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WTA roundup: Emma Navarro jolts Victoria Mboko in Strasbourg final
Emma Navarro won her first title on clay Saturday by posting a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 victory over top-seeded Victoria Mboko of Canada at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Navarro overcame four aces by Mboko and benefited from six double faults by her foe to secure her third career title and first ...
WTA roundup: Emma Navarro eases into Strasbourg final
Emma Navarro crushed fellow American Ann Li 6-1, 6-3 on Friday to advance to the Internationaux de Strasbourg final against top-seeded Victoria Mboko in France.,Navarro saved seven of eight break points and converted five of eight break chances, finishing the WTA 500 clay-court semifinal in 77 minut...
WTA roundup: Victoria Mboko beats Leylah Fernandez in all-Canadian affair
Top-seeded Victoria Mboko converted 24 of 29 first-serve points (82.8%) to record a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 7 seed Leylah Fernandez in an all-Canadian affair to reach the semifinals of the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Thursday in France.,Both players had serving issues as Mboko had five double ...
French Open not budging on prize pool demands
Ahead of the French Open, which begins Sunday in Paris, players have accused tournament organizers of reducing their share of revenue, but director Amelie Mauresmo said the prize money will not change this year.,Players receive 22% of the revenue at standard ATP and WTA events, but they feel they ar...
Coco Gauff opens French Open defense vs. fellow American
Defending French Open champion and No. 4 seed Coco Gauff will face fellow American Taylor Townsend in the first round at Roland Garros.,The draw was announced on Thursday for the French Open, the clay-court major that begins on Sunday in Paris and runs through June 7.,Gauff, 22, is seeking her third...
WTA roundup: Camila Osorio knocks off No. 1 seed Janice Tjen in Rabat
Yasmine Kabbaj continued her run through her home tournament with a 6-2, 6-4 upset of third-seeded German Tatjana Maria in the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Round of 16 on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco.,Kabbaj is just the second Moroccan to make a WTA quarterfinal in the Open Era, convertin...
WTA roundup: Ann Li delivers upset in Strasbourg
Ann Li rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia in second-round action Tuesday at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Li finished the victory in just under two hours after tallying 10 aces, converting five of 14 break chances and taking advantage of eig...
Sorana Cirstea (age 36) becomes oldest woman to debut in Top 20
Romania's Sorana Cirstea became the oldest player to make her Top 20 rankings debut in WTA history when she was No. 18 in the update released Monday.,Cirstea, 36, previously reached No. 21 in both 2013 and 2014 but was unable to crack the Top 20. More recently, she reached No. 22 in 2024, No. 25 in ...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina beats Liudmila Samsonova at Strasbourg
Daria Kasatkina of Australia served four aces and saved 9 of 12 break points while recording a 7-5, 6-3 victory over sixth-seeded Liudmila Samsonova in the first round of the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France.,Kasatkina also converted 5 of 7 break points and will play American Peyton Stearns on...
Leylah Fernandez gets off to hot start in Strasbourg
Canadian Leylah Fernandez handled France's Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 7-5 in the headlining match Sunday at the Strasbourg Open in Strasbourg, France.,The No. 23 player in the world, Fernandez was the highlight on Day 1 of the traditional French Open lead-in tournament, saving eight of nine break points o...
Elina Svitolina defeats Coco Gauff in 3 sets for Italian Open title
Elina Svitolina recovered from a second-set tie-breaker loss and went on to defeat Coco Gauff, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 on Saturday to win her third Italian Open championship in Rome.,The 31-year-old Ukrainian became the second woman age 30-plus to take the WTA 1000 title in the Italian capital. Serena Wil...
Emma Raducanu reunites with coach from '21 U.S. Open run
Emma Raducanu is reuniting with the coach who guided her to her only career title -- the U.S. Open in 2021.,That is Andrew Richardson, a veteran coach and former singles player on the ATP Tour. Raducanu said in a statement issued Friday that she is "grateful to have reconnected with someone who has ...
Elina Svitolina defeats Iga Swiatek, will face Coco Gauff in Rome final
Elina Svitolina can now turn her attention toward winning a third Italian Open title after she produced a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victory over No. 4 seed Iga Swiatek in Thursday's semifinal match in Rome.,The seventh-seeded Svitolina saved 11 of 16 break points and took advantage of 50 unforced errors by Swia...
Elina Svitolina rallies past Elena Rybakina to reach Italian Open semis
No. 2 Elina Svitolina saved 16 break points to rally for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan to reach the Italian Open semifinals for the first time since 2018 on Wednesday in Rome.,The Ukrainian competitor saved 80% of the break points she faced on her serve to win in a bat...
Venus Williams, 45, to play doubles at French Open
Venus Williams will compete in doubles at the French Open later this month, organizers confirmed on Wednesday.,Williams, 45, will partner with Hailey Baptiste, 24, for the clay-court tournament at Roland Garros, which begins on May 24 in Paris.,Williams, however, will not compete in the singles tour...
On fifth match point, Coco Gauff advances to semifinals in Rome
It took five match points, but No. 3 seed Coco Gauff survived a comeback bid by No. 8 seed Mirra Andreeva of Russia with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory to reach the semifinals of the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday.,Gauff held a 5-1, two-break lead in the third set before finally putting away Andreeva with...
Coco Gauff saves match point, fights through to Rome quarterfinals
No. 3 seed Coco Gauff had to save a match point on her way to taking down No. 16 seed Iva Jovic 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in an all-American Round of 16 battle at the Italian Open on Monday in Rome.,Jovic, 18, had Gauff on the ropes as she went up a break in the second set and served for the match at 5-3. She r...
Jessica Pegula, Naomi Osaka advance to Italian Open 4th round
The top-seeded players competing early on Sunday in Rome cruised to victories in the third round at the Italian Open.,Second-seeded Elina Rybakina of Kazakhstan routed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-4, 6-3, while fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula had an easy time against Rebeka Masarova, blanking the...
Sorana Cirstea upsets Aryna Sabalenka in Rome for first victory over No. 1
Sorana Cirstea has announced she will retire after the season but the 36-year-old Romanian sure isn't just cruising through tournaments in the meantime.,Cirstea defeated a world No. 1 for the first time since turning professional in 2006 when she rallied for a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory over top-seeded A...
Jessica Pegula coasts to victory in Rome opener
On a day where many seeded competitors were upset, No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula faced minimal resistance in her Italian Open opener Friday, coasting to a 6-4, 6-0 defeat of Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez in Rome.,Pegula, who lost her second match in her last tournament at Madrid, was clinical in this match, fa...