TORONTO—Serena Williams wore her game face when she stepped out into the stadium for her first match since telling the world she is ready to leave professional tennis. Greeted by a standing ovation, the 23-time Grand Slam champion didn’t smile. She didn’t wave. She took a sip from a plastic bottle as she walked in….
Bencic Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Abu Dhabi Event, Has ‘Severe Symptoms’
Olympic tennis champion Belinda Bencic has tested positive for COVID-19 after her trip to Abu Dhabi and has “severe symptoms,” she said on Tuesday, a day after Rafa Nadal announced he had also tested positive. Both players had traveled to Abu Dhabi to play in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event last week. Nadal also…
Britain’s Raducanu Surprises Herself With US Open Run
NEW YORK—No one is more surprised than Emma Raducanu herself. The British teenager became the first qualifier to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals by beating Olympic champion Belinda Bencic in straight sets on Wednesday. “I didn’t expect to be here at all,” Raducanu told reporters. “I think my flights were booked at the end of…
Not Federer, Not Wawrinka: Bencic Gets Gold for Switzerland
TOKYO—A Swiss tennis player won gold in singles at the Olympics and it’s not Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka. Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow Swiss players never managed. And she’s not done yet. The 12th-ranked Bencic beat Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 at the Tokyo Games for…
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