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Carlos Alcaraz's win streak reaches 16 as he advances to London semis
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz won 91.7 percent of his first-serve points (33 of 36) and ran his winning streak to 16 matches with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over lucky loser Arthur Rinderknech of France on Friday to reach the semifinals of the HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in London.,Alcaraz had a 24-21 ed...
WTA Roundup: Aryna Sabalenka comes back for quarterfinal win in Berlin
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus saved four match points in the final-set tiebreaker to defeat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (6) in the quarterfinals of the Berlin Tennis Open on Friday.,Sabalenka came out on top despite trailing Rybakina 6-2 in the deciding tiebreaker of what ...
MLB roundup: Padres win feisty finale against Dodgers
Xander Bogaerts had a second-inning home run among his four hits and the visiting San Diego Padres earned a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep in a series that saw tempers reach a boiling point.,Rookie right-hander Ryan Bergert opened with 4 2/3 scoreless...
ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik stuns No. 1 Jannik Sinner
Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik recorded a huge upset in knocking out World No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany.,Bublik, ranked No. 45, had lost to Sinner in the French Open quarterfinals earl...
WTA roundup: Xinyu Wang upsets Coco Gauff in Berlin
Xinyu Wang of China knocked off French Open champion Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 in the Round of 16 at the Berlin Tennis Open on Thursday.,Gauff, the No. 2 seed, was playing in her first match since winning her second career Grand Slam on June 7 at Roland Garros. She had seven double faults to just one ace,...
MLB roundup: Rays erase 8-run deficit, stun Orioles
Junior Caminero drove in Yandy Diaz with a seventh-inning single to cap a four-hit performance and give the host Tampa Bay Rays their first lead as they overcame an eight-run deficit to claim a 12-8 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday.,Tampa Bay's Jonathan Aranda collected three hits and...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev advance in Halle
World No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Marcos Giron in the first round Wednesday at the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany. Overpowering Giron with his serve, Zverev had 10 aces and never faced a break point while winning 28 of 34 points on first serve (82 percent)...
WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini fall in Berlin
Third-seeded Jessica Pegula and fourth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy were knocked out during second-round play Wednesday on the grass at the Berlin Open.,Unseeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova needed 3 hours, 21 minutes to earn a 6-7 (8), 7-5, 7-6 (5) upset of Pegula. She fought off two match points ...
MLB roundup: Angels shut out slumping Yankees again
Kyle Hendricks struck out nine and pitched six solid innings as the Los Angeles Angels earned their fourth straight win at Yankee Stadium with a 4-0 victory over the slumping New York Yankees on Tuesday.,The Yankees lost their season-high fifth straight game, were shut out for a third straight game ...
WTA roundup: McCartney Kessler ousts No. 1 seed in Nottingham
Unseeded McCartney Kessler upset No. 1 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5, in the first round of the Lexus Nottingham Open in Nottingham, England.,In a nearly three-hour match, Kessler -- ranked No. 42 in the world -- led 6-5 in the third set, then broke Haddad Maia's serve to cli...
WTA roundup: Madison Keys shown early exit from Berlin
Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic staved off No. 7 seed Madison Keys 7-5, 7-6 (6) during the first round of the Berlin Tennis Open on Tuesday.,Neither player broke serve in the second set until the tiebreaker, when Vondrousova ran out to a 4-0 lead. The Australian Open champion rattled off f...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz continues win streak at London opener
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain won his 14th consecutive match this year with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Australian Adam Walton in the first round of the HSBC Championships on Tuesday at the Queen's Club in London.,Alcaraz fired 33 winners and 10 aces past Walton, a late replacement for Spain's Al...
MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani, after pitching, lifts Dodgers at plate
Shohei Ohtani pitched an inning for the first time in nearly two years and drove in two runs out of the leadoff spot as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 6-3 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Monday.,Ohtani, who is back to pitching after undergoing a second Tommy John procedure in 2023, s...
WTA roundup: Mirra Andreeva knocked out in Berlin
Poland's Magdalena Frech rallied to upset No. 6 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 in first-round action at the Berlin Tennis Open on Monday.,Andreeva, who turned 18 in April, has had a successful season. She won WTA 1000 titles in Dubai and Indian Wells and became the youngest WTA 1000-lev...
ATP roundup: Daniel Evans upsets Frances Tiafoe in London opener
British wild card Daniel Evans took down No. 7 seed Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the HSBC Championships on Monday at Queen's Club in London.,The 35-year-old from Birmingham, England, has fallen to No. 199 in the ATP rankings, but it didn't matter as he won 25 of 33 first-service poi...
MLB roundup: Red Sox sweep Yanks, trade Rafael Devers
In his final appearance in a Red Sox uniform, Rafael Devers hit a solo shot as Boston shut out the visiting New York Yankees 2-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. ,After the game, the Red Sox traded Devers -- a three-time All-Star -- to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-hander J...
ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz upends Alexander Zverev in Germany
Second-seeded Taylor Fritz recorded a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win over home favorite Alexander Zverev in the final of the BOSS Open on Sunday at Stuttgart, Germany.,Fritz fired 11 aces to defeat the top-seeded German for the fifth straight time and capture his first title of the year and ninth overall. ,The Am...
MLB roundup: Down 4 in 9th, D-backs walk off Padres
Josh Naylor drove in Geraldo Perdomo from third base with a chopping ground ball to first to cap a five-run ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for an 8-7 victory over the San Diego Padres in Phoenix on Saturday., ,Pavin Smith, Gabriel Moreno and Alek Thomas singled to open the ninth o...
NWSL roundup: Reign score two late to tie Stars
Lynn Biyendolo and Jordyn Bugg scored within a two-minute span late in the match to allow the Seattle Reign FC to pull off a 2-2 tie with the host Chicago Stars on Saturday.,The late scoring for Seattle (5-4-3, 18 points) extended Chicago's winless streak to eight matches. Ludmila scored both goals ...
NWSL roundup: Reign score two late to tie Stars
Lynn Biyendolo and Jordyn Bugg scored within a two-minute span late in the match to allow the Seattle Reign FC to pull off a 2-2 tie with the host Chicago Stars on Saturday.,The late scoring for Seattle (5-4-3, 18 points) extended Chicago's winless streak to eight matches. Ludmila scored both goals ...