Articles filed under Tennis
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Australian Open CEO assures players all is OK for MelbourneJan 06, 2021 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Open chief executive Craig Tiley is reassuring players that the delayed season-opening Grand Slam tournament will get underway on ...
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Daria Kasatkina wins 1st women's tennis match of new seasonJan 06, 2021 6:00 am - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Daria Kasatkina and Maria Sakkari won their opening matches Wednesday as the women's tennis season began at the Abu Dhabi Open. Th...
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Women's tennis schedule through end of Wimbledon releasedJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The WTA released a provisional 2021 women's tennis schedule through the end of Wimbledon in July, largely sticking to a traditional calendar,...
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TENNIS '21: COVID questions key; Nadal, Djokovic eye recordsJan 05, 2021 6:00 am - When the 2020 men's tennis season ended at the ATP Finals, Rafael Nadal captured a common sentiment that still holds true as the 2021 tennis season is set to begin this ...
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Djokovic, Nadal set to return for 2nd ATP Cup in AustraliaJan 04, 2021 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - ATP Cup champion Novak Djokovic and runner-up Rafael Nadal are set to return for the season-opening men's team tennis event starting Feb. 1, but the United...
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There was some good in 2020: Top women's sports stories in the Year of COVIDJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Happy 2021! To 2020 I say good riddance ... but not before revisiting some important women's sports stories. A big first: Kim Ng, first hired in baseball by the Whit...
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Slovakian tennis player Baskova banned for match fixingDec 31, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Slovakian tennis player Dagmara Baskova was banned for 12 years on Thursday for match-fixing offenses, the Tennis Integrity Unit said. Baskova admitted to ...
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Sam Querrey handed suspended fine for COVID-19 violationDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - American tennis player Sam Querrey was handed a suspended $20,000 fine by the ATP tour on Wednesday for breaching coronavirus protocols at the St. Petersbu...
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Tennis' BNP Paribas Open postponed until later in 2021Dec 29, 2020 6:00 am - The BNP Paribas Open, featuring the men's and women's pro tennis tours, won't be held in March as originally scheduled. Tournament organizers said Tuesday they are worki...
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Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of YearDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. ...