, 2024 6:33 pm - MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal's last match as a professional was a 6-4, 6-4 loss to No. 80 Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup as Spain was eliminated by the Netherla...
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Sinner beats Fritz to win ATP Finals and add another big title with his doping case still pendingNov 17, 2024 2:28 pm - TURIN, Italy — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals tro...
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Rafael Nadal gave his all until he simply couldn’t anymore and had to retire: AnalysisOct 10, 2024 4:02 pm - Rafael Nadal's tennis career will be remembered because of the numbers, yes — the 14 French Open trophies, the 22 Grand Slam titles overall, the nearly two decades in the...
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22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will retire from tennis after Davis Cup finalsOct 10, 2024 10:55 am - MADRID — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced in a video message Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open...
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Coco Gauff wins China Open final in straight sets, Sinner and Alcaraz advance in ShanghaiOct 06, 2024 6:17 pm - BEIJING — Coco Gauff won her second title this season with a lopsided 6-1, 6-3 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of the China Open on Sunday. Aged 20, the sixth-...
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Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the US Open men's final just weeks after his doping exonerationSep 08, 2024 6:23 pm - NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner started slowly at the U.S. Open, dropping the first set he played after being exonerated in a doping case no one knew about until shortly before ...
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Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula to win the US Open for her third Grand Slam titleSep 07, 2024 6:34 pm - NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka left the U.S. Open in tears 12 months ago as the runner-up. She exited in the semifinals each of the two years before that. This time, Sabalenk...
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US Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Emma Navarro, will play American Jessica Pegula in Saturday’s finalSep 05, 2024 10:04 pm - NEW YORK — When things suddenly got quite tight in the second set of Aryna Sabalenka's U.S. Open semifinal, and the Arthur Ashe Stadium spectators suddenly got quite loud...