Tennis Page 18 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
WTA roundup: Rebecca Sramkova stuns Barbora Krejcikova in London
Solovakia's Rebecca Sramkova won 78.1 percent of her first-serve points while posting a 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 7 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in the first round of the HSBC Championships in London on Tuesday.,Sramkova's solid win at the Queen's Club earns her a match against wild car...
WTA roundup: Amanda Anisimova rallies past Jodie Burrage in London
No. 8 seed Amanda Anisimova pulled out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Great Britain's Jodie Burrage to open the HSBC Championships on Monday in London.,Burrage broke Anisimova at the outset in order to control the first set. It was tied 2-2 in the second before the American won four of the final five ...
An American in Paris: Coco Gauff wins French Open
Second seed Coco Gauff became the first American woman to win a French Open title since 2015, defeating top seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday in Paris.,The 21-year-old Gauff needed two hours and 38 minutes to win her second Grand Slam title. She won the U.S. Open in 2023....
Aryna Sabalenka halts Iga Swiatek's run to reach French final
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek's run of dominance at the French Open, denying the latter's bid for a fourth straight title at Roland Garros on Thursday.,A three-time Grand Slam champion, Sabalenka snapped the fifth-seeded Poland native's 26-match French Open winning streak with a 7-6 (...
French wild card Lois Boisson, Coco Gauff move on in Paris
French wild-card entry Lois Boisson advanced to the semifinals of the French Open with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over sixth-ranked Mirra Andreeva on Wednesday in Paris. ,Boisson, 22, fed off the support of the crowd and dispatched the 18-year-old Russian to become the first French semifinalist at her home ...
Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka set up semifinal clash in Paris
Iga Swiatek continued her torrid run through the French Open by dispatching Elina Svitolina on Tuesday to set up a semifinal encounter against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.,Swiatek, a four-time French Open champion, recorded her 26th consecutive victory at Roland Garros with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Svitol...
French wild card stuns No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula in Paris
Wild card Lois Boisson thrilled her home fans with a stunning fourth-round upset of No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula on Monday at the French Open in Paris.,Ranked No. 361 in the world, the 22-year-old Boisson rallied for a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory before a delighted crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier at Roland ...
Iga Swiatek survives early blitz, advances at French Open
Four-time champion Iga Swiatek survived a scare by rallying to a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 win over 12th-seeded Elena Rybakina on Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open in Paris.,The win was the 25th in a row at Roland Garros for the Poland native, tying Monica Seles for the second-longest Pa...
Quartet of U.S. women head to fourth round at French Open
Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula led an American march into the fourth round in Paris at the French Open on Saturday.,The second-seeded Gauff defeated Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-1, 7-6 (3) while the third-seeded Pegula rallied to oust former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova of Russia 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 on...
Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek move on at French Open
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Olga Danilovic of Serbia in the third round of the French Open on Friday in Paris.,Sabalenka won the first five games en route to making short work of Danilovic.,The Belarusian has conceded just 10 games en route to setting up a match against...
Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula advance at French Open
Second-seeded Coco Gauff overcame struggles with her serve to post a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Czech Republic qualifier Tereza Valentova on Thursday in the second round of the French Open in Paris.,Gauff overcame six double faults to dispatch the 18-year-old Valentova in 75 minutes.,Gauff will square of...
Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek march on at French Open
Top five seeds Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek took another step in their respective French Open journeys on Wednesday.,The No. 1 Sabalenka posted a 6-3, 6-1 over Switzerland's Jil Teichmann, while No. 5 Swiatek notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Great Britain's Emma Raducanu as both players reached th...
Coco Gauff overcomes racket mishap to win first-round match
Coco Gauff overcame being the butt of the joke to win a laugher in her first-round match at the French Open on Tuesday in Paris.,First, the funny part: Gauff arrived at Court Philippe-Chatrier without her rackets.,A ball boy saved the day by retrieving the equipment and the second-seeded Gauff shook...
Emma Navarro falls to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in French Open
Emma Navarro's French Open hopes came to a screeching halt Monday as unseeded Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro dispatched the No. 9 seed 6-0, 6-1 in the first round in Paris.,In a match that took just 57 minutes, the 68th-ranked Bouzas Maneiro dominated throughout, coming close to keeping Navarro com...
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka opens French Open in top form
Aryna Sabalenka left no question as to why she is the top seed at the French Open, producing a dominant 6-1, 6-0 first-round victory over Kamilla Rakhimova in Paris on Sunday.,Sabalenka needed just one hour to defeat the Russian on the clay courts of Roland Garros.,"I'm super happy to be back in Par...
WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina, Maya Joint win titles
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan recorded a 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-1 victory over eighth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova on Saturday in the final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Rybakina, 25, registered 16 aces to dispatch Samsonova in two hours and 16 minutes. She secured her ni...
WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina reaches Strasbourg final
Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and eighth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova will meet in the final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Rybakina outlasted No. 9 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2 in two hours and 46 minutes in Friday's semifinals. Rybakina str...
Belinda Bencic (arm) withdraws from French Open
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic pulled out of the French Open field on Friday due to a recurring arm injury.,"Just two days ago during a morning practice, I re-aggravated the arm injury that caused me to retire in Rome," the former World No. 4 posted on Instagram.,"The very good news is that with two w...
WTA roundup: Semifinals set at Strasbourg, Rabat
Ninth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil rallied past No. 2 seed Emma Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Haddad Maia saved nine of 14 break points and took advantage of nine double faults by Navarro in a match that lasted just ...
WTA roundup: Top seed Jessica Pegula upset in Strasbourg
Russian Anna Kalinskaya came from behind to upset top seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the quarterfinals at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Down 5-4 in the second set, Pegula couldn't hold serve, giving Kalinskaya the set. In the third, Pegula went down 3-0 quickly and couldn'...