Articles filed under Tennis
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Brady beats Gauff, 16, in Lexington to reach 1st WTA finalAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Jennifer Brady reached the first WTA final of her career by using a power-based game to beat 16-year-old Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday at the Top...
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Halep, Mertens reach Prague Open finalAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep and third-seeded Elise Mertens won their semifinals in straight sets on Saturday to advance to the title match at the Prague Open. ...
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Bencic out of US Open; 3 of 4 '19 semifinalists won't playAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Belinda Bencic became the latest top tennis player to pull out of the U.S. Open, meaning three of the four female semifinalists in 2019 will not be at th...
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Serena Williams loses to woman ranked 116th; Coco Gauff winsAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Entering Friday, Serena Williams had played 967 tour-level singles matches as a professional, with just four losses against opponents ranked outsid...
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Top seed Halep cruises into Prague Open semisAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep cruised past lucky loser Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Prague Open on Friday. Halep, ranked No. 2, c...
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ATP adjusts schedule, plans season-end Finals without fansAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Italian Open is shifting to a week earlier than originally planned in September, and the Hamburg European Open -- scrapped in July because of the coron...
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No. 1 Novak Djokovic says he'll play at US Open, after allAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - The Big Three will be represented at the U.S. Open, after all: Novak Djokovic announced Thursday he will enter the Grand Slam tournament and the hard-court tuneup preced...
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'19 US Open champ Andreescu withdraws; pandemic limited prepAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - This year's U.S. Open will be missing both 2019 singles champions, because Bianca Andreescu announced Thursday she was pulling out of the Grand Slam tournament, joining ...
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Sibling rivalry: Serena beats Venus to take 31st meetingAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - There was zero interaction between the two, not even a furtive glance, when Venus Williams walked past Serena Williams in the Top Seed Open's warmu...
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Top-seeded Simona Halep reaches Prague Open quarterfinalsAug 13, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep came from a set down to defeat Barbora Krejcikova 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and reach the quarterfinals of the Prague open on Thursday. Down 2-...