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Jelena Ostapenko cools down Paula Badosa in Toronto
Fourth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia delivered 28 winners while posting a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 victory over Spain's Paula Badosa in the second round of the National Bank Open in Toronto.,Ostapenko converted 5 of 6 break points while snapping Badosa's six-match winning streak. Badosa won last week's...
Naomi Osaka rolls past Ons Jabeur in Toronto
Naomi Osaka didn't face a break point in cruising to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over ninth-seeded Ons Jabeur on Wednesday in the first round of the National Bank Open in Toronto.,A former World No. 1, Japan's Osaka needed only one hour and 12 minutes to notch her fifth win over a Top-20 opponent this year i...
Pair of Ukrainians notch sweeps in Toronto
No. 11 seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine pulled off a 6-0, 6-2 sweep of German Tatjana Maria on Tuesday in the first round of the National Bank Open in Toronto. ,Kostyuk collected four aces and won 14 of 17 first-serve points to cruise into the second round, where she will face countrywoman Elina Svitol...
Paula Badosa dispatches Marie Bouzkova to win DC title
Spanish wild card Paula Badosa smacked 36 winners while recording a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic on Sunday to win the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Washington, D.C.,The title is the fourth of Badosa's career but her first since prevailing in Sydney in early 2022. Badosa...
Marie Bouzkova, Paula Badosa to meet in DC final
Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic upset top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a match delayed 3 1/2 hours by rain on Saturday night to reach the final of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Washington D.C,Bouzkova will face Spain's Paula Badosa, who cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Caroline Dole...
Top women pull out of Montreal event post-Olympics
The National Bank Open will be missing some big names as tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova, Jasmine Paolini and others have withdrawn from the upcoming event in Montreal, Tennis Canada announced Friday. ,In withdrawing, five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Swiatek...
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka reaches DC semis
Winning an all-Belarus matchup, top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka got past sixth-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala City DC Open in Washington.,Sabalenka had an 8-1 edge in aces and she picked on Azarenka's second serve, winning 18 of 22 points (81.8 percent).,...
Shoulder injury forces Ons Jabeur out of DC Open
Three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur withdrew from the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Thursday, giving the United States' Robin Montgomery a walkover victory in the second round.,Jabeur, a Tunisian who was the event's fourth seed, wrote in a statement, "Regrettably, I must withdraw from the Mubadala ...
WTA roundup: Magda Linette, Mirra Andreeva win titles
No. 4 seed Magda Linette crushed Polish compatriot and No. 6 seed Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to win the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic.,Linette saved all four break points she faced in the 80-minute victory to earn her third career title, her first on clay and first since 2020. ...
WTA roundup: All-Poland final on tap in Prague
No. 4 seed Magda Linette and No. 6 Magdalena Frech will meet in an all-Poland final on Friday at the Livesport Prague Open in the Czech Republic.,Linette outlasted Czech top seed Linda Noskova 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2) in two hours, 46 minutes in Thursday's semifinal at the WTA 250 clay-court event. Noskova...
Former No. 1 Angelique Kerber to retire after Olympics
Former World No. 1 Angelique Kerber will retire after the Olympics.,The German made the announcement Thursday on social media from Paris, where she'll compete in her third Summer Games.,"The finish line," Kerber, 36, wrote on Instagram. "Before the Olympics begin, I can already say that I will never...
WTA roundup: Laura Samson, 16, reaches Prague semis
Sixteen-year-old Czech wild card Laura Samson reached the semifinals of the Livesport Prague Open with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win Wednesday against Russia's Oksana Selekhmeteva.,A former junior No. 1 competing in her first WTA tournament, Samson survived the 2-hour, 41-minute match and will face No. 6 seed...
WTA roundup: Teen Laura Samson bounces Katerina Siniakova in Prague
Teen Laura Samson upset fellow Czech Katerina Siniakova at the Livesport Prague Open, defeating the No. 2 seed 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday.,With her hometown fans watching, Samson, 16, is playing in her first WTA tournament this week and her 11th pro event. She had not played an opponent ranked in the ...
Reigning silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova WDs from Paris
Reigning Olympic silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Summer Games on Monday due to a hand injury.,The 2023 Wimbledon champion from the Czech Republic lost to Switerland's Belinda Bencic in the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021.,Vondrousova had been planning ...
WTA roundup: Katerina Siniakova survives scare in Prague
No. 2 seed Katerina Siniakova survived a first-round scare on Monday at the Livesport Prague Open in her native Czech Republic.,Siniakova outlasted American qualifier Louisa Chirico, ranked No. 228 in the world, for a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory in 2 hours and 26 minutes. She offset her seven aces with se...
WTA roundup: Milestone for 3-time winner Diana Shnaider in Budapest
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia won her third title on a third different surface this year in defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday in Budapest.,Shnaider, of Russia, needed 95 minutes to beat Sasnovich of Belarus on the clay court. Shnaider, ...
WTA roundup: Diana Shnaider advances to final of Hungarian Grand Prix
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia advanced to the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany's Eva Lys on Saturday in Budapest.,Shnaider, 20, saved all three break points she faced and benefited from four double faults by her foe to dispatch Lys in 1 hour and 25 minutes. ,S...
Diana Shnaider advances to final of Hungarian Grand Prix
Top-seeded Diana Shnaider of Russia advanced to the final of the Hungarian Grand Prix with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Germany's Eva Lys on Saturday in Budapest.,Shnaider, 20, saved all three break points she faced and benefited from four double faults by her foe to dispatch Lys in 1 hour and 25 minutes. ,S...
WTA roundup: Qinwen Zheng returns to Palermo semifinals
Defending champion and top seed Qinwen Zheng of China defeated Romania's Jaqueline Cristian for the first time in three career matches in the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals on Friday in Italy.,Zheng didn't have to save a break point in the 6-1, 6-1 victory over seventh-seeded Cristian, who saved ...
WTA roundup: Rebecca Sramkova pulls off upset at Budapest
Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova won a first-set tiebreaker and went on the 7-6 (4), 6-3 upset of No. 3 seed Xiyu Wang of China to advance to the quarterfinals of the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest.,Sramkova saved 10 of 12 break points in the victory, while converting four of 10.,Top-seeded Diana Shnai...