Articles filed under Tennis
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Responding to complaints, US Open restores wheelchair tennisJun 24, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Tennis Association changed its plans and now will include wheelchair competition at the scaled-down U.S. Open after athletes complained about th...
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Djokovic's parents defend their son, blame another playerJun 24, 2020 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Novak Djokovic's parents defended their son on Wednesday and blamed another tennis player for spreading the coronavirus at a series of exhibition...
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No. 1 Novak Djokovic, wife have virus after his exhibitionsJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus after he played in a series of exhi...
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Djokovic statement after testing positive for coronavirusJun 23, 2020 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Statement from No. 1-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic on Tuesday after he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus: ___ The moment we ...
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Virus cases at Djokovic's event put sports under scrutinyJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Novak Djokovic's charity tennis exhibition series, combined with an overall softening of coronavirus restrictions in Serbia and Croatia, has been...
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Coric becomes 2nd tennis player to test positive for virusJun 22, 2020 7:00 am - ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - Borna Coric has become the second tennis player to test positive for the coronavirus after participating in an exhibition event in Croatia. Coric,...
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Dimitrov positive for COVID-19, exhibition event canceledJun 21, 2020 7:00 am - Grigor Dimitrov has tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the cancellation of an exhibition event in Croatia where top-ranked Novak Djokovic was due to play in the fi...
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Winthrop eliminates men's, women's tennis due to virusJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Winthrop is ending its men's and women's tennis programs due to a financial shortfall caused because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Division I ...
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When tennis returns: No fans, less prize money, rustinessJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - Madison Keys, the 2017 U.S. Open runner-up, has not played a real tennis match since January, so she was thrilled when a partial schedule was released for the sport's tr...
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Tennis umpire suspended for not reporting corruption triesJun 19, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A tennis chair umpire who has officiated at the U.S. Open and Paralympics was suspended for 2 1/2 years for failing to report that he was approached about ...