Tennis

12:42 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Petra Kvitova won her first title since 2019 as she swept past Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open final on Saturday. Kvitova broke Muguruza’s serve five times in a row to seal the first set and take a commanding lead in the second. It
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4:52 PM ET Associated Press LYON, France – Seventh-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain beat fourth-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in an error-strewn match to reach the Lyon Open semifinals on Friday. Neither player looked comfortable on serve, combining for 21 double faults and 15 service breaks at the indoor tournament. 1
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1:55 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Petra Kvitova and Garbine Muguruza both advanced to the Qatar Open final on Friday, one winning in straight sets and the other without even playing a point. Muguruza advanced when Victoria Azarenka pulled out with a back injury. Kvitova beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-4, winning the final
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1:50 PM ET Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from a break down in the deciding set to beat Karen Khachanov and reach the semifinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Friday. The No. 2 seed was 3-1 down in the third before breaking back and beating Khachanov 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
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1:55 PM ET Defending champion Simona Halep has withdrawn from next week’s Dubai Tennis Championships with a lower back complaint, organisers of the WTA 1000 tournament said on Thursday. World No. 3 Halep, who also pulled out of this week’s Qatar Open in Doha, has not played a competitive match since losing in straight sets
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1:50 PM ET Associated Press Australian Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas held off a stubborn challenge from Hubert Hurkacz to reach the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win on Thursday. Hurkacz saved a match point 5-4 in the decider and then came within two points of forcing a
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1:45 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — The top two seeded players at the Qatar Open were eliminated in the quarterfinals as Victoria Azarenka played through pain to win against Elina Svitolina and Jessica Pegula defeated Karolina Pliskova on Thursday. Azarenka held off a late comeback from top-seeded Svitolina, her doubles partner this week,
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5:29 PM ET Associated Press Garbine Muguruza outlasted third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in a close second-round match at the Qatar Open on Wednesday, while top-seeded Elina Svitolina eased into the quarterfinals. Muguruza won 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3 after she served for the match at 6-5 in the second set before Sabalenka broke her serve and won
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2:21 PM ET Associated Press LYON, France — Caroline Garcia, looking to bounce back from early exits in Australia, advanced to the second round of the Lyon Open by beating fellow French player Oceane Dodin 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 on Tuesday. Third-seeded Garcia, who lost in the first round at Adelaide last week, put away Dodin
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2:13 PM ET Associated Press ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev‘s 12 aces weren’t enough as the Australian Open runner-up was beaten 7-6 (4), 6-4 by Dusan Lajovic in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Wednesday. It wasn’t the day’s only upset in Rotterdam, with third-seeded Alexander Zverev also losing.
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