Articles filed under Tennis
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Girls tennis: Wauconda's Hackman sectional champOct 15, 2016 1:00 am - The wait was well worth it for Wauconda junior Sarah Hackman. Needing nearly 3 hours, Hackman claimed her second straight Class 2A Cary-Grove girls tennis sectional titl...
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Girls tennis: Elgin's Krakowski, West Aurora's Stefancic advanceOct 15, 2016 1:00 am - Elgin sophomore Marta Krakowski and West Aurora junior Elizabeth Stefancic advanced to the state girls tennis finals Saturday when they each finished second in singles p...
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Girls tennis: Stevenson takes control; Palatine's Kawai thrivesOct 15, 2016 1:00 am - For the sixth consecutive year, Stevenson's girls tennis team grabbed a sectional title, grabbing 32 points at Hersey on Saturday. It's the fourth straight season the Pa...
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Girls tennis: Move west agrees with sectional champ Glenbard WestOct 15, 2016 1:00 am - Heading west to participate in the St. Charles East girls tennis sectional proved to be a nice change of pace for Glenbard West. Getting away from longtime state powerho...
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Kuznetsova holds off Osaka to reach Tianjin Open semisOct 14, 2016 7:00 am - TIANJIN, China (AP) - Svetlana Kuznetsova held off Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the Tianjin Open semifinals on Friday. The second-seeded Russ...
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Fine, but not OK. Another Kyrgios outburst in the headlinesOct 14, 2016 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - That latest outburst from Nick Kyrgios has commentators and critics in Australia divided over whether the tennis prodigy's career would be bet...
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Top-seeded Muguruza sprains ankle, pulls out of LinzOct 14, 2016 7:00 am - LINZ, Austria (AP) - French Open champion Garbine Muguruza sprained her left ankle and pulled out of her quarterfinal against Viktorija Golubic at the Generali Ladies on...
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Djokovic hums his way to victory in Shanghai quarterfinalsOct 14, 2016 7:00 am - SHANGHAI (AP) - Novak Djokovic certainly appears to be a different player on court these days: Smiling after shanking balls instead of screaming, humming songs instead o...
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Kerber upset in Hong Kong quarters; Wozniacki advancesOct 14, 2016 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Angelique Kerber was upset by Daria Gavrilova 6-3, 6-1 in the Hong Kong Open quarterfinals on Friday, the latest early loss for the top-ranked German si...
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Top-seeded Muguruza, Pavlyuchenkova reach Linz quarterfinalsOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - LINZ, Austria (AP) - Top-seeded Garbine Muguruza and defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies with straight-set w...