Articles filed under Tennis
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Kvitova overpowers Cibulkova to win Wuhan OpenOct 01, 2016 7:00 am - WUHAN, China (AP) - Petra Kvitova overpowered Dominika Cibulkova 6-1, 6-1 Saturday to win the Wuhan Open for her first title of the year. The 14th-seeded Kvitova, who wo...
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Berdych takes on Gasquet in Shenzhen Open finalOct 01, 2016 7:00 am - SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Defending champion Tomas Berdych fired nine aces and defeated Thomaz Bellucci 6-2, 7-5 in the Shenzhen Open semifinals on Saturday. The top-seeded...
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Kristyna Pliskova beats Hibino in Tashkent for 1st titleOct 01, 2016 7:00 am - TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic won her first WTA tournament on Saturday at the Tashkent Open, beating defending champion Nao Hibino ...
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Girls tennis scoreboard: Saturday, Oct. 1 resultsOct 01, 2016 1:01 am - Girls tennis scoreboard: Saturday, Oct. 1 results * ...
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Kvitova beats 4th-seeded Halep to reach Wuhan Open finalSep 30, 2016 7:00 am - WUHAN, China (AP) - Former champion Petra Kvitova advanced to the final of the Wuhan Open by beating fourth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania 6-1, 6-2 Friday. Kvitova hit f...
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Berdych beats Vesely to make Shenzhen semis with GasquetSep 30, 2016 7:00 am - SHENZHEN, China (AP) - Defending champion Tomas Berdych defeated Czech countryman Jiri Vesely 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-2 in the Shenzhen Open quarterfinals on Friday. Berdych dro...
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Tennis officials banned for life for manipulating scoresSep 30, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The International Tennis Federation has banned two Turkish officials for life for manipulating scores of matches, assisting fraudulent betting. The ITF say...
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Djokovic says Grand Slams, No. 1 ranking no longer prioritySep 30, 2016 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Novak Djokovic says Grand Slam trophies and the No. 1 ranking are no longer his priorities. The top-ranked Serb, who has won 12 major titles, sai...
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Halep overpowers Keys to reach semifinals of Wuhan OpenSep 29, 2016 7:00 am - WUHAN, China (AP) - Fourth-seeded Simona Halep of Romania advanced to the semifinals of the Wuhan Open on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Madison Keys of the United St...
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$30K paid in settlement of high school tennis bullying caseSep 29, 2016 7:00 am - PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) - A former Michigan high school tennis player and her mother were paid $30,000 in settlement of a lawsuit that alleged she was bullied while on the v...