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ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner, Tommy Paul record first grass-court wins
Hubert Hurkacz pushed World No. 1 Jannik Sinner in the final of the Terra Wortmann Open, but Sinner pulled through to take a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2) victory on Sunday in Halle, Germany.,With the win comes two milestones for the Italian -- his debut title on a grass court and his first championship as No. 1...
MLB roundup: Rockies win on 1st walk-off pitch clock violation
Ryan McMahon drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth-inning, resulting in the first walk-off pitch clock violation in major league history as the Colorado Rockies defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 8-7 on Saturday night.,With the Rockies trailing 7-6, Hunter Goodman and Jake Cave opened the ni...
WTA roundup: Anna Kalinskaya in Berlin final as rain plagues event
An American will be in the Berlin Open final, but the identity won't be known until Sunday as per whether it will be No. 1 seed Coco Gauff or No. 4 Jessica Pegula, after their semifinal match was called due to rain. Pegula was leading the match 7-5, 6-6 (3) when play was suspended. The match is expe...
ATP roundup: No. 1 Jannik Sinner to play first grass-court final at Halle
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Saturday in the semifinals of the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, Germany, sending him to his first-ever final on a grass court.,In Sunday's final against Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, Sinner will attempt to become the first man since Andy M...
MLB roundup: Angels prevail in reunion with Shohei Ohtani
Taylor Ward delivered a tiebreaking single in the top of the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Angels notched a 3-2 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in the opener of a two-game set.,The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hit a massive two-run homer and reached base four times in his first game a...
ATP roundup: Tommy Paul, Sebastian Korda to meet in London
No. 5 seed Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda set up an all-American semifinal at the cinch Championships by winning their respective matches Friday in London.,Paul got past Great Britain's Jack Draper 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 at the Queen's Club. Draper upset top seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the Round of 16, b...
MLB roundup: Cards top Giants amid Willie Mays tribute
Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer and an RBI single to propel the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala., as Major League Baseball paid tribute to the Negro Leagues.,The contest, played at historic Rickwood Field, wound up serving as a me...
WTA roundup: Coco Gauff wins, Marketa Vondrousova exits in Berlin
Top-seeded Coco Gauff recorded a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin on Thursday.,Gauff saved three set points in the first set before cruising in the second to finish the match in 80 minutes. She advanced to face eighth-seede...
ATP roundup: Zhizhen Zhang scores upset in Halle
Zhizhen Zhang eliminated third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday to become the first Chinese player to reach the Terra Wortmann Open quarterfinals in Halle, Germany.,Zhang overcame a 5-3 deficit in the third-set tiebreak by winning four consecutive points to upset Medvede...
WTA roundup: Ons Jabeur wins rain-delayed Berlin opener
No. 8 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia won her rain-delayed first-round match at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin on Wednesday, finishing a 6-4, 7-6 (4) win over Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang.,Jabeur, the tournament champion in 2022, converted five of seven break points and advanced to face Linda Noskova...
ATP roundup: World No. 1 Jannik Sinner rallies in Halle
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy needed three sets to overcome Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Terra Wortmann Open on Tuesday in Halle, Germany.,Sinner hit 15 aces to Griekspoor's 11 and saved all four break points he faced while going 3-for-4 on op...
WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng aces test vs. Naomi Osaka
Sixth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China fired 23 aces to take down Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday in the first round at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin.,The 23 aces are the most in any match on the WTA tour since Canada's Rebecca Marino had 24 against France's Caroline Garcia in 2022 in ...
WTA roundup: Elisabetta Cocciaretto stuns Jelena Ostapenko in Birmingham
Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto upset reigning champion Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Rothesay Classic on Monday at Birmingham, England.,Cocciaretto saved eight of nine break points while stunning the top-seeded Ostapenko. Cocciaretto will next face Sloane Stephens, wh...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...