Tennis

11:30 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Former top-ranked players Venus Williams and Simona Halep both lost in the second round of the China Open on Monday. Williams lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who saved two match points in the final set to outlast the seven-time Grand Slam champion despite
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7:30 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic‘s return from injury had a stuttering start at the Japan Open, with defeat Monday in the opening round of doubles. Yet for the No. 1-ranked Djokovic, playing at the tournament for the first time, the result was less important than emerging from the match unscathed. Djokovic
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11:11 AM ET Associated Press ZHUHAI, China — Alex de Minaur beat France’s Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the final of the Zhuhai Championships on Sunday to claim his third title of the year. The seventh-seeded Australian converted only one of his 13 break point chances, but it came at the perfect time in
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8:59 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Naomi Osaka and Venus Williams both advanced to the second round of the China Open on Sunday. The No. 4-seeded Osaka won 76 percent of first serves and hit 26 winners in her 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over unseeded American Jessica Pegula. “I just felt like this match,
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11:24 AM ET Associated Press ZHUHAI, China — Seventh-seeded Alex De Minaur beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the Zhuhai Championships. The Australian missed very few shots, winning 95% of first-serve points, breaking serve on four out of five chances and saving both break points he faced in
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9:09 AM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Aryna Sabalenka beat unseeded American Alison Riske 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the Wuhan Open final Saturday to become the tournament’s first back-to-back champion. Sabalenka joins Petra Kvitova as the only two-time winners at Wuhan. “I can’t believe that I defend this title,” Sabalenka said. “I can’t believe
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11:53 AM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan saved two match points and hit 35 aces to upset fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov 5-7, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (3) Friday and reach the semifinals of the Chengdu Open. Bublik reached just his second ATP tour semifinal and denied Dimitrov his 300th match win in
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6:01 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Nick Kyrgios has been handed a suspended 16-week ban from the ATP Tour following an investigation into his abusive behavior in a tournament in Cincinnati last month. The Australian player insulted a chair umpire and left the court to smash two rackets during a second-round loss at the
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4:09 PM ET The ATP found itself facing two unappetizing options when it came to deciding what punitive action to take against serial rule violator Nick Kyrgios. That may be why it took the organization so long to act, even though it’s final decision was to punt. Kyrgios’s outrageous behavior this year was clear and
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