Tennis

2:21 PM ET Roger Federer began his latest quest for a 100th ATP title with a battling 6-4 3-6 6-1 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Monday. Competing for the first time since his fourth round defeat by Stefanos Tsitsipas at last month’s Australian Open,
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1:52 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — A media watchdog has ruled that a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams which attracted global condemnation after being published by Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper was not in breach of the Australian Press Council’s standards of practice. The depiction of Williams by cartoonist Mark Knight last September showed
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9:25 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Radu Albot became the first Moldovan to win an ATP tour-level title, beating English qualifier Daniel Evans 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) in the Delray Beach Open on Sunday. “I think a lot of people were watching, especially my parents and my friends, and I want to
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7:02 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Laslo Djere of Serbia beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 7-5 in the Rio Open on Sunday for his first ATP Tour title. The 23-year-old Djere beat top-seed Dominic Thiem of Austria, Taro Daniel of Japan and Casper Ruud of Norway en route to the final
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12:32 PM ET Stefanos Tsitsipas clinched his second ATP Tour singles title with a 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory over Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin at the Marseille Open on Sunday. Tsitsipas, who reached the Australian Open semifinals last month, battled hard to secure victory over the 31-year-old Kukushkin in a little under two hours. The 20-year-old top
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3:21 PM ET Defending champion Alison Van Uytvanck was forced to save five match points as she defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the semifinals of Hungarian Ladies Open on Saturday. 24 hours after she lost the opening set of her quarterfinal against Kateryna Kozlova, the No. 1 seed was again made to
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7:28 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the Rio Open final on Saturday, beating Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The 18-year-old Auger-Aliassime will face Serbia’s Laslo Djere on Sunday. Dere advanced in a walkover after Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene withdrew because of a right leg injury. Auger-Aliassime also
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11:35 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — American Mackenzie McDonald beat No. 1-seeded Juan Martin del Potro on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach Open, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5). McDonald, ranked 84th, advanced to his first ATP Tour semifinal. Del Potro was playing in his first event after missing four
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11:29 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay advanced to the Rio Open semifinals Friday, beating Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Cuevas, the 2016 winner in the clay-court event, will face 18-year-old Felix Auger Aliassime of Canada. Aliassime beat Spain’s Jaume Munar 6-4, 6-3. In the other quarterfinals, Serbia’s
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5:40 PM ET Defending champion Alison Van Uytvanck came from a set down to beat Kateryna Kozlova and move into the semifinals at the Hungarian Ladies Open. Kozlova raced out of the blocks to take the first set but Belgian Van Uytvanck, whose victory in Budapest 12 months ago was her last WTA title triumph,
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