Tennis: Tokyo Olympic champs Zverev, Bencic advance at US Open
NEW YORK (AFP) – Tokyo Olympic champions Alexander Zverev and Belinda Bencic advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Monday (Sept 6) with straight-set triumphs. German fourth seed Zverev stretched his win streak to 15 matches by beating Italian 13th seed Jannik Sinner 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (9/7) and Swiss 11th seed Bencic eliminated Polish seventh... » read more
Tennis: Relentless Raducanu races into US Open last 16
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – British teenager Emma Raducanu extended her dream run at Flushing Meadows with a comprehensive 6-0 6-1 victory over Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo to storm into the last 16 the US Open on Saturday (Sept 4). The 18-year-old Raducanu, who burst onto the scene earlier this year by reaching the fourth round... » read more
Tennis: Berrettini survives five-set test to reach US Open fourth round
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Italian sixth seed Matteo Berrettini survived a third-round test from Ilya Ivashka to win 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3, firing off 27 aces in front of an adoring Grandstand crowd on Saturday (Sept 4). A handful of unforced errors cost the first-set tiebreak for the Wimbledon runner-up, who got the break... » read more
Tennis: Bencic serves up masterclass to reach US Open fourth round
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Olympic champion Belinda Bencic put on a serving masterclass to beat Jessica Pegula 6-2 6-4 and reach the last 16 of the U.S. Open on Saturday (Sept 4). The 11th-seeded Swiss won 85 per cent of her first serve points and smacked four aces to improve to a 3-0 record against... » read more
Tennis: Muguruza beats Azarenka to reach US Open fourth round
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Garbine Muguruza pushed past one of the best players to ever grace the Flushing Meadows hardcourts on Friday (Sept 3), taming Victoria Azarenka 6-4 3-6 6-2 to reach the fourth round of the US Open for only the second time. Muguruza, a Grand Slam winner at the French Open and Wimbledon,... » read more
Tennis: Medvedev fights back to reach Wimbledon fourth round
LONDON (AFP) – Second seed Daniil Medvedev staged a stunning comeback to beat 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic and reach the Wimbledon fourth round for the first time on Saturday (July 3). Medvedev triumphed 6-7 (3/7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 and will face Polish 14th seed Hubert Hurkacz for a place in the quarter-finals. It was... » read more
Tennis: Medvedev warms to task with opening Wimbledon win over Struff
LONDON (REUTERS) – A few days after claiming his first grasscourt title in blazing Mallorcan sunshine, second seed Daniil Medvedev could easily have been caught cold in his Wimbledon first-round match on Tuesday (June 29). But on a chilly and damp evening at the All England Club he showed he is not just a fair... » read more
Tennis: Medvedev cuts Opelka down to size to reach French Open fourth round
PARIS (REUTERS) – Clay was no longer an object of hate for Russian Daniil Medvedev as he stormed into the fourth round of the French Open with a commanding 6-4 6-2 6-4 win against towering American Reilly Opelka. The rangy 25-year-old has reached two Grand Slam finals on hardcourts but has never hidden his dislike... » read more
Golf: Danielle Kang grabs two-shot lead at LPGA Tournament of Champions
MIAMI (AFP) – World number five Danielle Kang birdied two of the last three holes to seize a two-stroke lead after Friday’s (Jan 22) second round of the season-opening LPGA Tournament of Champions. The 28-year-old American, seeking her sixth career LPGA title, matched the day’s low round with a six-under-par 65 to stand on 13-under-par... » read more