Kerber pulls through a surprising challenge, faces Keys next Angelique Kerber remains the only Grand Slam singles winner in the Australian Open women’s draw after surviving a frustrating fourth-round match. For a while, though, it appeared Kerber’s progression may have unraveled against No. 88 Hsieh Su-wei, a former top-ranked doubles […]
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The Latest: Federer through to 4th round at Australian Open The Latest on Saturday at the Australian Open (all times local): 11:05 p.m. Roger Federer continued his career-long domination of Richard Gasquet, beating the Frenchman for the 17th time in 19 matches with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 third-round win at […]
WTA signs lucrative 10-year deal to move finals to China The WTA has signed a long-term deal to move its season-ending WTA Finals to Shenzhen, China, in 2019 and will increase total prize money to $14 million, double the previous purse. The move represents a significant investment in the China […]
Rafael Nadal, Karolina Pliskova survive day of upsets at Western & Southern Open Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova — the No. 1 seeds in the Western & Southern Open — advanced with straight-set wins Wednesday, while the rest of their brackets suffered more top losses. Nadal sat out an hour-long […]
Top seed Karolina Pliskova advances at Rogers Cup Karolina Pliskova advanced to the quarterfinals at the Rogers Cup on Thursday when Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka was forced to retire because of an injury. The world’s top-ranked player moved on with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 victory when Osaka had to […]
New No. 1 Pliskova opens with second-round win in Toronto Karolina Pliskova began her run as world No. 1 on a positive note, beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup. The 25-year-old Czech, who had a first-round bye, extended her […]
Genie Bouchard loses in first round of Rogers Cup Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the first round of the Rogers Cup on Tuesday, losing to Donna Vekic in straight sets. The 23-year-old Bouchard, who made a name for herself when she reached the Wimbledon final in 2014 after two straight […]
Kvitova dominates in her Bank of the West Classic debut Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova eased into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko in her Bank of the West Classic debut on Thursday. Kvitova, a No. 2 seed, will take on eighth-seeded American CiCi Bellis, a […]
Medvedev fights off match point, advances at Citi Open Daniil Medvedev fought off a match point with a 129-mph ace during a third-set tiebreak and beat Reilly Opelka to advance to the second round of the Citi Open. Medvedev, of Russia, twisted his ankle on the final point before the […]
Top-seeded Jack Sock advances in Atlanta Open Top-seeded Jack Sock beat Israel’s Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday night in the American’s opening match in the BB&T Atlanta Open. Sock set up a quarterfinal match against fifth-seeded Kyle Edmund of England, a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 winner over Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk […]
