Tag: Women’s tennis
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 18
1910 — Alex Smith wins the U.S. Open by...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 22
1918 — Molla Bjurstedt wins the women’s U.S. Lawn...
Nadal, Osaka both out for Wimbledon; she’ll go to Olympics
Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka are sitting out Wimbledon, leaving the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament without two of the sport's biggest stars as...
Azarenka, Samsonova, Muguruza win at grass-court German Open
BERLIN — Victoria Azarenka reached the quarterfinals of the German Open by defeating home favorite Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday.
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Muguruza, Azarenka win opening matches at German Open
BERLIN — Former Grand Slam champions Garbine Muguruza, Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber were among the winners in the first round of the German...
French Open champ Krejcikova 15th in singles, 1st in doubles
French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova's twin titles at Roland Garros earned jumps in the WTA rankings to No. 15 in singles and No. 1...
Wimbledon allowed full crowd at Centre Court for finals
LONDON — Wimbledon will be allowed to have a full crowd of 15,000 at Centre Court for the men's and women's finals next month,...
French Open defends “pragmatic” stance in Osaka dealings
PARIS — French Open organizers said they took a “pragmatic” approach in their dealings with four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka earlier in the...
Krejcikova completes titles sweep in Paris with Siniakova
PARIS — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova completed a rare sweep of titles at Roland Garros as she won a third women's doubles major...
Analysis: Why so many 1st-time women’s Slam champs in Paris?
It started with Garbiñe Muguruza beating Serena Williams in the 2016 French Open final.
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