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ATP roundup: Brit Jacob Fearnley pulls off early upset in Eastbourne
Jacob Fearnley of Great Britain needed just 65 minutes to take down Italian fifth seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round of the Lexus Eastbourne Open on Tuesday in England.,Fearnley, ranked No. 51 in the world, won four ATP Challenger Tour titles last year, but he remains in search of his first ATP ...
MLB roundup: Elly De La Cruz outduels Aaron Judge, Reds beat Yanks
Elly De La Cruz homered, tripled, singled and drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds beat the visiting New York Yankees 6-1 in the opener of a three-game set on Monday night.,De La Cruz atoned for a pair of defensive miscues by falling just a double shy of his second career cycle. He topped off ...
ATP roundup: France's Alexandre Muller falls in Spain
Russia's Roman Safiullin sent fifth-seeded Alexandre Muller of France packing with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 win in first-round play on the grass at the Mallorca Championships in Spain. Safiullin entered the match ranked 75th in the world while Muller was No. 40.,Sixth-seeded Gabriel Diallo of Canada took care...
Gold Cup: Saudi Arabia tie Trinidad, advance out of Group D
Firas Al-Buraikan found the all-important equalizer for Saudi Arabia to notch a 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in Las Vegas, ensuring the CONCACAF's guests would advance to the knockout stage of the Gold Cup.,While the United States won Group D with a perfect 3-0-0 record, Saudi Arabia ...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz wins fifth title of season in London
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain took down the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 at the HSBC Championships in London on Sunday, claiming his fifth title of the season and 21st overall. ,Alcaraz, 22, who also won at Queen's Club in 2023, is the fifth active men's player to win four o...
WTA roundup: Marketa Vondrousova wins first title in 2 years
Marketa Vondrousova captured her first WTA title since she won Wimbledon in 2023, defeating Xinyu Wang in three sets at the Berlin Open on Sunday.,Vondrousova, a Czech, outlasted Wang 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-2 on a scorching day in Berlin. The grass-court win signaled, perhaps, the start of a comeback for ...
MLB roundup: Mets hit 7 HRs vs. Phils, halt 7-game skid
Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo and Juan Soto hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the third inning Saturday night for the New York Mets, who snapped a seven-game losing streak with an 11-4 win over the host Philadelphia Phillies in the middle game of a three-game series.,The Mets moved into a tie for...
Roundup: Ji So-Yun shines in Reign FC rout of Royals
Ji So-Yun had one goal and two assists and Emeri Adames scored two second-half goals to help Seattle Reign FC post a 4-1 victory over the Utah Royals on Saturday afternoon at Sandy, Utah.,Maddie Dahlien also scored as Seattle (6-4-3, 21 points) stretched its unbeaten streak to three matches (2-0-1)....
MLB roundup: Cal Raleigh's 2 homers power M's past Cubs
Cal Raleigh hit his major-league-leading 28th and 29th home runs of the season to help the visiting Seattle Mariners to a 9-4 win against the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon.,Raleigh, who passed Johnny Bench for the most home runs by a catcher before the All-Star break, also singled, walked and sco...
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...