Tennis

3:48 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff, a 15-year-old American, has become the youngest player to reach Wimbledon’s main draw for women’s singles via qualifying in the Open era. Gauff made it into the tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory that lasted just 55 minutes in the final round of qualifying Thursday
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1:58 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Fed Cup is following the Davis Cup with a new tournament format. Starting next year, the women’s tennis event will be a six-day final tournament in April with 12 teams playing for an $18 million prize on clay courts in Budapest, Hungary, the International Tennis Federation said
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3:07 PM ET American Taylor Fritz shocked No. 1 seed and tournament favourite Guido Pella 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals at Eastbourne on Wednesday. Fritz, who broke Pella’s serve to seal the deciding set, will face Hubert Hurkacz in the last eight after he defeated Sam Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (6). There was
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1:44 PM ET A trio of former world No. 1s stormed into the quarterfinals at Eastbourne on Wednesday with Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova all sharpening their grasscourt games ahead of Wimbledon. Reigning Wimbledon champion Kerber beat Swede Rebecca Peterson 7-6(4), 6-0 and Pliskova crushed Elise Mertens 6-1, 6-2, although Halep was pushed
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4:41 PM ET Defending champion Angelique Kerber continued her impressive build-up to Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Australian Samantha Stosur in her opening match at the Eastbourne championships on Tuesday. German left-hander Kerber, twice a runner-up at Eastbourne, was pushed hard by the former US Open champion but broke serve four times on
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2:31 PM ET Andy Murray and partner Marcelo Melo are out of the men’s doubles at Eastbourne after losing their opening match to Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday. Murray, who made a triumphant return to tennis by winning the doubles title with Feliciano Lopez at Queen’s last weekend, was less
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4:48 PM ET Andy Murray and playing partner Marcelo Melo are out of the men’s doubles at Eastbourne after losing their opening match to Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday. It was Murray’s first defeat since undergoing hip resurfacing surgery in January after he made a triumphant return to tennis by
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5:44 PM ET ESPN News Serivces LONDON — Bianca Andreescu won’t play at Wimbledon because she needs more time to recover from a shoulder injury. The 19-year-old Andreescu is Canada’s highest-ranked player at No. 25. Tennis Canada took to Twitter to announce Andreescu’s status. Unfortunately due to ongoing shoulder rehab and recovery, Bianca Andreescu has
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