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No. 2 Iga Swiatek, No. 3 Jessica Pegula move to third round at Italian Open
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek needed just 52 minutes to advance to the third round at the Italian Open, topping home-country favorite Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday in Rome.,It was a dominant performance by Swiatek, who won 84 percent (16 of 19) of the points on her first serve, compared to ju...
Naomi Osaka notches first-round win in Rome
Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka of Japan continued momentum from her tournament title on Sunday with a first-round win Wednesday over Italy's Sara Errani at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome.,Osaka dispatched Errani 6-2, 6-3 in 79 minutes. Osaka fired 40 winners, had a 7-0 advantage in aces and...
Petra Kvitova wins opener in Rome for first victory since 2023
Czech Petra Kvitova won her first match since 2023, defeating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania 7-5, 6-1 in the first round at the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday.,Once ranked as high as No. 2 in the world -- that was Oct. 31, 2011 -- she is now the No. 830 player after taking 18 months off for pregnanc...
Venus Williams joins TNT's French Open broadcast team
In TNT Sports' latest move since acquiring 10 years of French Open broadcasting rights for $650 million, the company revealed Saturday that Venus Williams will join its team of broadcasters for the Grand Slam tournament that begins May 25.,The 44-year-old Williams is a seven-time Grand Slam singles ...
Former World No. 1 Naomi Osaka wins first tournament in 4 years
Naomi Osaka won her first tournament in her comeback from maternity leave, defeating Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-1, 7-5 at the L'Open 35 de Saint Malo in France on Sunday.,Osaka, 27, hadn't won since the Australian Open in 2021. Her daughter, Shai, was born in July 2023.,The event was a WTA 125-level t...
Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff for record-tying third Madrid title
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka withstood a second-set charge from No. 4 Coco Gauff to win 6-3, 7-6 (3) and earn her record-tying third Mutua Madrid Open title on Saturday.,Sabalenka started out strong, winning four straight games without conceding a point and building a dominant 4-1 lead. Gauff battled...
Coco Gauff storms into Madrid final to face Aryna Sabalenka
No. 4 seed Coco Gauff dominated No. seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 6-1, 6-1 in a mere 64 minutes in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday.,Gauff set up a showdown in the final against World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, who took care of business in the semis with a 6-3, 7-5 victory ove...
Report: Tennis teen switches national allegiance from U.S. to Italy
Tennis player Tyra Grant, who has dual citizenship, has decided to represent Italy instead of the United States, The Athletic reported Thursday.,The 17-year-old Grant was born in Rome to an Italian mother and American father, and lived in Italy until 2023, when she starting training in the United St...
Aryna Sabalenka wins two tiebreakers to reach Madrid Open semis
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk forced world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka into a tiebreaker in both sets of their Mutua Madrid Open quarterfinal on Wednesday, but the top-seeded Sabalenka of Belarus prevailed 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).,Sabalenka required two hours, 32 minutes to subdue the 24th-seeded Kostyuk as she won ju...
Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Madison Keys reach Madrid QFs
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus sailed past American foe Peyton Stearns 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open.,Sabalenka headlines an intriguing final eight at the WTA 1000 event, which will also feature a duel between No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. ...
Jessica Pegula, Jasmine Paolini upset in third round in Madrid
Moyuka Uchijima of Japan grabbed her first win over a Top 10 player on Sunday, upsetting No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-2 at the Madrid Open in Spain.,The 23-year-old Uchijima entered the match with an 0-6 record against the Top 10 players but managed to defeat Pegula in just 80 minutes. It also w...
Coco Gauff, Madison Keys reach Round of 16 at Madrid
Americans Coco Gauff and Madison Keys each posted victories on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.,The fourth-seeded Gauff had the easier time with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ann Li, while the fifth-seeded Keys found herself in a fierce battle before notching a 7-5...
Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula kick off Madrid runs with easy wins
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus was among the seeded players to start the Mutua Madrid Open with straight-sets wins on Friday in Spain.,Following a first-round bye, Sabalenka topped Russia's Anna Blinkova 6-3, 6-4. Sabalenka won 27 of 36 first-service points (75 percent) and saved 6 of 7 break...
Home favorite Paula Badosa (back) WDs in Madrid
Home favorite Paula Badosa withdrew ahead of her second-round match Friday at the Madrid Open due to a back injury.,The ninth-seeded Spaniard was replaced by lucky loser and countrywoman Cristina Bucsa for the match with Russia's Veronika Kudermetova.,Badosa, 27, said before the start of the WTA 100...
Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff escape with three-set wins in Madrid
Polish No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek and American No. 4 Coco Gauff bounced back from first-set defeats to win their respective matches in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday in Spain.,Swiatek, the defending champion in Madrid, rallied past Filipina teenager Alexandra Eala 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. E...
Bianca Andreescu cruises to first-round win in Madrid
Bianca Andreescu, in her second match back on tour after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in February, picked up a first-round win Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open.,The Canadian downed the United States' McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4.,Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, returned to action las...
Alexandra Eala advances to Iga Swiatek rematch in Madrid
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines will get another crack at World No. 2 Iga Swiatek of Poland after winning her opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday in Spain.,The 19-year-old Eala defeated Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-2, while Swiatek had a first-round bye. Eala stunned Swiatek in...
Jelena Ostapenko topples No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Stuttgart final
Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko completed her first run to the winner's circle since February 2024 when the Latvia native took down No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany.,With the upset, Ostapenko improved to 3-1 in her...
WTA roundup: Final set in Germany, Elina Svitolina wins in France
Aryna Sabalenka, the World No. 1, will attempt to win her first Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in her fourth attempt on Monday in Stuttgart, Germany.,She reached the final for the fourth time in five years on Sunday with a 7-5, 6-4 semifinal win over No. 5 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in one hour, 35 mi...
WTA roundup: Swiatek, Pegula and Gauff upset in Stuttgart
Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia maintained her supremacy over Poland's Iga Swiatek by claiming a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory over the second seed during Porsche Tennis Grand Prix quarterfinal play Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany.,Ostapenko, who improved her lifetime mark to 6-0 against the five-time ma...