All WTA, ATP tournaments in China canceled for 2020
All WTA and ATP fall tournaments in China, including the WTA Finals and ATP Shanghai Masters, have been canceled, tour officials announced today. China will not host any international sporting...
View ArticleClijsters, New York hand Vegas third straight loss
The Vegas Rollers' slim playoff hopes suffered another blow today. The New York Empire, featuring International Tennis Hall of Famer Kim Clijsters, won all five sets in its 25-17 victory over...
View ArticleVegas falls again, eliminated from playoff contention
The Vegas Rollers of World TeamTennis suffered their fourth consecutive loss and sixth in seven matches today, eliminating them from playoff contention. Vegas, featuring ex-Stanford All-Americans...
View ArticleSpringfield hands Vegas its fifth consecutive loss
The Vegas Rollers suffered their fifth consecutive loss today, falling to the two-time defending champion Springfield (Mo.) Lasers 24-19 (1-0 extended play) in a World TeamTennis match at The...
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Vegas ends skid in possibly Bryan brothers' last match
Bob Bryan, left, said he and Mike Bryan "are havinga blast playing tennis, maybe for the last time." Filephoto by Paul Bauman In possibly the last match of Bob and Mike Bryan's careers, the Vegas...
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Barty to skip U.S. Open; WTT playoffs set
Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty said she will bypass the U.S. Open becauseof coronavirus concerns. 2019 photo by Harjanto Sumali Top-ranked Ashleigh Barty announced today that she will skip the U.S. Open...
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New York stuns Philly, will face Chicago in WTT Final
Jack Sock reacts during a 2018 exhibition against Roger Federer in San Jose, Calif.Sock helped New York upset Philadelphia today. Photo by Mal Taam The fourth-seeded New York Empire shocked the...
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New York nips Chicago in thriller for WTT title
Coco Vandeweghe reacts after slugging a forehand return-of-serve passing shot on the deciding point in today'sWTT Final. Photo courtesy of World TeamTennis. The World TeamTennis championship didn't...
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Donna dominates Dutchwoman as WTA Tour resumes
Donna Vekic said she's "happy that I didn't forgethow to play tennis, how to play matches, how towin." 2019 photo by Mal Taam In the first WTA or ATP main-draw match in almost five months,...
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Nadal to skip U.S. Open; Boland bolts Baylor
Rafael Nadal chose not to defend his U.S. Openbecause of the coronavirus. File photo byPaul Bauman Almost four weeks before the U.S. Open, the tournament is down to one of the Big Three. Defending...
View ArticleItalian wild cards, 19 and 33, reach Palermo quarters
Two Italian wild cards, one young and one old, starred on an eventful day in the Palmero Ladies Open. Elisabetta Cocciaretto, 19, ousted sixth-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-4 on clay today...
View ArticleMartic, Kontaveit rally; Bellis gets U.S. Open wild card
The top two remaining seeds in the Palermo Ladies Open lost the first set today but rallied to reach the quarterfinals. Top-seeded Petra Martic of Croatia defeated qualifier Liudmila Samsonova of...
View ArticleGiorgi saves two match points in win; more Open exits
Italy's last hope was down to her last point today. Twice. Unseeded Camila Giorgi, one of the hardest hitters on the WTA Tour despite standing only 5-foot-6 (1.68 meters), saved two match points...
View ArticleKontaveit beats top seed Martic to reach Palermo final
Other than a late hiccup, Anett Kontaveit had little trouble ousting the top seed today in the Palermo Ladies Open. The fourth-seeded Kontaveit beat Petra Martic 6-2, 6-4 today to reach the final...
View ArticleUnseeded Ferro upsets Kontaveit for Palermo title
Continuing her rise in the WTA rankings, Fiona Ferro became the first post-pandemic champion today. The unseeded Frenchwoman beat fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia 6-2, 7-5 on clay to win...
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Bouzkova ousts third-seeded Konta in Lexington
Johanna Konta lost to Marie Bouzkova for thesecond consecutive tournament. File photoby Paul Bauman So far, little has changed for Marie Bouzkova and Johanna Konta since the WTA Tour shut down in...
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Serena survives, will face Venus in Lexington
Serena Williams, playing her first match in six months, camewithin five points of losing to Bernarda Pera today. 2018 photoby Mal Taam Serena Williams figured to have some trouble today. Not only...
View ArticleGauff takes out No. 2 seed to reach Lexington quarters
Add Aryna Sabalenka to Coco Gauff's list of highly ranked victims.Gauff, a 16-year-old U.S. sensation, topped Sabalenka, seeded second and ranked 11th, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 in a ragged match today to...
View ArticleSerena tops Venus; Andreescu pulls out of U.S. Open
The Williams sisters met for the 31st time today, but this one was unlike any of the others.Rather than competing in front of a raucous crowd at the U.S. Open, for instance, they played with no fans in...
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Serena falls to No. 116 Rogers; Gauff, 16, rallies; Bellis out
Serena Williams lost to wild card Shelby Rogers 1-6, 6-4,7-6 (5) today in the quarterfinals of the inaugural Top SeedOpen in Lexington, Ky. File photo by Paul BaumanSerena Williams lost to a player...
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