10:59 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Kiki Bertens won her third title in six months on Sunday, beating Donna Vekic 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the final of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. The second-seeded Bertens came back from 5-2 down in the first set to win four straight games and force a
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10:10 AM ET Dayana Yastremska fought back from the brink of defeat against Ajla Tomljanovic to win the Thailand Open title in Hua Hin. The No. 8 seed found herself 5-2 down and back a double break in the final set but managed to force a tiebreak with No. 6 seed Tomljanovic and finally come
9:40 AM ET No. 6 seed Ajla Tomljanovic fired her way into a fourth career WTA Tour final at the Thailand Open with a straight sets victory over Tamara Zidansek. Australia’s Tomljanovic managed to avoid facing any break points until her final service game in a comfortable 6-4, 6-1 win. She broke her Slovenian opponent
11:52 AM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Connecticut Open tennis tournament is leaving New Haven after a 21-year run in the city. The operators of the tournament have sold the sanction for the WTA event to APG, a sports and entertainment company with a heavy presence in Asia. It is planning to
11:24 AM ET Ukrainian teenager Dayana Yastremska stunned former Wimbledon and French Open champion Garbine Muguruza for the second time in a matter of months to reach the semifinals of the Thailand Open. The No. 8 seed, who turned 18 last May, twice came back from a break down in the first set to eventually
9:40 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova struggled with her serve and was eliminated from the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Friday after losing to eighth-seeded Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. The second-ranked Kvitova landed only 48 percent of her first serves, double-faulted six times and
2:38 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — The Spanish league will sponsor the new Davis Cup Finals organised by a group founded by Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. La Liga says it will promote the tennis competition through its international broadcasts in Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States and Latin America. The league says the campaign
8:59 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Aryna Sabalenka recovered from a second-set slipup to reach the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarterfinals on Thursday, beating Alison van Uytvanck 6-1, 6-4. In her first match since reaching a career-high ranking of No. 10 on Monday, the Belarusian trailed 3-1 in the second before winning
4:32 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Kiki Bertens and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are set for a rematch of their Australian Open encounter after both reached the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarterfinals Thursday. Bertens easily beat Belgian qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure 6-4, 6-2 in their second-round match, while Pavlyuchenkova saved five of six break points