Tag: Women’s tennis
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 2
1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 6
1887 — Lottie Dod of Britain, 15, becomes the...
AP Sportlight
July 2
1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at...
Coco Gauff, 17, Jennifer Brady lead US Olympic tennis team
WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a U.S. Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any...
AP Sportlight
June 30
1916 — Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S....
Venus, 41, rises to 90th Wimbledon win in 90th career major
WIMBLEDON, England — Venus Williams accumulated 10 aces Tuesday by smacking serves at up to 114 mph — not quite like the old days,...
American Sebastian Korda having a ‘super’ time at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England — Sebastian Korda is having a, um, “super” time at Wimbledon so far.
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Excited tennis fans return to Wimbledon after 1-year break
WIMBLEDON, England — Cheery fans, dreary skies.
Wimbledon is back after...
AP Sportlight
June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to...
Nelly Korda a major winner and face of American women’s golf
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — The timing couldn't have been better in so many ways for Nelly Korda, the new face of American women in...
