Articles filed under Tennis
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Mannarino defeats Djere to win Winston-Salem OpenAug 27, 2022 7:00 am - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Adrian Mannarino beat Laslo Djere 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Saturday to become the first Frenchman to win the Winston-Salem Open. After beating four str...
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Italian tennis umpire gets long ban for match-fixingAug 26, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - An Italian tennis umpire was banned for seven years and six months Friday after admitting to charges of match-fixing. Lorenzo Chiurazzi, a national-level c...
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At US Open, complaints about the ball before 1st one struckAug 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Coco Gauff's father sometimes will tweak her racket, and the 18-year-old American never notices. But a variation in the tennis balls, like there is betw...
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Serena's opponent, Kovinic, 'honored' to face her at US OpenAug 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Someone, of course, will end up in the history books as the last opponent of Serena Williams' stellar career. It could be Danka Kovinic, a 27-year-old fr...
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Sasnovich rallies past Cornet, advances to Cleveland finalAug 26, 2022 7:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Seventh-seeded Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus moved within one win of her first WTA Tour title, rallying to beat eighth-seeded Alizé Cornet 6-7 (5), ...
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Serena's farewell, Nadal's return highlight 2022 US OpenAug 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A glance at the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2022: SURFACE Hard courts SITE Flushing Meadows SCHEDULE Play in the two-week tourna...
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Serena Williams' 1st opponent at US Open is Danka KovinicAug 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams' first opponent at what she has indicated will be her last U.S. Open - and, indeed, the last tournament of her career - is unseeded Danka...
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Serena Williams: A quiz about the 23-time Grand Slam champAug 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - How well do you know the tennis career of 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, who has indicated this will be her final U.S. Open - and p...
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Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can't travel to StatesAug 25, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United...
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Mannarino, Djere reach Winston-Salem semifinalsAug 25, 2022 7:00 am - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - France's Adrian Mannarino beat fourth-seeded Maxime Cressy of the United States 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Thursday to reach the Winston-Salem Open semif...