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ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz needs three sets to win in Rotterdam
No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was pushed to three sets before finishing off Dutch wild card Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1 in the first round of the ABN AMRO Open on Tuesday in Rotterdam, Netherlands.,Alcaraz, the third-ranked player in the world, didn't get control of the match unti...
WTA roundup: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova cruises in Abu Dhabi
No. 6 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia needed just 59 minutes to oust American Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Tuesday.,Pavlyuchenkova won an overwhelming 80 percent of her service points, including 23 of 25 on her first serve. He never faced break po...
NBA roundup: Hawks nip Pistons, end 8-game skid
Trae Young scored the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 132-130 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night.,Young led Atlanta with 34 points and nine assists. De'Andre Hunter had 20 points, and Dyson Daniels suppl...
ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe wins Dallas opener
Frances Tiafoe, in his first action since a second-round upset loss at the Australian Open, needed three sets to win his first-round match at the Dallas Open on Monday.,The fifth-seeded Maryland native got past Japan's Taro Daniel 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.,Tiafoe registered the only service break of the final ...
WTA roundup: Veronika Kudermetova pulls upset in Abu Dhabi
Veronika Kudermetova saved a match point before completing a rally to take down Russian countrywoman and fifth seed Liudmila Samsonova 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (5) in nearly three hours in the first round of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Monday.,Kudermetova saved 11 of 16 break points while converting 6 of 9 ...
NHL roundup: Rangers' Jonathan Quick gets win No. 400
K'Andre Miller's tiebreaking goal helped the New York Rangers pull off a rare third-period comeback to beat the visiting Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Sunday night, making Jonathan Quick the first American-born goaltender to reach 400 career regular-season victories.,The Rangers stopped a three-game l...
ATP roundup: Felix Auger-Aliassime clinches Montpellier title
No. 2 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime fended off a strong challenge from American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic and won 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2) in the final of the Open Occitanie on Sunday in Montpellier, France.,It didn't take long for Auger-Aliassime to be the first player to win two ATP titles in 2025....
Women's Top 25 roundup: Iowa knocks off No. 4 USC
Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and host Iowa had a strong fourth quarter to hand No. 4 Southern California its first loss in Big Ten Conference play, 76-69 on Sunday in Iowa City.,In a game involving wide early swings of momentum, JuJu Watkins ended up with 27 points for the Trojans (19-2, 9-1 Big Ten)...
WTA roundup: Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elise Mertens win titles
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova captured her fifth career title with a 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 win over fifth-seeded Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine on Sunday in the final of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.,Alexandrova, of Russia, had two aces and benefited from eight double faults to dispatch Yastremska in 2 ho...
Top 25 roundup: Kansas St. ends No. 3 Iowa State's home streak
Dug McDaniel scored 20 points on 8-for-17 shooting as Kansas State stunned No. 3 Iowa State with an 80-61 win in a Big 12 Conference matchup on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa., ,Coleman Hawkins finished with 17 points and seven rebounds for Kansas State (10-11, 4-6), which won its third game in a ...
NBA roundup: Wizards stun Wolves, end 16-game skid
Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 31 points to help the visiting Washington Wizards snap a 16-game losing streak with a 105-103 win over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday.,The Wolves cut the deficit to 105-103 on Mike Conley's three foul shots with 15.1 seconds left. They had a chanc...
NHL roundup: In elite clash, Jets top Caps in OT
Defenseman Josh Morrissey capped a two-goal performance by scoring 1:57 into overtime, lifting the Winnipeg Jets to a 5-4 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday in a battle of the NHL's two top teams.,Winnipeg's Cole Perfetti and defenseman Dylan Samberg each collected a goal and an assist...
ATP roundup: U.S. tops Taiwan in Davis Cup qualifiers
The United States beat Taiwan 4-0 in Saturday's Davis Cup qualifiers in Taipei City behind the experience of Olympic silver medalists Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.,Krajicek and Ram set up the Americans' first home tie in three years by beating Ray Ho and Wu Tung-lin 6-4, 7-6(4). ,"Fortunately we w...
WTA roundup: Finals set in Austria, Singapore
No. 4 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova reached her second consecutive final in Linz, Austria, on Saturday with a dominating 6-0, 6-4 win over top seed Karolina Muchova at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz.,Alexandrova, of Russia, needed just 73 minutes to beat the Czech and move to 4-1 in their head-to-head s...
NBA roundup: Celtics win on Jayson Tatum's last-second shot
Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and Jayson Tatum added 27, including a tiebreaking jumper with 0.2 seconds left, as the visiting Boston Celtics held off the New Orleans Pelicans 118-116 on Friday night.,Tatum added 10 assists, Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White scored 16 points each and Luke Kornet ...
NHL roundup: Avs score 4 in first, shut out Blues
Jonathan Drouin had two goals and added an assist, Martin Necas scored his first goal with Colorado, and the Avalanche scored four in the first period to beat the St. Louis Blues 5-0 in Denver on Friday night.,Mackenzie Blackwood had 19 saves for his first shutout with Colorado and second this seaso...
ATP roundup: U.S. takes lead over Taiwan in Davis Cup qualifiers
Alex Michelsen hung on to defeat Tung-Lin Wu and help the United States take a 2-0 lead in their matchup against Taiwan in Davis Cup qualifiers on Friday in Taipei City.,American Marcos Giron opened the tie with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Chun-Hsin Tseng before Michelsen fired 12 aces and saved both br...
WTA roundup: Top seeds move on to semifinals in Singapore
No. 1 seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia and No. 2 seed Elise Mertens of Belgium advanced to the semifinals of the Singapore Tennis Open with their respective victories Friday.,Kalinskaya fended off Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, while Mertens was a 6-4, 6-2 winner over sixth seed Camil...
NHL roundup: Marc-Andre Fleury, Wild blank Habs
Marc-Andre Fleury, playing his final game in his home province, recorded his 76th career shutout as the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday.,Fleury made 19 saves while tying Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for the 10th-most shutouts in NHL history. The 40-year-old vetera...
Top 25 roundup: Nebraska upsets No. 18 Illinois in OT
Brice Williams scored a game-high 27 points, including Nebraska's last eight in overtime, as the Cornhuskers stopped No. 18 Illinois 80-74 on Thursday in Lincoln, Neb.,Williams snapped a 72-72 tie on a pull-up jumper with 2:28 left, then drove for a layup at the 1:44 mark. He added a baseline jumper...