Articles filed under Tennis
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Osaka withdraws in protest; W&S put on hold ThursdayAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fourth-seeded Naomi Osaka reached the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday and withdrew a few hours later in a call for racial justice,...
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Kei Nishikori now negative for COVID-19 but out of US OpenAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Kei Nishikori, the 2014 U.S. Open runner-up, said he tested negative for COVID-19 after having two positive tests but still decided to withdraw from the ...
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Serena Williams likens loss to 'dating a guy you know sucks'Aug 25, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams let lead after lead slip away, so she figured it was her own fault when yet another match stretched to a third set and she started gettin...
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IHSA announces plan for modified postseasonAug 25, 2020 1:00 am - Naperville North girls cross country coach Dan Iverson saw this coming weeks ago. "Our hope is we could have a state series but I don't want us hinging our hopes on thin...
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Pain in the neck: Djokovic wins post-hiatus debut; Keys outAug 24, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bothered by a bad neck that a trainer massaged twice, Novak Djokovic double-faulted seven times and trailed by a break in each set before avoiding the ra...
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2017 French Open champ Jelena Ostapenko pulls out of US OpenAug 24, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, pulled out of the U.S. Open on Monday, citing a change of schedule. She is the latest woman with a Grand...
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After COVID, Dimitrov wins in New York; women seeds 1-2 outAug 23, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two months after barely being able to walk while ill with COVID-19, Grigor Dimitrov played a professional tennis match at the Western & Southern Open on ...
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Andy Murray wins 1st match in 9 months; men's tennis returnsAug 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andy Murray wore a coronavirus-conscious mask on his way to the unusual, no-spectators setting and avoided handshakes when he left. In between, the three...
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Girls tennis: Tri-Cities teams return to courtAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - If anything went wrong for St. Charles East's first doubles team Hannah Chapman and Megan Conroy Saturday in a season-opening match with Geneva - and not much did - it d...
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Clijsters pulls out of US Open tuneup with abdominal injuryAug 21, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Western & Southern Open on Friday because of an abdominal injury she wants to rest before t...