Articles filed under Tennis
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Wickmayer tops Davis, wins Citi Open singles and doublesJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Yanina Wickmayer beat Lauren Davis 6-4, 6-2 in the Citi Open final Sunday to win the fifth WTA title of her career. Wickmayer, a 26-year-old Belgian wh...
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Italy's Fognini beats Martin to win Croatia OpenJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - UMAG, Croatia (AP) - Fabio Fognini defeated Andrej Martin 6-4, 6-1 to win the Croatia Open on Sunday. The fourth-seeded Italian, who had played in Umag for nine consecut...
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Feliciano Lopez wins Swiss Open for 1st clay-court titleJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain won his first career clay-court title on Sunday, beating Robin Haase of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-5 in the Sw...
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Johanna Konta tops Venus Williams for first singles crownJul 24, 2016 7:00 am - STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - As Johanna Konta pounded the ball from every spot on the court Sunday and rarely missed, there were moments Venus Williams could do little more t...
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At age 37, Ivo Karlovic to face Monfils in Citi Open finalJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Even Ivo Karlovic willingly admits that whatever success he has on a tennis court is due mainly to his big serve. Well, that one stroke is in fine form...
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Martin reaches his 1st final, plays Fognini at Croatia OpenJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - UMAG, Croatia (AP) - Andrej Martin of Slovakia reached his first career ATP final after defeating Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 7-6 (4), 6-4 Saturday in the last four of t...
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Venus Williams holds off Riske, reaches Stanford finalJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Venus Williams is having such a blast with her tennis again at age 36, she has many more tournament titles in mind before she's done. Her next ch...
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Lorenzi beats Basilashvili, is oldest 1st-time ATP winnerJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) - Paolo Lorenzi of Italy became the oldest first-time winner of an ATP event on Saturday after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia 6-3, 6-4 ...
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Siniakova, Siegemund advance to Swedish Open finalJul 23, 2016 7:00 am - BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - Katerina Siniakova ousted defending champion Johanna Larsson 7-5, 6-1 Saturday in the Swedish Open semifinals as the 20-year-old Czech chases her f...
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Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez advances to Swiss Open semifinalsJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) - Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain set up a Swiss Open semifinal against Dustin Brown by beating Elias Ymer of Sweden in the quarterfinals on...