10:00 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Aryna Sabalenka played her first match since reaching the US Open semifinals and subsequently testing positive for COVID-19, beating Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. The second-ranked Belarusian, who had a bye in the first round, had 10
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5:28 PM ET Andy Murray produced heroics on Tuesday at the European Open as he battled past Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2), 6-7(7), 7-6(8) in a three-hour, 45-minute marathon to reach the second round in Antwerp. Murray showed incredible fight as he came up against a fierce competitor in Tiafoe, who was in control for much of
4:24 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Simona Halep started her campaign at the Kremlin Cup with a straight-sets win on Tuesday, but Ons Jabeur retired from her first-round match. Halep won 6-1, 6-4 against Anastasia Potapova despite losing her serve three times and next plays Veronika Kudermetova in the second round after the Russian
10:35 PM ET Unvaccinated tennis players are unlikely to get a visa to travel to Australia and play in the Australian Open Grand Slam, a government official said on Tuesday. “I don’t think an unvaccinated tennis player is going to get a visa to come into this country and if they did get a visa
3:34 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Marin Cilic began his bid for a third Kremlin Cup trophy by beating another former champion, Damir Dzumhur, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1 on Monday. Cilic ended a three-match losing streak. He won in Moscow in 2014 and 2015. Dzumhur won here in 2017. But this weekend he came
8:03 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Paula Badosa edged Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (2) on Sunday to win the BNP Paribas Open in her debut in the Southern California desert, where the tournament returned after a 2 1/2-year absence because of the coronavirus. She joined Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and
7:32 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Cameron Norrie beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday in an 86-minute semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open, which will crown the first men’s winner ranked outside the Top 25 since 2010. The combined ATP and WTA tournament has been rife with upsets during its two-week
5:17 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Nikoloz Basilashvili outlasted No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Friday to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open with the biggest win of his career. Basilashvili next plays either No. 3 Alexander Zverev or American Taylor Fritz, who met in a later
4:54 AM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has pulled out of next week’s Kremlin Cup in Moscow following her second-round loss at the Indian Wells tournament. No immediate reason was given for the withdrawal. 1 Related “Unfortunately, I’ve had to make a tournament schedule change and won’t be able to play Moscow this year
6:45 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Cameron Norrie routed 11th-seeded Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open and extend the best season of his young career. Norrie needed just 73 minutes to dismantle Schwartzman, who finally held serve to open the second set, drawing