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WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula cruises in 2nd round at Charleston
Top-seeded Jessica Pegula completed her day's work in 71 minutes, crushing Belarus' Iryna Shymanovich 6-0, 6-3 on Wednesday in the second round of the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open.,Pegula was playing her first match since falling in straight sets against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in the final of...
WTA roundup: Madison Keys fights into next round in Charleston
Despite her opponent saving seven match points, No. 2 seed Madison Keys pushed past Caroline Dolehide 6-3, 7-6 (4) in an All-American second-round battle at the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open on Tuesday.,Dolehide saved four match points in the ninth game of the second set and two more in the 10th...
WTA roundup: Katie Volynets posts double bagel in Charleston
Katie Volynets needed less than an hour to complete a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Canadian qualifier Katherine Sebov on Monday in the first round of the Credit One Charleston (S.C.) Open.,Volynets, a 23-year-old California native, put 87 percent of her first serves in play and won 81 percent of her first-serve...
Aryna Sabalenka cruises past Jessica Pegula to win Miami Open
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka recorded 31 winners while sailing to a 7-5, 6-2 victory over fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula on Saturday to win the Miami Open for the first time in her career.,Sabalenka, ranked No. 1 in the world, saved 7 of 11 break points while winning her 19th career title and eighth at ...
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka cruises into first Miami final
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus never lost her serve en route to a 6-2, 6-2 win over No. 6 seed Jasmina Paolini of Italy on Thursday, securing her first trip to the Miami Open final.,Reaching her 12th career WTA 1000 final, Sabalenka - a three-time Grand Slam champion - never trailed against ...
Alexandra Eala takes down Iga Swiatek to reach Miami semis
Wild card Alexandra Eala has gone from virtual unknown to a 19-year-old upset queen in the span of a week.,She recorded her biggest upset Wednesday with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland to reach the semifinals of the Miami Open. The 140th-ranked Eala outplayed the five-tim...
Iga Swiatek given extra security in Miami after harassment
World No. 2 Iga Swiatek will be playing under extra layers of security in Miami after she was harassed by a spectator during a practice session over the weekend, the BBC first reported Wednesday. ,The five-time major champion from Poland is set to play Philipppine wild card Alexandra Eala in the qua...
Aryna Sabalenka, Jasmine Paolini advance to semis in Miami
Aryna Sabalenka rallied in the second set to beat China's Qinwen Zheng 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open on Tuesday.,Sabalenka, the top seed and World No. 1, went 7 of 12 on break points to secure a spot in the Miami semifinals for the first time.,She will play Italy's Jasmine Paolini,...
Magda Linette shocks No. 3 Coco Gauff at Miami Open
Unseeded Magda Linette of Poland added to World No. 3 Coco Gauff's recent struggles, pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 upset on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Miami Open.,Ranked No. 34, the 33-year-old Linette earned her first win over a top-three player since 2021, rallying in the second set after G...
Magda Linette shocks World No. 3 Coco Gauff at Miami Open
Unseeded Magda Linette of Poland added to World No. 3 Coco Gauff's recent struggles, pulling off a 6-4, 6-4 upset on Monday to reach the quarterfinals of the Miami Open.,Ranked No. 34, the 33-year-old Linette earned her first win over a top-three player since 2021, rallying in the second set after G...
Alexandra Eala, 19, stuns Madison Keys at Miami Open
Filipino 19-year-old Alexandra Eala stunned Australian Open winner Madison Keys 6-4, 6-2 in the Round of 32 at the Miami Open on Sunday.,Eala, in the field as a wild card, had won just three WTA 1000-level matches in her young career before taking down the fifth-seeded Keys in 97 minutes.,"I don't t...
Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka advance at Miami Open
No. 3 seed Coco Gauff defeated Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the Round of 16 at the Miami Open for the second consecutive year.,The 21-year-old is the youngest to accomplish that feat since Garbine Muguruza of Spain did so in 2012-13. Gauff has never moved past this roun...
Iga Swiatek, other top seeds have breezy day in Miami
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland, No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 5 seed Madison Keys were all straight-sets winners Friday in the second round of the Miami Open.,Swiatek had to save a set point in the second set on her way to defeating France's Caroline Garcia 6-2, 7-5.,"My energy level got down ...
Coco Gauff double-bagels Sofia Kenin in Miami
Third-seeded Coco Gauff produced the second double bagel of her WTA Tour career, shutting out U.S. compatriot Sofia Kenin 6-0, 6-0 on Thursday in the second round of the Miami Open.,The only other 6-0, 6-0 victory for Gauff came at Madrid in 2024 against the Netherlands' Arantxa Rus.,Gauff entered t...
Emma Raducanu rolls to easy first-round win in Miami
Emma Raducanu drilled six aces while recording a 6-2, 6-1 victory over wild card Sayaka Ishii in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday.,Raducanu converted 5 of 6 break points while defeating the 19-year-old from the Japan in just 65 minutes.,"I was just so focused on every point and trying ...
Naomi Osaka grabs first win since Australia in Miami opener
Naomi Osaka of Japan earned a much-needed win in the opening round of the Miami Open on Tuesday, defeating Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in nearly two and a half hours.,It was Osaka's first victory since winning her second-round match at the Australian Open in January -- and a step in...
Mirra Andreeva wins Indian Wells with upset of Aryna Sabalenka
Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva recorded six aces and overcame a first-set deficit to post a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday at Indian Wells, Calif.,The ninth-seeded Andreeva is the tournament's third-youngest champion at 17 years, 301 days...
Mirra Andreeva, 17, advances to Indian Wells final
Seventeen-year-old Mirra Andreeva is on the rise on the WTA Tour, and even the defending champion couldn't stop her from getting to the final of the BNP Paribas Open.,The ninth-seeded Russian upset second-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-3 on Friday in Indian Wells, Calif.,Andreeva's opp...
Iga Swiatek makes Indian Wells semis ... again
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made history in Indian Wells, Calif., on Thursday, becoming the first woman to advance to the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open four years in a row.,The second-seeded Polish player rolled past eighth-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.,Swiatek,...
Belinda Bencic upsets Coco Gauff to reach quarterfinals at Indian Wells
Wild card Belinda Bencic continued her strong run since returning from maternity leave by notching a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 upset of third-seeded Coco Gauff on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif.,Bencic converted 3 of 5 break points and recovered from a first-...