Articles filed under Tennis
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Brazilian tennis player Haddad Maia fails doping testJul 24, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The International Tennis Federation says Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test. The ITF sa...
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From tennis to pickleball to Beckyball: Tweaks to games are good for athletes and environment.Jul 24, 2019 1:00 am - Headlined "Tennis, everyone?", a 1973 story in The New York Times noted that the number of indoor courts had grown from 30 to more than 1,000, and even suburbs and rural...
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Winners of 2019 Naperville junior tennis tournament namedJul 23, 2019 11:00 pm - On Saturday, July 20, the Naperville Park District held its annual Summer Slam All-City Junior Tennis Tournament at the Knoch Park tennis courts. The tournament was pl...
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Bertens drops only 1 game in Palermo openerJul 23, 2019 7:00 am - PALERMO, Sicily (AP) - Top-seeded Kiki Bertens rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Ekaterine Gorgodze in the opening round of the Palermo Ladies Open on Tuesday. Italian wild ...
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Thiem beats Cuevas to reach 2nd round in HamburgJul 23, 2019 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Back on clay for the first time since losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem beat Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 7-6 (3) Tuesday to reach...
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Zidansek wins opening match of Palermo Open's returnJul 22, 2019 7:00 am - PALERMO, Sicily (AP) - Fourth-seeded Tamara Zidansek beat Lara Arruabarrena 6-2, 6-3 in Monday's opening match of the Palermo Ladies Open, which is marking its return af...
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Chardy beats Paire in all-French battle in HamburgJul 22, 2019 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Jeremy Chardy needed five match points to beat fellow Frenchman Benoit Paire and reach the second round of the Hamburg European Open on Monday. C...
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Li Na sets new mark: first Asian-born player in Tennis HallJul 21, 2019 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Li Na has broken new ground at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The 37-year-old former Chinese star on Saturday became the first Asian-born pl...
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Ferro beats club teammate Cornet to win Lausanne finalJul 21, 2019 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Fiona Ferro beat her friend and French club teammate Alizé Cornet 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in the Ladies Open Lausanne final on Sunday to win her firs...
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Isner wins Hall of Fame tourney on Newport's hot grassJul 21, 2019 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - John Isner lumbered toward the net and didn't get to see his match-ending forehand winner down the line as he fell forward onto the extremely hot gr...