Tennis

7:42 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Brothers Andy and Jamie Murray have advanced in doubles at the Citi Open. The Scottish Murray brothers beat France’s Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-7(7), 10-5 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals. They rallied to win on their fourth match point. Former No. 1-ranked Andy Murray
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens has been upset in straight sets in the first round of the Citi Open. Rebecca Peterson beat Stephens 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday at the hard-court tournament that serves as a tune-up for the US Open. Stephens was coming off a third-round loss at Wimbledon. Stephens
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens was upset in the first round of the Citi Open on Tuesday, and Coco Gauff also lost in the tune-up for the US Open. Rebecca Peterson beat Stephens 6-2, 7-5 at the hard-court tournament. Stephens was coming off a third-round loss at Wimbledon. Gauff, the
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2:46 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — An Egyptian tennis player whose brother was banned from the sport for life for match-fixing has been suspended from tennis for alleged integrity violations. The Tennis Integrity Unit announced Tuesday that 21-year-old Youssef Hossam has been provisionally suspended while its investigation continues. Hossam may not compete in or
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4:56 AM ET Andy Murray has revealed that he could return to singles action as early as August, with the three-time Grand Slam champion targeting the Cincinnati Masters. Speaking ahead of his doubles opener with brother Jamie Murray at the Citi Open in Washington, the 32-year-old said: “I think I’m quite close. If I was
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11:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Teenager Coco Gauff earned a spot in the main draw of the Citi Open on Sunday, beating Japan’s Hiroko Kuwata 6-1, 6-2 in the final round of qualifying. Gauff will face Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas in the tournament’s first round Monday in Washington. The 15-year-old American was the youngest player
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10:43 AM ET Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili won the Hamburg European Open for a second consecutive year, beating Andrey Rublev 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final Sunday. Fourth seed Basilashvili won 81 percent of his first-serve points and struck 26 forehand winners to record his 12th straight win on Hamburg clay, which includes 10 main draw
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7:30 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Coco Gauff has moved on in qualifying for the Citi Open. Gauff beat Maegan Manasse 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the qualification tournament Saturday. She must beat Hiroko Kuwata of Japan on Sunday to qualify for the main draw of the tournament. Kuwata, ranked 265th in
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1:33 PM ET Defending champion Nikoloz Basilashvili saved two match points against Alexander Zverev before battling past the German 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5) to reach final of the Hamburg European Open on Saturday. Basilashvili was staring at defeat while trailing 3-5 in the third set but the 27-year-old dug deep to deny local favourite Zverev
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