Roundup Page 133 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
ATP roundup: Milos Raonic sets aces record in London
Milos Raonic of Canada smashed 47 aces on his way to toppling Great Britain's Cameron Norrie 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (9) in the first round of the Cinch Championships on Monday in London.,Raonic broke the ATP Tour record, tracked since 1991, for most aces hit in a best-of-three-set match, previously held ...
MLB roundup: Astros' Ronel Blanco flirts with no-hitter in win vs. Tigers
Ronel Blanco tossed seven no-hit innings and Jose Altuve clubbed a three-run home run as the Houston Astros claimed the rubber match of their three-game series against the visiting Detroit Tigers with a 4-1 victory on Sunday.,Blanco (7-2) continued his breakout campaign and flirted with a second no-...
WTA roundup: Liudmila Samsonova, Katie Boulter win titles
Liudmila Samsonova of Russia won her first title of 2024 on a long Sunday that required her to win two three-set matches to lift the trophy at the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,In the final, the second-seeded Samsonova came from behind to beat Canada's Bianca Andreescu 4-6, 6-3, 7-5....
ATP roundup: Jack Draper, Alex de Minaur win on grass courts
Great Britain's Jack Draper joined the ranks of ATP Tour champions on Sunday, defeating Matteo Berrettini of Italy 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win the Boss Open in Stuttgart, Germany, for his first title.,Draper, 22, was competing in his third final, losing earlier this year at Adelaide and the runner-up l...
MLB roundup: Rockies erupt for 16 runs, club Pirates
Hunter Goodman homered twice and finished a triple shy of the cycle, Michael Toglia hit a grand slam and also singled and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 16-4 in Denver on Saturday night.,Goodman had four hits and five RBIs to overshadow Ryan McMahon becoming the first Colorado play...
NWSL roundup: Gotham dumps Louisville to extend win streak
NJ/NY Gotham FC made it four wins in a row at the expense of Racing Louisville FC, taking their NWSL contest 2-0 on Saturday in Louisville, Ky.,Gotham's hot streak has propelled them up to fourth in the current standings with 24 points (7-2-3), while Louisville (3-3-6, 15 points) saw its own two-gam...
WTA roundup: Bianca Andreescu reaches Libema Open final
Canadian Bianca Andreescu's comeback from a back injury continued Saturday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi in the semifinals of the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,The 2019 U.S. Open champion, Andreescu was sidelined nine months with the injury before playi...
ATP roundup: Sebastian Korda spoils Tallon Griekspoor's run at Libema Open
American Sebastian Korda swept defending champion Tallon Griekspoor in his home country, 6-2, 6-4, on Saturday in the semifinals of the Libema Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,Korda, the seventh seed, held serve throughout the match and converted three of four break points in the 61-minute mat...
MLB roundup: Yanks' Alex Verdugo revisits Boston, homers in win
Alex Verdugo went 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs against his former team as the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on Friday.,The Yankees became the first team in the majors to reach 50 wins this year. Verdugo contributed to all three of the Yankees' multi-run innings. ...
WTA roundup: Bianca Andreescu beats Naomi Osaka in Netherlands
Canada's Bianca Andreescu outlasted Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) in a battle of former Grand Slam winners Friday in the quarterfinals of the Libema Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,Osaka scored three straight points to move ahead 3-2 in the third-set tiebreaker before Andreescu finish...
ATP roundup: Jack Draper hits 31 aces to advance in Stuttgart
No. 6 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain racked up 31 aces and rallied to beat No. 4 seed Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (1) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Boss Open in Stuttgart, Germany.,Draper committed only three double faults while hitting his dominant serves past Tiafoe, who was the defend...
MLB roundup: Royals stun Yanks with late rally
Maikel Garcia's ninth-inning double boosted the host Kansas City Royals past the New York Yankees 4-3 on Thursday afternoon to avoid a four-game sweep.,Trailing 3-2, the Royals rallied with three hits against closer Clay Holmes (1-2). With one out, Drew Waters reached on an infield hit. MJ Melendez ...
WTA roundup: Top seed Jessica Pegula upset in Netherlands
Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia outlasted No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 in a Round of 16 upset at the Libema Open on Thursday in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,Krunic, who won the tournament in 2018, is ranked No. 400 in the world but took advantage of a rusty Pegula, who wass playing ...
ATP roundup: No. 2 seed Ben Shelton falls in Stuttgart
Australian qualifier James Duckworth pulled off a three-set upset of American No. 2 seed Ben Shelton, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3, on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Boss Open in Stuttgart, Germany.,Shelton fired 21 aces but committed eight double faults along the way. In a close match, Duckwo...
MLB roundup: Carlos Correa, Twins trounce Rockies
Carlos Correa had a career-high five hits and Carlos Santana ripped a bases-clearing double, powering the Minnesota Twins to a 17-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday in Minneapolis.,Royce Lewis and Willi Castro each homered to highlight their three-hit performances for Minnesota, which ...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe reaches quarters in Stuttgart
Defending champion Frances Tiafoe moved to the quarterfinals of the Boss Open at Stuttgart, Germany, on Wednesday with a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win against Yannick Hanfmann of Germany.,Tiafoe, the fourth seed, needed one hour and 55 minutes to win the match, in which he saved all 11 break points on the grass ...
WTA roundup: Naomi Osaka reaches Dutch quarterfinals
Japan's Naomi Osaka will meet Canada's Bianca Andreescu in the Libema Open quarterfinals in the Netherlands.,Osaka defeated Dutch hopeful Suzan Lamens 6-2, 6-2 and Andreescu ousted No. 6 seed Yue Yuan of China 6-4, 6-4 in second-round action Wednesday in 's-Hertogenbosch.,Osaka needed just 54 minute...
MLB roundup: Dodgers' 4-homer inning sinks Rangers
Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez and Jason Heyward homered in a seven-run sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to a 15-2 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Tuesday.,Will Smith added a three-run home run, Mookie Betts hit a three-run double and James Paxton (6-1) g...
WTA roundup: Naomi Osaka ends drought on grass
Naomi Osaka upset No. 4 seed Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4 in the first round at the Libema Open, notching her first win on grass since 2019 on Tuesday in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.,Osaka, the former World No. 1 and four-time Grand Slam champion from Japan, fired seven aces and saved the only break poi...
ATP roundup: Lorenzo Musetti advances at Stuttgart
Italy's Lorenzo Musetti was pushed to a pair of tiebreakers Tuesday before the No. 5 seed earned his way to the second round of the Boss Open at Stuttgart, Germany, with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (9) victory over qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France.,Two-time Boss Open champion Matteo Berrettini of I...