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Elena Rybakina shrugs off foot injury, rain delay in U.S. Open win
No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan assuaged concerns about her readiness for the U.S. Open with a 74-minute victory over teenage wild card Thea Frodin on Tuesday in New York.,Rybakina prevailed 6-3, 6-2 in the first-round match, never faltering on her serve and breaking Frodin three times in si...
Naomi Osaka, in Allen Iverson-inspired look, advances at U.S. Open
Japan's Naomi Osaka was glad to get through her first-round match at the U.S. Open in New York late Monday night for both sporting and business reasons.,The tennis star/fashion designer will now get to unveil another look in the second round.,Osaka, the tournament's 13th seed, outlasted Russia's Ana...
Aryna Sabalenka opens US Open title defense with win
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka overcame an uneven performance on Monday to begin her bid for a third consecutive U.S. Open title, defeating Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-4 in New York.,Sabalenka mixed 32 winners with 23 unforced errors but worked through the trouble to win her 14th consecutive match a...
Venus Williams reflects on 'insane evening' at U.S. Open
At age 46, Venus Williams was not ready to contemplate her future following a "completely insane evening" at the U.S. Open.,She could be forgiven for being too tired to have such a conversation after losing a hard-fought battle with Sofia Kenin in a first-round match that didn't begin until 12:13 a....
Jessica Pegula cruises to victory in U.S. Open first round
Third-seeded Jessica Pegula shook off some early nerves and rolled to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Romania's Elena-Gabriela Ruse on Sunday in the opening round of the U.S. Open in New York.,Pegula, the 2024 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, squandered eight break-point opportunities in the third game before...
Diane Parry caps surprise run, wins Monterrey for first WTA title
Diane Parry capped her unexpected run through the Abierto GNP Seguros on Saturday night, beating second-seeded Elise Mertens 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in Monterrey, Mexico, to win her first career WTA title.,Parry, ranked 50th in the world, was playing in her first career WTA Tour final. The Frenchwoman's best ...
Diane Parry advances in Monterrey to reach first career final
France's Diane Parry is through to her first career WTA Tour final after upsetting fifth-seeded Ann Li 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Friday in the semifinals of the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico.,Parry's foe in the title match on Saturday will be second-seeded Elise Mertens of Belgium, who advanced by ...
U.S. Open win could have major consequences for top women
One of four women can leave New York on Sept. 12 as the world's top-ranked tennis player.,Two Americans -- Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula -- would have to raise the 2026 U.S. Open trophy in Arthur Ashe Stadium in order to stake their first-ever claim on that global honor.,Top-seeded and two-time defe...
Nikola Bartunkova gets through all-Czech quarterfinal in Monterrey
Nikola Bartunkova is through to her second semifinal of the year after a 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win in an all-Czech matchup against Darja Vidmanova at the Abierto GNP Seguros on Thursday in Monterrey, Mexico.,Bartunkova survived eight double faults in part by saving nine of the 11 break points she faced....
Clara Tauson tops Ekaterina Alexandrova in 2nd round at Monterrey
Denmark's Clara Tauson beat top-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday in second-round action at the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico.,Alexandrova had two set points in the first set, one on Tauson's serve at 6-5, the other late in the tiebreaker, before Tauson...
Czech duo captures U.S. Open mixed-doubles championship
Czech players Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik claimed their first Grand Slam championships on Wednesday, outlasting Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (6) to win the U.S. Open mixed-doubles championship in New York.,Neither of the winners regularly play doubles on tour. Muchova has a ...
Serena and Venus Williams to team up at U.S. Open
Serena and Venus Williams received a wild card to play in doubles at the U.S. Open, the tournament announced Wednesday.,The sisters competed together last week at the Cincinnati Open after a nearly four-year absence. They won doubles titles at the U.S. Open in 1999 and 2009, two of their 14 major do...
Yuliia Starodubtseva charges into Monterrey quarterfinals
Yuliia Starodubtseva, who entered the week on a six-match losing streak, is through to the quarterfinals of the Abierto GNP Seguros event in Monterrey, Mexico.,The 26-year-old Ukrainian upset seventh-seeded Janice Tjen of Indonesia 6-4, 6-3 in the second round on Tuesday.,Starodubtseva got to her fi...
Ann Li cruises through opening match in Monterrey
Fifth-seeded Ann Li needed just 65 minutes to trounce Colombia's Camila Osorio 6-1, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Abierto GNP Seguros event in Monterrey, Mexico.,Li took advantage of nine double faults from Osorio to convert half of her 12 break-point opportunities. Osorio, a 2022 finalist...
Coco Gauff overwhelms Jessica Pegula to win Cincinnati Open
Coco Gauff wasted little time in asserting her dominance over Jessica Pegula on Sunday, blitzing her opponent to start both sets and cruising to a 6-2, 6-4 win in the final of the Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.,It is the first title of the season for the fourth-seeded and fourth-ranked Gauff, who a...
Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff set for all-American Cincinnati Open final
No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 4 Coco Gauff each won their respective semifinals Saturday to set up the first all-American women's singles championship match at the Cincinnati Open since 1970.,The duo will be just the second American women's pair to face off in the final match of the Mason, Ohio, tour...
Serena Williams to skip U.S. Open singles in favor of mixed doubles
Questions about Serena Williams' status in singles competition at the U.S. Open can cease, as the U.S. Tennis Association on Saturday announced Williams would compete alongside Carlos Alcaraz next week in a star-studded mixed doubles team.,Making her return to the event where she has won six individ...
Sara Bejlek downs Madison Keys to reach Cincinnati semifinals
Sara Bejlek is through to her first career WTA 1000 semifinal, and she got there the hard way.,The 20-year-old Czech player continued her run of upsets at the Cincinnati Open by rallying past 20th-seeded Madison Keys 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals on Friday at Mason, Ohio.,Keys was the third...
Jessica Pegula, Iga Swiatek to meet in Cincinnati semis
Jessica Pegula continued her dominance of fellow American Amanda Anisimova on Thursday, pulling out a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) win to improve to 6-0 all time in the series and advance to the semifinals of the WTA's Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.,Third-seeded Pegula will take on seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek ...
Jessica Pegula outlasts Amanda Anisimova to reach Cincinnati semis
Jessica Pegula continued her dominance of fellow American Amanda Anisimova on Thursday, pulling out a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) win to improve to 6-0 all time in the series and advance to the semifinals of the WTA's Cincinnati Open in Mason, Ohio.,Third-seeded Pegula won by the narrowest of margins, claimin...