Articles filed under Tennis
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Girls tennis: Perfect start for Libertyville's Blaser, KleinOct 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Libertyville doubles partners Danielle Blaser and Callie Klein had a perfect start on Day 1 of the girls tennis state tournament on Thursday. A Class 2A 5-8 seed, Blaser...
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3rd-seeded Gasquet , 4th-seeded Cuevas into European Open QFOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - Third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France was untroubled on his serve as be beat Inigo Cervantes 6-2, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals of the European...
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Wrist injury ends Suarez Navarro's bid to reach WTA FinalsOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A wrist injury killed off Carla Suarez Navarro's hopes of qualifying for the WTA Finals as the Spanish player retired while facing Australian Daria Gavrilo...
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Rafael Nadal inaugurates tennis academy in Spanish hometownOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - MALLORCA, Spain (AP) - Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal inaugurated the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar on his home island of Mallorca on Wednesday. Nadal was accompanied...
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Kyrgios skips tennis event in favor of NBA celebrity gameOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Controversial tennis player Nick Kyrgios will be free to participate in an NBA celebrity game in February after being released from his con...
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Karlovic, Zverev advance at Stockholm OpenOct 19, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Veteran Ivo Karlovic needed three sets to beat 18-year-old Mikael Ymer of Sweden in the second round of the Stockholm Open on Wednesday. Ymer, who upset...
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Girls tennis: Palatine's Kawai poised for big tournament finaleOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - Just three seasons ago, an unknown student who'd moved from Japan joined the Palatine girls tennis team. It didn't take Asuka Kawai long to become extremely well known i...
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Konjuh upsets Strycova in 3 sets at Kremlin CupOct 18, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh ousted sixth-seeded Barbora Strycova in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday, winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. The 18-year-old ...
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Moscow results to decide final WTA Finals spotOct 18, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - With Serena Williams' decision to withdraw from next week's WTA Finals, the final spot in the year-end tournament will be decided in Moscow. Svetlana Kuzne...
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Mikael Ymer upsets Verdasco at Stockholm OpenOct 18, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Eighteen-year-old Mikael Ymer of Sweden stunned Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the Swedish Open on Tuesday, dropping just three games to the Sp...