Tennis

6:34 AM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — No. 2-ranked Caroline Wozniacki reached the third round of a tournament for the first time since June at the Wuhan Open on Tuesday. Wozniacki defeated Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-4, 6-1, making just nine unforced errors to Peterson’s 36. Caroline Wozniacki ended a drought without a third-round
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9:58 AM ET Japan’s Nao Hibino looks like she has firmly got Eugenie Bouchard’s number after she beat the Canadian for the third time in just over a month to reach the second round of the Tashkent Open. The world No. 56 overpowered her opponent and came back from an early break in the second
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10:40 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Alexander Zverev beat Kevin Anderson on Sunday night to give Team Europe a victory in the second Laver Cup. Zverev won the final five points to defeat Anderson 6-7, 7-5, (10-7). His victory helped Team Europe beat Team World 13-8. “Obviously, it was an amazing feeling,” Zverev said.
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9:28 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams does not understand why her coach admitted giving her instructions from the sidelines during her controversial US Open women’s final. Speaking about her angry outburst earlier this month, Williams maintained in an interview on Network Ten she was not being coached during the match, which she lost
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1:16 PM ET Associated Press WUHAN, China — Daria Kasatkina recorded her first victory over Lesia Tsurenko in three attempts in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday as US Open champion Naomi Osaka was forced to pull out of the tournament because of a viral illness. Kasatkina, the No. 13-seeded Russian, defeated
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4:19 AM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Kiki Bertens won her third WTA Tour singles title of the season on Sunday and denied Ajla Tomljanovic her career first with a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-2 win over the Croatian-born Australian. The second-seeded Bertens, who won the final six games of the match, was a
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11:16 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — John Isner, the tall American with the blistering serve, has added a new role in the last week. He’s a dad. His wife gave birth a week ago to their first child, a daughter, an experience Isner described as “the best moment of my life for sure.” Being
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12:24 PM ET World no. 166 Matthias Bachinger defeated Kei Nishikori in the semifinals of the Moselle Open to set up a meeting with home favourite Gilles Simon. Bachinger battled from a set down to win 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, breaking Nishikori in the final game of the match to seal the victory. The German, 31,
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6:43 AM ET China’s Wang Qiang picked up her second career WTA title with a surprisingly straightforward 6-1, 6-2 victory over Yulia Putintseva in the final of the Guangzhou International Women’s Open Saturday. It was the second title on home soil for he two-time Asian Games singles champion, who defeated compatriot Zheng Saisai to win
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