5:14 PM ET Associated Press UMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz raced past Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-4 at the Croatia Open on Friday to reach his seventh semifinal of the year. Alcaraz, 19, is defending the first ATP title he won in the coastal town of Umag last year. Fifth-ranked Alcaraz, from Spain, saved the
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1:03 AM ET Nick Kyrgios‘ day in court to face a common assault charge has been postponed by three weeks. The assault charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to ACT police in December. The Australian tennis sensation was initially required to face the ACT Magistrates Court on August 2, amid
6:25 PM ET Associated Press KITZBUHEL, Austria — Yannick Hanfmann stunned former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the semifinals at the Generali Open on Thursday. Thiem was trailing 5-4 in the third set when play was suspended because of rain, and the 2020 U.S. Open champion failed to hold his
5:35 PM ET Associated Press UMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz eased past Norbert Gombos 6-2, 6-3 to start the defense of his first ATP title at the Croatia Open on Thursday. The 19-year-old Spaniard became the second-youngest player this century to break into the top five in the rankings, which were announced Monday. Only
6:20 PM ET Associated Press Dominic Thiem outlasted qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Generali Open on Wednesday. The 2020 U.S. Open champion was a break down twice in the deciding set and saved two break points when he was serving for the match before prevailing over his
4:59 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek eased past Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-2 at the Poland Open on Wednesday in her first tournament since her third-round exit at Wimbledon that ended her 37-match winning streak. Swiatek’s homecoming victory extended her clay-court winning streak to 17 matches. The two-time French Open champion
6:28 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Dutch tennis coach Max Wenders has been banned from the sport for 12 years for match-fixing, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Wednesday. The ITIA said Wenders admitted to “multiple match-fixing charges” and also admitted to destroying evidence and failing to report a corrupt approach. One of the
6:29 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia cruised past Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open on Tuesday. The world No. 2, who reached the Hamburg European Open final last week, needed just 48 minutes to beat Gorgodze and set up a match against Lucie
Jul 26, 2022 Associated Press Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, made a victorious return to the Generali Open on Tuesday by defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the tournament he won in 2019. The 28-year-old Austrian, who came back in March from a long-term wrist injury, showed
12:33 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Ana Bogdan of Romania upset seventh-seeded Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Poland Open on Tuesday. Only three singles matches were completed and three were suspended because of rain at the clay-court tournament in the Polish capital.