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WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina rolls into Ningbo final
No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and No. 4 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia cruised into Sunday's final of the Ningbo Open in Ningbo, China.,Rybakina knocked out No. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 29 minutes. Rybakina struck 10 aces, won 88% of the points on her first...
WTA roundup: Jasmine Paolini rallies; Naomi Osaka withdraws
No. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy rallied to reach the Ningbo Open semifinals with a marathon 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory Friday against sixth-seeded Swiss Belinda Bencic in Ningbo, China.,Paolini swung momentum in the three-hour, 22-minute clash with two service breaks in the 10th and final games of th...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler reaches Ningbo quarters
Unseeded American McCartney Kessler reached the Ningbo Open quarterfinals Thursday with a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory over eighth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova in Ningbo, China.,Kessler raced to a 5-1 lead in the opening set before dropping five straight games. She pulled it together during the tiebrea...
Naomi Osaka survives 3-setter, injury to advance at Japan Open
Naomi Osaka fought through an injury to defeat defending champion Suzan Lamens 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday.,The No. 1 seed in her home-country tournament, Osaka was up 5-0 in the third set when she called for a medical timeout. After trainers hea...
WTA roundup: Top seeds enjoy 5-0 round at Japan Open
No. 3 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium never faced a break point in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over Spain's Cristina Bucsa in the first round of the Japan Open on Tuesday in Osaka.,On a day when seeded players finished 5-0, Mertens struck seven aces and converted four of five break points to win in one hour an...
WTA roundup: Naomi Osaka easily wins opener in Osaka
Top seed Naomi Osaka overwhelmed 17-year-old Wakana Sonobe 6-0, 6-4 in the opening round of the Japan Open in Osaka on Monday.,Osaka needed just 76 minutes to oust her Japanese countrywoman, using eight aces and winning 83% of her first serves (15 of 18). Osaka also converted five of 13 break opport...
Naomi Osaka wins in Wuhan; Emma Raducanu retires (dizziness)
Eleventh-seeded Naomi Osaka overcame a slow start for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Leylah Fernandez on Tuesday in a first-round match at the Wuhan Open.,Playing in the event for the first time in eight years, Osaka recorded 10 aces and overcame eight double faults to dispatch the Canadian in 2 1/2 hours...
Former Syracuse star Tiana Mangakahia dies at 30 after cancer battle
Former Syracuse basketball star Tiana Mangakahia died on Thursday at age 30 after a long battle with cancer.,She was surrounded by family and friends when she passed in her hometown of Brisbane, Australia, the school said in a news release on Friday.,"The ultimate fighter!" Syracuse head coach Felis...
Amanda Anisimova pulls upset, will face Naomi Osaka in U.S. Open semis
Amanda Anisimova got some sweet revenge on Wednesday at the U.S. Open.,Fifty-three days after the American was defeated 6-0, 6-0 by Poland's Iga Swiatek in the Wimbledon final, the No. 8 seed avenged her loss with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of second-seeded Swiatek to advance into the semifinals in New York....
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek roll into U.S. Open quarterfinals
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open Round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish her dismantling of Gauff,...
Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to reach U.S. Open quarters
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish off her dismantling of Ga...
Iga Swiatek pushed to three sets but advances at U.S. Open
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland overcame a surprise second-set challenge from Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands and held on for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday in New York.,Swiatek lost leads of 2-1 and 4-3 in the second set as Lamens broke her serve three tim...
U.S. Open: Iga Swiatek makes history by winning opener
Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek is off to a fast start in her attempt to win back-to-back Grand Slams, as the No. 2 seed from Poland beat Colombia's Emiliana Arango 6-1, 6-2 in an hour flat at the U.S. Open on Tuesday in New York.,Swiatek routed Arango by winning 23 of her 26 first-service points (88...
Naomi Osaka, Clara Tauson spring upsets to reach Montreal semifinals
Not even the greatest women's tennis aficionados could have predicted this final four at the National Bank Open in Montreal.,On Tuesday, unseeded Naomi Osaka of Japan and No. 16 Clara Tauson of Denmark punched their tickets to the semifinals of the WTA 1000 event. Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam champ...
Naomi Osaka, Madison Keys advance in Montreal while Iga Swiatek falls
Japan's Naomi Osaka roared into her first quarterfinal in 19 months with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova in National Bank Open play on Sunday afternoon in Montreal.,The unseeded Osaka, who knocked off 14th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia and No. 22 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvi...
Iga Swiatek cruises, Naomi Osaka rallies in Montreal second-round play
Making her first appearance since winning Wimbledon 18 days before, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland breezed past China's Guo Hanyu 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal.,Swiatek needed just 72 minutes to claim the victory as she won 60 percent of ...
Iga Swiatek cruises, Naomi Osaka rallies in National Bank second-round play
Making her first appearance since winning Wimbledon 18 days before, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland breezed past China's Guo Hanyu 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal.,Swiatek needed just 72 minutes to claim the victory as she won 60 percent of ...
No. 6 Madison Keys, Naomi Osaka shown Wimbledon exit
Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rallied to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon on Friday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win against Japan's Naomi Osaka.,Pavlyuchenkova raced to 3-0 leads in each of the last two sets and held off the four-time Grand Slam winner in two hours and three minutes.,Osaka struck 15 ...
Avalanche's Cale Makar wins second Norris Trophy
Colorado Avalanche offensive-minded defenseman Cale Makar is the recipient of the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the second time in his career, the NHL announced Wednesday.,The award is presented "to the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the po...
Take 5: Most likely first-time major winners at U.S. Open
The past six major championships have been dominated by the same four faces: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau. ,Not only have they combined to win those six titles, they've dotted the top 10 on every leaderboard, contending and pushing one another.,All four of...