Venus Williams played a match on tour for the first time in about six months on Thursday, and the 43-year-old owner of seven Grand Slam titles gave away the lead and the last 10 games in a 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 loss to qualifier Nao Hibino at the BNP Paribas Open. Williams hadn’t competed anywhere since […]
Argentina reached the Davis Cup Finals group stage by eliminating Kazakhstan 3-2 in the best-of-five-match qualifying round when Sebastian Baez erased two match points and came back to edge Dmitry Popko 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) on Sunday. Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic and France also wrapped up victories Sunday. Baez is a 23-year-old who is […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Naomi Osaka’s first tournament since becoming a mother ended in a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 second-round loss Wednesday to three-time champion Karolina Pliskova at the Brisbane International. Osaka, who has won the Australian Open and the U.S. Open singles titles twice, won her first match at the elite level since late […]
Swiatek will take on Jessica Pegula in the final on Monday and will finish the year at No.1 if she wins the title. Iga Swiatek has defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals of the WTA Finals, 6-3, 6-2, to not only reach the final of the season-ending event for the first time, but to get […]
A moment of frustration led to the disqualification of Marc disqualification of Marc Polmans, who was only a point away from victory. In a moment of frustration, Australian tennis player Marc Polmans smashed a ball into the umpire’s face while competing in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers. This resulted in immediate disqualification for Polmans, who was […]
PRAGUE – Jaqueline Cristian upset top-seeded Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to eliminate the defending champion n the first round of the Prague Open on Monday. The unseeded Romanian beat the Czech player for the fist time in their four encounters. Another unseeded player, Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia, rallied to beat seventh-seeded Xinyu Wang of […]
Billed from the draw as a can’t-miss Round 1 matchup, Coco Gauff vs. Sofia Kenin at Wimbledon did not disappoint. Th e Americans, who previously split two-head-to-head matchups, went the distance in just over two hours. In the end, Kenim eliminated the seventh-seeded Gauff in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 stunner and will face Chinea’s Xinyu […]
History was made at Roland Garros on SUnday as Novak Djokovic won a record 23rd Grand Slam title, the most of any man who has ever played the sport. Djokovic, 36, began nervously trailing 3-0 and 4-2 in the first set, with the weight of the occasion seemingly heavy on his shoulders, his feet unusually […]
Former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza says she will take an extended break from tennis until the summer. The Spanish former world number one has only played four times this year, not appearing at all since January. The 29-year-old, who has dropped to 132nd in the world, said she will miss the clay and grass-court seasons. […]
The WTA Tour has announced a strategic partnership with CVC Capital Partners which will see the private equity firm invest $150 million (£125m) into women’s tennis In return, CVC will take a 20% stake in a newly created company with the working title of WTC Ventures. The WTA will retain full regulatory and sporting responsibility. […]
