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WTA roundup: All-Czech final on tap in Prague
No. 1 seed Linda Noskova and No. 5 Marie Bouzkova will meet in Saturday's all-Czech final at the Livesport Prague Open.,Noskova rolled over No. 4 Xinyu Wang of China 6-4, 6-1 in 70 minutes and Bouzkova ousted countrywoman Tereza Valentova 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 54 minutes in Friday's semifinals.,B...

MLB roundup: Orioles avert 4-game sweep in Cleveland
Alex Jackson scored on Gunnar Henderson's two-out single in the seventh inning, providing the decisive run for the visiting Baltimore Orioles in a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.,Henderson delivered against Erik Sabrowski as Baltimore avoided a four-game sweep to the surging Guardi...

WTA roundup: Venus Williams falls in second round at D.C.
Venus Williams, days after becoming the oldest player to win a WTA Tour singles match in 21 years, lost in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Thursday in Washington.,The 45-year-old star fell 6-2, 6-2 to fifth-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland.,Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam singles ...

ATP roundup: Ben Shelton cruises into D.C. quarterfinals
No. 4 seed Ben Shelton needed just 61 minutes to defeat Canadian No. 15 Gabriel Diallo 6-3, 6-2 in the Round of 16 at the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Thursday in Washington.,Shelton smashed 16 aces and won an impressive 28 of 30 first-service points (93.3 percent) to make the match an open-and-shut c...

MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani extends HR streak as Dodgers edge Twins
Freddie Freeman hit a game-ending two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning, Shohei Ohtani hit a home run in his fifth consecutive game and the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled out a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday.,The Dodgers' ninth-inning rally started with two outs on an infie...

WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari tops Emma Navarro in Washington
Greece's Maria Sakkari upset second-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (1) in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Wednesday in Washington.,Sakkari, a finalist in the event two years ago, finished with a 7-1 edge in aces and saved all three break points she faced.,Third-seeded Elena Rybakina o...

MLB roundup: Cal Raleigh, M's end Brewers' 11-game win streak
Cal Raleigh hit his major-league-leading 39th home run of the season and Logan Gilbert pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings as the host Seattle Mariners ended the Milwaukee Brewers' 11-game winning streak with a 1-0 decision on Tuesday.,Raleigh, who won the Home Run Derby during last week's All-Star fest...

MLB roundup: Yankees halt Jays' 11-game home win streak
Ben Rice blasted a tie-breaking home run in the ninth inning and the visiting New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Tuesday night.,Rice launched a first-pitch fastball over the wall in right center against Jeff Hoffman (6-3) with one out.,The loss ended the Blue Jays' 11-game home w...

WTA roundup: 45-year old Venus Williams triumphs at DC Open
Venus Williams became the oldest woman to win a WTA tour-level singles match in 21 years on Tuesday, when she defeated 35th-ranked Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Tuesday evening. ,Williams, 45, had not competed since the March 2024 Miami Open. She teamed ...

ATP roundup: Cameron Norrie knocks out Lorenzo Musetti in D.C.
Cameron Norrie of Great Britain charged back for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 upset of Italian No. 2 seed Lorenzo Musetti in the Round of 32 of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Tuesday in Washington.,Norrie, a five-time ATP titlist and former Wimbledon semifinalist, has slipped to No. 41 in the world rankings, but...

WTA roundup: Top seed Linda Noskova passes Prague test
No. 1 seed Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic held off Russian qualifier Anastasia Gasanova 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) in first-round action Tuesday at the Livesport Prague Open.,Noskova overcame 5-4 deficits in both tiebreaks to beat a player ranked No. 249 in the world. The home favorite will meet Italy's ...

MLB roundup: Phillies top Red Sox with walk-off catcher's interference
A check swing by Edmundo Sosa resulted in catcher's interference with the bases loaded, allowing the winning run to score in the Philadelphia Phillies' 3-2, 10-inning victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Monday.,Philadelphia won without putting a ball in play in the 10th, as Otto Kemp walked ...

WTA roundup: Polish seeds win Washington openers
Poland's Magdalena Frech and Magda Linette, the only two seeded players in action on Monday, earned straight-set wins in the first round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington.,Frech, the fifth seed, got past Ukrainian qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva 6-2, 6-4, while eighth-seeded Linette downed D...

ATP roundup: Matteo Arnaldi, Reilly Opelka advance in D.C.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi saved four match points en route to a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) comeback win over Germany's Daniel Altmaier in the opening round of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Monday in Washington.,Arnaldi faced triple match point in the 10th game of the third set but battled back to extend the ma...

ATP roundup: Matteo Arnaldi, Reilly Opelka score big wins in D.C.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi saved four match points en route to a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2) comeback win over Germany's Daniel Altmaier in the opening round of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Monday in Washington.,Arnaldi faced triple match point in the 10th game of the third set but battled back to extend the ma...

WTA roundup: Alycia Parks cruises in Prague opener
No. 8 seed Alycia Parks cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 victory against Japan's Mai Hontama in the first round of the Livesport Prague Open on Monday in the Czech Republic.,Parks was inconsistent with her serve in the 77-minute match, offsetting 10 aces with eight double faults, but she saved five of six brea...

MLB roundup: White Sox down Pirates for first series sweep this season
Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.,Vargas and Tauchman each finished with two hits and three RBIs to help the White Sox earn their fi...

WTA roundup: Lois Boisson tops Anna Bondar in Hamburg for first career title
Fifth-seeded Lois Boisson of France recovered from a large first-set deficit to notch a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Hungary's Anna Bondar on Sunday to win the championship match of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany.,It marks the first career WTA singles victory for Boisson, who stunningly reached the...

ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik wins in Gstaad for first title on clay
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan won his first tournament on clay Sunday, topping Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 at the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad.,Bublik, the second seed, won his sixth tour title at the ATP 250 event in the Swiss Alps, in his first final on clay courts. It also was his first meeting...

MLB roundup: Brewers beat Dodgers again, win 9th straight
Isaac Collins and Joey Ortiz hit home runs, William Contreras added a two-run double, and the visiting Milwaukee Brewers extended their winning streak to a season-best nine games while remaining perfect against the Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-7 victory on Saturday.,The Brewers won even as All-Star...