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WTA roundup: Kimberly Birrell scores upset in Brisbane
Home favorite Kimberly Birrell posted a 7-5, 7-5 second-round upset of No. 2 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday at the Brisbane International in Australia.,Birrell saved six of 10 break points while overcoming a 4-3 deficit in the first set and a 4-2 deficit in the second set, completing the victory in ...
China, Kazakhstan start strong as United Cup kicks off
China defeated Brazil and Kazakhstan edged Spain as United Cup action got underway Friday in Australia.,Eighteen nations are competing in the $11 million mixed-gender event in Sydney and Perth through Jan. 5.,China scored a 2-0 win over Brazil in Group E in Perth. Xinyu Gao outlasted Beatriz Haddad ...
Great Britain advances to face Slovakia at Billie Jean King Cup semis
Great Britain's Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter defeated Canada's Rebecca Marino and Leylah Fernandez, respectively, on Sunday to advance to the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain.,Raducanu won 6-0, 7-5 to lead things off before Boulter followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win to ous...
Italy, Poland complete comebacks in Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals
Jasmine Paolini beat Moyuka Uchijima in a singles match, then teamed with Sara Errani to prevail in doubles action as Italy rallied for a 2-1 victory over Japan on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Billie Jean King Cup. ,Paolini collected 20 winners to down Uchijima 6-3, 6-4. Playing alongside Er...
Aryna Sabalenka clinches year-end No. 1 WTA ranking
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus clinched her first-ever, season-ending world No. 1 ranking on Tuesday.,In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the WTA Tour Finals, Sabalenka earned the top spot officially after Coco Gauff defeated Poland's Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 in group play.,Swiatek held the No. 1 spot most of the ...
WTA roundup: Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek win openers in Riyadh
World No. 3 Coco Gauff and No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland won their respective opening matches of the Orange Group at the WTA Finals Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. ,Gauff posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 6 Jessica Pegula, while Swiatek rallied from a first-set misstep to notch a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over W...
WTA roundup: Viktorija Golubic wins first title in 8 years in China
The long wait is over for Viktorija Golubic.,The Swiss player came from a break down in the second set to earn her first win in eight years and second overall WTA Tour championship by defeating No.2 seed Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 7-5 in the Jiangxi Open on Sunday in Jiujiang, China. ,Golubic, 32, won in...
WTA roundup: Aryna Sabalenka opens WTA Finals with sweep
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus had little trouble getting past China's Qinwen Zheng in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals on Saturday, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ,Sabalenka finished with just three aces to Zheng's eight, but she won 31 of 33 first-serve points and rallied...
WTA roundup: Top seeds to face off for Hong Kong title
No. 2 seed Katie Boulter of Great Britain moved to her third final of the year after defeating No. 6 seed Yuan Yue of China 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 at the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Saturday.,She won earlier this season at San Diego and Nottingham and will face top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia on Sunday for ...
WTA roundup: Top 3 seeds reach Hong Kong semifinals
No. 1 seed Diana Shnaider outlasted Suzan Lamens 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open.,Russia's Shnaider converted nine of 11 break points against her Dutch opponent in the 1-hour, 52-minute victory, setting up a meeting with No. 3 Leylah Fernandez of...
WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez reaches Hong Kong quarters
No. 3 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada reached the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Australia's Kimberly Birrell on Thursday at the Hong Kong Tennis Open.,The defending champion saved all three break points in the 80-minute victory and will face ninth-seeded Bernarda Pera in the round of eight....
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin reaches Tokyo finals, seeks first win since 2020
Sofia Kenin qualified for her first singles final of 2024, defeating Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to set up a finals showdown with top seed Qinwen Zheng at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.,Kenin, who won the 2020 Australian Open and reached No. 4 in the world that season, has be...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin upsets Daria Kasatkina in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin advanced to the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina on Friday in Tokyo.,Kenin converted six of 10 break points and eliminated her Russian opponent in 78 minutes. She will meet ninth-seeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain, a 6-2, 6-1 winner...
WTA roundup: Top seed Qinwen Zheng reaches Tokyo quarters
No. 1 seed Qinwen Zheng of China swept the last nine games against Japan's Moyuka Uchijima on Thursday to move into the Toray Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals in Tokyo.,Trailing 5-4 in the first set, Zheng rolled to a 7-5, 6-0 victory in 77 minutes. The reigning Olympic gold medalist will next face No...
WTA roundup: Canadians take center stage in Tokyo quarterfinals
Canada's Bianca Andreescu moved to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Wednesday after a back injury forced No. 2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil to retire.,Andreescu was up 3-0 when the match ended with Haddad Maia in clear pain. After several setbacks and much time off d...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin collects upset in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin knocked out 10th-seeded Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday in Tokyo.,Kenin saved the only break point she faced in the 78-minute win and advanced to face Denmark's Clara Tauson, a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Japan's Nao Hibino.,No. 9 Kati...
WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu win in Tokyo
Eighth-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada survived a first-round challenge from Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Monday in Tokyo.,Fernandez was ahead 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 when her Russian opponent was forced to retire due to difficulty breathing after a 2-hour, 44-minute battle in the ...
Aryna Sabalenka supplants Iga Swiatek at World No. 1
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka returned to World No. 1 in the latest WTA rankings, dropping Polish star Iga Swiatek to No. 2.,Sabalenka, a three-time Grand Slam champion, including this year's U.S. Open, spent eight weeks at No. 1 last year. Swiatek had been No. 1 for the past 11 months.,Although neithe...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina wins all-Russian final in China
No. 5 seed Daria Kasatkina jumped out to an early lead, then had to rally to defeat fellow Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 at the Ningbo Open in China on Sunday.,Kasatkina cruised through the first set, capitalizing on four Andreeva double faults and breaking her serve three times. And while An...
WTA roundup: Russians Daria Kasatkina, Mirra Andreeva reach semis in China
No. 5 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia saved two match points in the tiebreaker to defeat Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (6) to reach the semifinal of the Ningbo Open in China on Friday.,Kasatkina lost the numbers game to Putinteseva, of Kazakhstan, winning nine fewer points, serving up eight double f...