Articles filed under Tennis
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Simona Halep earns 2nd straight year-end No. 1 rankingOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Simona Halep is back as the year-end No. 1 for the second year in a row, despite a back injury that doctors say could lead to a long-term problem. Halep, w...
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Ukrainian brothers given tennis life bans for match fixingOct 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ukrainian twin brothers Gleb and Vadim Alekseenko have been banned from tennis for life and each fined $250,000 for multiple match-fixing and corrupt betti...
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Del Potro calls knee fracture a 'hard blow'Oct 14, 2018 7:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Juan Martin del Potro has fractured his right patella bone in what the Argentine called "a hard blow that leaves me without strength." Del...
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Garcia beats Pliskova to win Tianjin Open titleOct 14, 2018 7:00 am - TIANJIN, China (AP) - Second-seeded Caroline Garcia won her first tournament of the year with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 win over top-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the Tianjin Open on...
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Djokovic wins a record fourth Shanghai Masters titleOct 14, 2018 7:00 am - SHANGHAI (AP) - Novak Djokovic won a record fourth Shanghai Masters title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 13th-seeded Borna Coric on Sunday. The second-seeded Djokovic has won ...
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Pliskova, Garcia in Tianjin Open finalOct 13, 2018 7:00 am - TIANJIN, China (AP) - Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova will be looking for her second title of the WTA's Asian swing when she plays second-seeded Caroline Garcia of France i...
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Coric upsets Federer, facing Djokovic in Shanghai finalOct 13, 2018 7:00 am - SHANGHAI (AP) - Borna Coric upset defending champion Roger Federer to face Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Coric earned passage to the final by t...
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Alexandrova reaches her 1st final, faces Giorgi at LinzOct 13, 2018 7:00 am - LINZ, Austria (AP) - Ekaterina Alexandrova recovered from a disastrous first set against Andrea Petkovic at the Ladies Linz tournament on Saturday to reach her first fin...
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China's best to play Ukrainian teen for Hong Kong WTA titleOct 13, 2018 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Wang Qiang, the best Chinese women's player in tennis with a ranking of No. 24, will play Ukrainian teen Dayana Yastremska for a third career title at t...
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Girls tennis: Barrington dominates at JacobsOct 13, 2018 1:01 am - Barrington turned the Jacobs sectional into a family affair Saturday - literally. The doubles championship matched a pair of Fillies teams, and it also pitted sister vs....