Articles filed under Tennis
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'A bit much': Naomi Osaka cites pressure in Olympic lossJul 27, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - It wasn't the ending that Naomi Osaka - nor her multitudes of fans across Japan and worldwide - had expected. The start of the Tokyo Olympics, however, will...
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Rough day for stars Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka at OlympicsJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO - Simone Biles came into the Olympics as perhaps the biggest star of the Games. Naomi Osaka was such a big headline act that she was given the honor to light the O...
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Osaka and Djokovic raise profile of tennis at Tokyo GamesJul 26, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Naomi Osaka has the hopes of the entire host nation resting on her. Novak Djokovic is attempting to accomplish something that no man has done before in tenn...
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'Out of my body': Osaka sharp in debut at Tokyo OlympicsJul 25, 2021 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Naomi Osaka is back playing, still winning, and also talking to the media again. The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic cauldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zh...
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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...