Articles filed under Tennis
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'In the mood': Federer seeks more clay matches in RomeMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - At 37 and with 20 Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer still gets excited about playing tennis. That's why he added this week's Italian Open to his schedule. ...
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Crafty Kyrgios leaves Medvedev slamming his racketMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Nick Kyrgios took full advantage of his crafty game to eliminate Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday. For his fir...
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Lapentti, Evans finalists to replace Gimelstob on ATP boardMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Former top-10 player Nicolas Lapentti and former ATP executive Weller Evans are the finalists to replace Justin Gimelstob on the ATP board. The 10 voting mem...
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Serena Williams withdraws from Rome with injured kneeMay 14, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Serena Williams withdrew from the Italian Open on Tuesday ahead of her second-round match against sister Venus because of a previously injured left knee. Tou...
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In Paris, Tommy Paul of US will seek Slam success like palsMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - Tommy Paul paid close attention as his friends and countrymen Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz and Reilly Opelka produced headline-worthy performances at the Australian Open...
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US tennis pro Nicole Gibbs has cancer; to miss French OpenMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - American tennis player Nicole Gibbs says she will miss the French Open because of surgery for salivary gland cancer. The 26-year-old Gibbs wrote on Twitter that the proc...
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Serena Williams wins clay opener; sister Venus next in RomeMay 13, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Serena Williams looked sharper than in her previous match two months ago as she opened her clay-court season with a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Swedish qualifi...
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Rafael Nadal says he is taking clay slump 'naturally'May 12, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Usually this time of the year Rafael Nadal is talking about how his game is peaking ahead of the French Open. The discussion is typically about how many ti...
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Local 17-year-old wild card beats US veteran Johnson in RomeMay 12, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Local teenager Jannik Sinner rallied to beat American veteran Steve Johnson 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the Italian Open on Sunday. In his Masters Se...
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Djokovic beats Tsitsipas to win his 3rd Madrid Open titleMay 12, 2019 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - Novak Djokovic celebrated a lot more than a record-tying 33rd Masters 1000 title at the Madrid Open. Djokovic left the Spanish capital feeling pretty good ...