Articles filed under Tennis
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Top-seeded Simona Halep makes 2nd round of Prague OpenAug 11, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep had to fight hard to advance to the second round of the Prague Open in beating unseeded Polana Hercog 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday....
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Tennis players ready to get back to matches and teamworkAug 11, 2020 1:00 am - Already, the ideas are flowing for "silly dress-up day." That's what the players on the Cary-Grove girls tennis team typically do on Fridays during the season. And in wh...
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2004 champ Kuznetsova out of US Open, citing pandemicAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 2004 U.S. Open champion, added her name to the growing group of players withdrawing from the Grand Slam tournament because of th...
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Bouchard in Prague Open 2nd round amid strict rules, rainAug 10, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard won the first and only completed main draw match at the Prague Open on a rainy Monday. The second European tourn...
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A message to fall sports student-athletes: Have fun, and be safeAug 10, 2020 1:00 am - Welcome back! That was the message student-athletes received Monday when practices began in boys and girls cross country, boys and girls golf, girls tennis and girls swi...
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Ferro upsets Kontaveit to win Palermo OpenAug 09, 2020 7:00 am - PALERMO, Sicily (AP) - Fiona Ferro of France upset fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the Palermo Ladies Open final on Sunday to win the first tour-level tennis...
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Popyrin withdraws from US Open; Krueger gets wild-card spotAug 09, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alexei Popyrin withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday, allowing 2012 champion Andy Murray to move into the main draw. That means Murray can relinquish the...
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Kontaveit and Ferro to meet in Palermo Open finalAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - PALERMO, Sicily (AP) - Fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit will play 53rd-ranked Fiona Ferro on Sunday for the first tour-level tennis title in five months at the Palermo Ladi...
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Serena Williams is fit and ready to play after 6-month breakAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Serena Williams flexed and then kissed a sinewy right bicep to show down time well spent in training even without bench pressing. 'œThis is God giv...
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US Open loses 2 more top-10 women: Svitolina, BertensAug 07, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two more top-10 women -- Elina Svitolina and Kiki Bertens -- will miss the U.S. Open, joining No. 1-ranked Ash Barty in skipping the Grand Slam tennis to...