Articles filed under Tennis
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Sectional champ Antioch happily overachievesOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - It's always nice when your team exceeds expectations. That seemed to be the theme on a chilly Saturday afternoon at the District 117 Tennis Complex in Lake Villa. Sectio...
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Stevenson looks strong; Kawai, Linden take top singles spotsOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - Girls tennis hopefuls taking the courts Saturday morning at Stevenson were finally able to compete for the opportunity they've been training for all season: A trip to th...
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Girls tennis: Elgin freshman Krakowski takes sectional crownOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - Elgin's Marta Krakowski couldn't have written a much better script to her freshman season of high school tennis. Krakowski continued her unbeaten streak in impressive fa...
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Girls tennis: Wauconda's Hackman sectional champOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - Sarah Hackman realized she would have to play well if she was going to win the singles title at Saturday's Cary-Grove girls tennis sectional. The Wauconda sophomore sens...
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Naperville Central the class of the sectionalOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - Coach Don Bonet knew four years ago that his Naperville Central incoming girls tennis class was something special. Saturday at Naperville North, the Redhawks won their f...
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Nadal routs Wawrinka 6-2, 6-1 to reach Shanghai semifinalsOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - SHANGHAI (AP) - Rafael Nadal is starting to look like his dominant former self, the player who won 14 Grand Slam titles. He's even beating the top players again. After s...
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Venus Williams reaches semifinals at Hong Kong OpenOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Venus Williams closed in on a spot in the season-ending WTA Finals by beating Alize Cornet 6-1, 6-1 Friday to reach the Hong Kong Open semifinals. The t...
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Pavlyuchenkova beats Krunic to reach semifinals in LinzOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - LINZ, Austria (AP) - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Serbian qualifier Aleksandra Krunic 6-3, 6-3 at the Generali Ladies on Friday to advance to her third semifinal of...
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Radwanska to face Pliskova in Tianjin Open semifinalsOct 16, 2015 7:00 am - TIANJIN, China (AP) - Agnieszka Radwanska will take on Karolina Pliskova in the semifinals of the Tianjin Open in a match-up between players trying to wrap up spots in t...
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Past 2 winners to play in CharlestonOct 15, 2015 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - The past two Family Circle Cup champions in Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic have committed to play in the rebranded Volvo Cars Open in 2016....