Roundup Page 6 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
WTA roundup: Anna Bondar goes overtime, reaches Hamburg final
No. 4 seed Anna Bondar of Hungary outlasted Elina Avanesyan of Armenia 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (2) in a three-hour, 29-minute match on Saturday to advance to the final of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany.,Bondar will face fifth-seeded Tamara Korpatsch of Germany, who advanced in her semifinal match ...
MLB roundup: Tarik Skubal fans 12 as trade deadline nears
Tarik Skubal struck out a season-high 12 in 7 1/3 innings as the host Detroit Tigers edged the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night, delivering arguably his best outing of the season in what could have been his final home start with Detroit.,Skubal, who is headed to free agency, has been the subje...
ATP roundup: Alexander Bublik, Quentin Halys set for Generali final
Quentin Halys continued his remarkable run through the Generali Open by beating Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 7-6 (2) to reach the final in Kitzbuhel, Austria.,Halys, who knocked off No. 2 seed Valentin Vacherot early on in this event, advanced to his second tour-level final behind 11 aces against three dou...
WTA roundup: Mayar Sherif beats Paula Badosa in Hamburg
Mayar Sherif continued her recent strong play by saving 11 of 18 break points (61.1%) and posting a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-4 victory over Spain's Paula Badosa on Friday to reach the semifinals of the MSC Hamburg Ladies Open in Germany.,Sherif defeated Badosa on Monday in the title match of the Iasi Ope...
MLB roundup: Twins score two runs in 12th to edge Guardians
Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall delivered back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski with two outs in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 victory over the host Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon to earn a split of the four-game series.,Larnach drove in automatic runner Ryan J...
ATP Roundup: Top two seeds breeze into Estoril Open quarterfinals
The top two seeds at the Estoril Open faced little trouble on Thursday as Russia's Andrey Rublev and Italy's Luciano Darderi dropped a combined three games to advance to the quarterfinals of the ATP 250 event in Portugal.,The top-seeded Rublev took down Kazakhstan's Timofey Skatov 6-1, 6-1. Rublev c...
WTA roundup: Barbora Krejcikova cruises to quarterfinals in Prague
Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova scored an easy straight set victory over Lucie Havlickova 6-4, 6-2 to cruise to the quarterfinals at the Prague Open in the Czech Republic on Thursday.,Krejcikova won the tournament in 2021 but has yet to return to the semifinals. On Thursday, she was able to put the...
MLB roundup: Orioles halt Red Sox's team-record-tying 15-game win streak
A four-run first inning helped the visiting Baltimore Orioles earn a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday, ending Boston's 15-game winning streak.,The winning streak was the longest in the majors since St. Louis won 17 in a row in 2021. Had Boston won, t...
ATP Roundup: Defending champ Alexander Bublik cruises in Austria
Top-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan needed only 79 minutes to launch his Generali Open title defense with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta on Wednesday in Kitzbuhel, Austria.,Bublik, ranked No. 11 in the ATP, served up eight aces and faced only one break point to advance to...
WTA roundup: Marie Bouzkova stays on title defense path in Prague
Top-seeded and Prague native Marie Bouzkova moved into the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Carol Young Suh Lee on Wednesday at the Prague Open in the Czech Republic.,It was not easy for Bouzkova, who won one of her four WTA singles titles in Prague last year. She trailed 5-3 in the first ...
MLB roundup: Cubs erupt in 6-run first, crush Framber Valdez, Tigers
The host Chicago Cubs sent 12 batters to the plate in a six-run first inning as they rolled to a comfortable 11-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.,Pete Crow-Armstrong was a perfect 2-for-2 with three walks and two RBIs for Chicago, which evened the series after the Tigers' 8-6 extra-inn...
WTA roundup: Barbora Krejcikova cruises to first-round win in Prague
Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova converted 6 of 8 break points while sailing to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Linda Fruhvirtova on Wednesday in a first-round all-Czech matchup in Prague.,Krejcikova won 73.1% of her first-serve points (19 of 26) in a match that took one hour and 18 minutes. Krejcikova won ...
MLB roundup: Red Sox edge Orioles for 14th straight win
Caleb Durbin hit a tiebreaking solo home run to break in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 14 games by beating the visiting Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, Monday night.,The streak is the second longest in club history and one short of the franchise record set in 1946....
ATP roundup: Portugal's Tiago Torres debuts with win on home soil
Portugal's Tiago Torres captured his first ATP Tour victory in his debut, delighting the home crowd with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili on Monday in the first round of the Estoril Open.,Torres, who competed for four years at the University of Texas San Antonio, was ranked No....
WTA roundup: Mayar Sherif wins Iasi title after Paula Badosa retires
Egypt's Mayar Sherif claimed her first title in nearly four years Monday after Spain's Paula Badosa retired in the final of the Iasi Open in Romania.,In a match moved back from Sunday due to rain, Sherif was up 6-4, 4-0 when Badosa was forced to bow out due to injury after 70 minutes.,Sherif, 30, to...
Mayar Sherif wins Iasi title after Paula Badosa retires
Egypt's Mayar Sherif claimed her first title in nearly four years Monday after Spain's Paula Badosa retired in the final of the Iasi Open in Romania.,In a match carried over from Sunday due to rain, Sherif was up 6-4, 4-0 when Badosa was forced to bow out due to injury after 72 minutes.,Sherif, 30, ...
MLB roundup: Max Kepler completes comeback as D-Backs stun Cardinals
Max Kepler delivered the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks scored eight unanswered runs in an 8-7 win against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in Phoenix.,Kepler drove in automatic runner Jorge Barrosa with one out against Luis Gastelum (1-1), completing Arizona's come...
ATP roundup: Stefanos Tsitsipas wins first title since March 2025
Former World No. 3 and two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas collected his first ATP title in 16 months, toppling No. 7 seed Raphael Collignon 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 in the EFG Swiss Open Gstaad final Sunday in Switzerland.,Tsitsipas, 27, who notched his 13th ATP title, had not won since March ...
MLB roundup: A's snap 10-game skid with 15-1 rout of Nationals
Jacob Wilson homered during a three-hit outing, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes also went deep and the Athletics broke a 10-game slide with a 15-1 beatdown of the Washington Nationals on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,J.T. Ginn (8-6) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Ath...
WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari reaches hometown final in Athens
Maria Sakkari moved within one victory of lifting a trophy in her hometown Saturday, defeating Russia's Alina Korneeva 6-1, 7-5 to reach the final of the Athens Open.,The fourth-seeded Sakkari controlled the opening set before Korneeva provided more resistance in the second, but the Greek favorite c...