Tag: Women’s tennis
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 25
1921 — Jock Hutchinson is the first American to...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to...
Bad Homburg Open quarterfinals washed out
BAD HOMBURG, Germany — The quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open were washed out by bad weather on Thursday as Victoria Azarenka withdrew from...
2 lucky losers in semis of same ATP tournament for 1st time
EASTBOURNE, England — Lucky losers Max Purcell and Kwon Soon-woo won quarterfinals at the grass-court Eastbourne tournament Thursday, marking the first time in ATP...
AP Sportlight
June 24
1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open...
More than shoes: Nike navigates complicated twists in track
EUGENE, Ore. — Ever since a track coach named Bill Bowerman tinkered with the idea of pouring rubber into his waffle iron to concoct...
Kvitova beats Piter at Bad Homburg Open, faces Li next
BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Top-seeded Petra Kvitova had to dig deep to reach the second round of the Bad Homburg Open in beating Polish...
AP Sportlight
June 21
1919 — Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wins the women’s U.S....
Bencic out to end 2-year title wait in Berlin vs Samsonova
BERLIN — Belinda Bencic will aim to win her first title since 2019 when she takes on qualifier and first-time finalist Liudmila Samsonova at...
Americans Pegula, Keys lose in German Open quarterfinals
BERLIN — Americans Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys lost to Victoria Azarenka and Liudmila Samsonova in the quarterfinals of the German Open on Friday.
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