12:22 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Top-seed Serena Williams struggled with a swirling breeze before beating Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-4, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the ASB Classic. As was the case with her three-set win over Christina McHale in the second round, Williams was never fully in control of
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12:51 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Novak Djokovic had an almost full house on his side at Ken Rosewell Arena, and felt he needed to be a responsible host for his guests. There was a delay in the 10th game of the third set of the Serbian star’s ATP Cup quarterfinal match against Canada’s
9:28 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Daniil Medvedev was docked a point for twice banging the umpire’s chair with his racket in a heated second set before he recovered to secure Russia’s semifinal spot at the ATP Cup with a win over Argentine opponent Diego Schwartzman. The fourth-ranked Medvedev blamed the meltdown on jet
12:42 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Top-seeded Serena Williams had her toughest workout of 2020 before beating fellow American Christina McHale 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic. Williams dropped a set for the first time in singles or doubles this year and at times Thursday appeared
9:53 PM ET The weight of expectation that comes with being the world No.1 isn’t worrying Ashleigh Barty despite her 2020 season starting in defeat on Tuesday. Barty’s much-anticipated first match of the summer ended in a disappointing straight-sets loss to American qualifier Jennifer Brady at Pat Rafter Arena. The 23-year-old Barty couldn’t penetrate Brady’s
4:38 PM ET Former Grand Slam finalists Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have both been knocked out of the Qatar Open by unseeded opponents at the last 16 stage. Raonic, the fourth seed in the tournament, suffered an injury-plagued 2019 which saw him miss the US Open and Canada’s run to the Davis Cup final.
3:18 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki prolonged their one-time-only doubles partnership Wednesday when they won through to the semifinals of the ASB Classic. Playing in combination for the first time in their careers, Williams and Wozniacki beat top-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden and Caroline Dolehide of the
8:57 PM ET Tennis Australia has announced Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios will headline a charity exhibition event called Rally for Relief on Rod Laver Arena to aid bushfire relief efforts. Australian Open tournament organiser Craig Tiley told reporters on Wednesday that Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniaki and Stefanos Tsitsipas will also take part
10:17 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Daniil Medvedev helped Russia to a 3-0 sweep of its pool matches to join Australia, Serbia and Britain in the quarterfinals of the inaugural ATP Cup on Tuesday. Medvedev clinched victory against Norway by beating Casper Ruud 6-3, 7-6 (6) in Perth. Karen Khachanov had already routed Victor
3:26 AM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — Naomi Osaka got an extended workout in her opening match at the Brisbane International just two weeks before the defense of her Australian Open title. Osaka defeated Greece’s Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday to set up a second-round match with American Sofia Kenin. The