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Germany opens United Cup title defense with win
Defending champion Germany took a dominant first step in its United Cup defense, sweeping Brazil on Sunday in Perth, Australia.,The Brazilians, seeded 13th and winless in Group E play, were eliminated from the mixed-team event.,World No. 2 Alexander Zverev needed just 77 minutes to defeat Thiago Mon...
Italy ousts Iga Swiatek, Poland to reach Billie Jean King Cup final
Italy returned to the championship match of the Billie Jean King Cup finals by outlasting Poland 2-1 in Monday's semifinal showdown in Malaga, Spain.,Italy, which lost to Canada in last year's final, will meet the winner of the other semifinal between Great Britain and Slovakia, which is slated for ...
Iga Swiatek, Jasmine Paolini advance to fourth round at U.S. Open
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland has endured disappointments in recent Grand Slam events, but cruised to a straight-sets victory on Saturday to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York.,Swiatek, who was upset in the first weekend at last year's U.S. Open, didn't face a break point en rou...
Jasmine Paolini reaches new heights at U.S. Open
Before this year, Jasmine Paolini never played past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.,On Saturday, the fifth-seeded Paolini defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the fourth round of the U.S. Open in New York, earning her way into the second week of a major tournament for the fo...
Wimbledon: Krejcikova favored in unlikely final vs. Paolini
The 2024 Wimbledon ladies' final will be played on the grass of the All England Club, but it will have a distinctly French Open flair.,The finals pit a pair of 28-year-olds best known for their exploits at Roland Garros, where No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini reached the finals last month and No. 31 seed ...
Jasmine Paolini, Barbora Krejcikova to face off in Wimbledon final
No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy advanced to her second consecutive Grand Slam final, defeating Donna Vekic of Croatia 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the first Wimbledon semifinal on Thursday.,In her first Wimbledon final on Saturday, Paolini will take on No. 31 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republi...
Jasmine Paolini into Wimbledon final after tough win over Donna Vekic
No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy advanced to her second consecutive Grand Slam final, defeating Donna Vekic of Croatia 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the first Wimbledon semifinal on Thursday.,It was an emotional two-hour, 51-minute match that turned into the longest semifinal in the history of women's sin...
Donna Vekic rallies to reach Wimbledon semifinals
Croatia's Donna Vekic rallied to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 victory at Wimbledon over New Zealand's Lulu Sun on Tuesday in London.,The unseeded Vekic, 28, advanced in 2 hours and 8 minutes and improved to 10-3 this year on grass, including a final at Bad Homburg two we...
No. 19 Emma Navarro sweeps No. 2 Coco Gauff out of Wimbledon
No. 19 seed Emma Navarro continued her breakout season Sunday by dispatching No. 2 seed Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-3 at Wimbledon to reach the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career.,Navarro controlled the round of 16 match against her fellow American while winning in just 74 minutes. She will face seve...
Iga Swiatek WDs from grass-court event in Berlin
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek cited physical and mental fatigue in her decision to withdraw from the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin, Germany.,The WTA 500 event begins on Monday.,Swiatek is fresh off winning her third consecutive French Open title and fourth in the last five years. The 23-year-old Poland n...
Iga Swiatek dominates Jasmine Paolini to claim 4th French Open title
Iga Swiatek completed her dominating run to a fourth French Open title with 6-2, 6-1 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the women's final at Roland Garros on Saturday in Paris.,The top-seeded Swiatek dropped only one set en route to her third consecutive title at the French Open, where she also won in ...
Mirra Andreeva, Jasmine Paolini pull off French Open quarterfinal stunners
Teenager Mirra Andreeva stunned No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to her first career Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open on Wednesday.,The 17-year-old Russian becomes the youngest woman to play in a Grand Slam semfinal since Martina Hingis, who was 16 when she reached the ...