7:42 AM ET Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has withdrawn from next week’s Rogers Cup in Toronto with a nagging forearm injury, Tennis Canada announced Friday. The 29-year-old, who won the Rogers Cup in 2012, initially injured her forearm while training in Paris ahead of the French Open and has not competed since her loss
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7:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Andy Murray and his brother, Jamie, were knocked out in the Citi Open doubles quarterfinals, outlasted by the third-seeded team of Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 10-7 on Friday. Andy Murray, the former No. 1 ranked singles player, has been limited to doubles as
7:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Coco Gauff reached the Citi Open women’s doubles final with fellow teenager Catherine McNally, who also is into the singles semifinals in her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA tournament. Gauff and McNally routed the third-seeded team of Russian Anna Kalinskaya and Miyu Kato of
10:33 AM ET Former tennis prodigy Andrea Jaeger approached 15-year-old Cori “Coco” Gauff on the grounds of Wimbledon last month, shortly before the youngest-ever qualifier in the tournament’s history played her first match. Jaeger, who was playing in the Legends event, introduced herself and flashed her competitor credential. She told Gauff who she once was:
12:34 AM ET Tennis player Sania Mirza says she has achieved everything in her career and has “nothing to prove” in her second innings, which is likely to begin by January 2020. In her quest to return to competitive tennis after becoming a mother, the 32-year-old Sania is training vigorously for about four hours a
7:00 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print WASHINGTON — Teenage qualifier Caty McNally has reached the quarterfinals of the Citi Open. The 17-year-old beat fellow American Christina McHale 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 on Thursday. McNally hadn’t won a main draw WTA match until this week. The women’s field has opened up
6:02 AM ET World No. 2 Naomi Osaka has said that she has not had fun playing tennis since she won the Australian Open in January. Osaka lost in straight sets 7-6, 6-4 in the first round of Wimbledon to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in July, becoming the first No. 2 seed to lose in
7:42 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Brothers Andy and Jamie Murray have advanced in doubles at the Citi Open. The Scottish Murray brothers beat France’s Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-7(7), 10-5 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals. They rallied to win on their fourth match point. Former No. 1-ranked Andy Murray
4:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens has been upset in straight sets in the first round of the Citi Open. Rebecca Peterson beat Stephens 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday at the hard-court tournament that serves as a tune-up for the US Open. Stephens was coming off a third-round loss at Wimbledon. Stephens
4:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens was upset in the first round of the Citi Open on Tuesday, and Coco Gauff also lost in the tune-up for the US Open. Rebecca Peterson beat Stephens 6-2, 7-5 at the hard-court tournament. Stephens was coming off a third-round loss at Wimbledon. Gauff, the