Tag: Tennis
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 16
1920 — Babe Ruth breaks his season record of...
AP Sportlight
July 15
1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the...
Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin dies at 94
NAPLES, Fla. — Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin, who won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand...
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban
KYIV, Ukraine — Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev is set to miss the Tokyo Games because he has been banned following a failed drug...
AP Sportlight
July 14
1951 — Citation is the first horse to win...
Roger Federer says he’s out of Olympics after knee ‘setback’
Roger Federer will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, writing on social media Tuesday that he “experienced a setback" with his knee during the...
French Open champion Krejcikova makes Prague Open 2nd round
PRAGUE — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the second round of the Prague Open by beating qualifier Isabella Shinikova 6-2, 6-3 on...
Britain’s Johanna Konta to miss Olympics due to COVID-19
LONDON — Johanna Konta of Britain won't compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday, after being dropped from...
Britain’s Johanna Konta to miss Olympics due to COVID-19
LONDON — Johanna Konta of Britain won't compete at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, she said Tuesday, after being dropped from...
British teen sensation Raducanu gets wild card for San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif. — British teen sensation Emma Raducanu has received a wild card into the main draw of next month's Mubadala Silicon Valley...