Tennis: Tsitsipas moves into quarter-finals at Toronto ATP tournament

TORONTO, CANADA (AFP) – Stefanos Tsitsipas turned 23 on Thursday (Aug 12) with a solid win into his fourth ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final of the season as he beat Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-2 in Toronto. The Greek third seed set up a last-eight meeting with the form player of the moment, Norway’s... » read more

Tennis: Gauff eases through to last 16 as Brady retires

PARIS (REUTERS) – Teenager Coco Gauff reached the last 16 of the French Open for the first time after fellow American Jennifer Brady quit with a foot injury having lost the first set 6-1 on Saturday (June 5). The 17-year-old was in complete command as she won the first set in 23 minutes, with only... » read more

Tennis: US teen Gauff wins two Parma titles in one day

PARMA, ITALY (AFP) – American teenager Coco Gauff swept aside China’s Wang Qiang to win her second WTA career title on clay in Parma on Saturday (May 22) . Third seed Gauff won through 6-1, 6-3 against Wang, the sixth seed, in 74 minutes to add to her hardcourt title in Linz in 2019. After... » read more

Tennis: Federer poised for clay return in Madrid

MADRID (AFP) – Roger Federer is set to play his first match on clay in almost two years at next month’s Madrid Open, after he was confirmed for the event on Tuesday (April 6). The 39-year-old was listed among the players to have registered for the May 2-9 tournament in the Spanish capital, with Novak... » read more