Articles filed under Tennis
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Wild-card entry Bouchard wins 1st-round match at SydneyJan 08, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Eugenie Bouchard made the most of her wild-card entry to the Sydney International, beating Zhang Shuai of China 7-6 (1), 6-2 on Sunday in a first-round mat...
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Technical director Di Pasquale leaving French tennis roleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The French Tennis Federation says technical director Arnaud Di Pasquale is leaving by mutual consent. Di Pasquale, who has held the role since April 2013, w...
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Bautista Agut vs Medvedev in Chennai Open finalJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - CHENNAI, India (AP) - Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain eased past Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to meet Daniil Medvedev in the Chennai Open final. Bautista A...
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Mladenovic, Gasquet give France its 2nd Hopman Cup titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - PERTH, Australia (AP) - Kristina Mladenovic and Richard Gasquet clinched France's second Hopman Cup title, beating Americans CoCo Vandeweghe and Jack Sock 4-1, 4-3 in th...
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Djokovic beats Murray to successfully defend Qatar titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Qatar Open title by beating top-seeded Andy Murray 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. The dramatic match...
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Pliskova routs Cornet, wins Brisbane titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Karolina Pliskova won all but five points in the first six games to set up a 6-0, 6-3 rout of Alize Cornet in the Brisbane International final...
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Raonic beats Nadal, keeps Brisbane title defense on trackJan 06, 2017 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Rafael Nadal was up a set and had a break point against defending champion Milos Raonic when he sent a forehand just wide. It was a mistake th...
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France beats Switzerland, sets up Hopman Cup final vs. USJan 06, 2017 6:00 am - PERTH, Australia (AP) - France will play the United States in the Hopman Cup final after Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic combined to beat Swiss teammates Roger F...
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Paire reaches Chennai semis for 3rd timeJan 06, 2017 6:00 am - CHENNAI, India (AP) - Benoit Paire of France reached the Chennai Open semifinals for a third time when he beat 2015 runner-up Aljaz Bedene of Britain 6-3, 6-0 on Friday....
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Defending champ Djokovic to face top-ranked Murray in finalJan 06, 2017 6:00 am - DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic survived five match points to beat Fernando Verdasco and set up a final against top-ranked Andy Murray, who had far ...