Tennis

1:16 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Felix Auger-Aliassime extended his perfect career record against top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz by winning 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday. The ninth-ranked Canadian improved to 3-0 against the US Open champion and ran his overall win streak to 12 matches in October. Alcaraz
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — A season ago, Iga Swiatek only qualified for the WTA Finals with a couple of weeks to spare. She was the fifth of eight players to get into the season-ending event for women’s tennis, a situation she found stressful. Swiatek was so dominant throughout 2022 that
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6:01 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will face No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Swiss Indoors semifinals after both advanced in straight sets Friday. Alcaraz, who won the US Open last month, clinched a 6-3, 6-4 victory0 against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta with a service winner. “It is difficult
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3:56 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — A new team competition with $15 million in prize money will open the 2023 tennis season ahead of the Australian Open. Tennis Australia announced the formation of the United Cup on Friday, saying it will involve women and men from 18 countries competing from Dec. 29 to Jan.
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5:49 PM ET British No. 1 Cameron Norrie was knocked out of the Vienna Open after losing in straight sets to American Marcos Giron on Thursday. Giron defeated Norrie, world No. 13, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour, 22 minutes to set up a quarterfinal tie against Grigor Dimitrov, who beat beat No. 3 seed Andrey
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4:51 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Stan Wawrinka delighted home fans again at the Swiss Indoors, digging deep to beat Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round on Thursday after failing to serve out the match in the second set. Two days after a straight-set win over No. 3-ranked Casper Ruud,
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched the win with his only ace in a second-round match where he had 20 winners and made just nine unforced errors. Alcaraz’s
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1:20 PM ET British No. 2 Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the Vienna Open on Wednesday. Evans, 32, beat Khachanov 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 16 minutes to set up a tie with either Denis Shapovalov or Taylor Fritz. Elsewhere on Wednesday, No. 1 seed
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9:50 PM ET Novak Djokovic says he has been given ‘positive signs’ that he will be allowed to enter Australia and compete in the Australian Open in January despite being under a three-year visa ban. The Serbian, whose ban was imposed along with his deportation for his potential to cause “civil unrest” as a “talisman
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