Two-time champion Venus Williams received a wild-card entry into the upcoming U.S. Open, the United States Tennis Association said Wednesday. Williams, 42, won back-to-back titles in Flushing Meadows in 2000 and 2001 but missed the 2021 tournament because of a leg injury. This will be Williams’ 23rd appearance at the Grand Slam event, which gets…
Jannik Sinner, Nick Kyrgios Advance at Cincinnati
In almost three hours and 15 minutes, Italian 10th seed Jannik Sinner outlasted Australian qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis 6–7 (9), 6–4, 7–6 (6) on Tuesday in first-round action at the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio. On his 21st birthday, Sinner recovered after losing a lengthy first-set tiebreak in which he saved three set points…
Serena Williams Loses to Raducanu; US Open Next
MASON, Ohio—The second stop on Serena Williams’ farewell tour was a short one. The 40-year-old Williams fell to 0-2 in matches since announcing “the countdown has begun” on her career, losing 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu in the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night. Williams said last week in a Vogue…
Halep Beats Haddad Maia for Third Canadian Open Title
Simona Halep ended Beatriz Haddad Maia’s dream run in Toronto with a hard-fought 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 victory to claim her third Canadian Open title on Sunday. Halep’s serving woes from her semifinal win carried over at the outset of the final as she produced four double faults and was broken in the opening game before…
Carreno Busta Beats Hurkacz for Maiden Masters 1000 Title
Pablo Carreno Busta rallied from a set down to defeat Hubert Hurkacz 3–6 6–3 6–3 in Montreal to claim the biggest title of his career at the Canadian Masters on Sunday. The unseeded Spaniard jumped for joy when he broke the eighth-seeded Pole to seal the win in front of a packed house, hitting peak…
Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open Tuneup in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI—Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week’s hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States. That is also why Djokovic is not expected to be able to enter the U.S. Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament,…
Unvaccinated Djokovic Pulls Out of US Open Tuneup in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI—Novak Djokovic pulled out of next week’s hard-court tournament in Cincinnati on Friday because he has not gotten any COVID-19 vaccine shots and so is not allowed to travel to the United States. That is also why Djokovic is not expected to be able to enter the U.S. Open, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament,…
Jessica Pegula Advances to Semifinals in Toronto
With the top six seeds eliminated, seventh-seeded Jessica Pegula advanced Friday into the semifinals of the National Bank Open in Toronto by defeating Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan, 6–3, 6–3. Pegula won 81.6 percent of her first serve points and needed to save only one break point while winning in an hour and 21 minutes. The…
WTA Roundup: More Top Seeds Toppled in Toronto
Two of the top three seeds fell Thursday in third-round matches at the National Bank Open in Toronto, with unseeded Beatriz Haddad Maia knocking off No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek and No. 14 Karolina Pliskova taking out third-seeded Maria Sakkari. Haddad Maia, of Brazil, delivered an inspired effort to hang on to defeat the Switzerland’s…
Nick Kyrgios Upsets No. 1 Seed Daniil Medvedev in Montreal
Australian Nick Kyrgios stormed back from a first-set defeat to upset No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia, winning 6–7 (2), 6–4, 6–2 on Wednesday in the Round of 32 of the National Bank Open in Montreal. Each of the top three seeds bowed out during Wednesday’s action, with No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz of…
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