Tennis

3:08 PM ET American Taylor Fritz claimed his maiden ATP title in Eastbourne, beating compatriot Sam Querrey 6-3 6-4 in the final on Saturday. Playing only his second final, Fritz made a solid start to break Querrey to love in his first return game. Fritz went on to dominate the majority of the baseline rallies,
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9:40 AM ET Karolina Pliskova will play reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber in the final of the Nature Valley International in Eastbourne. 1 Related The Czech world No. 3 raced through her semifinal against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, winning 6-1, 6-2 in under an hour on Friday to take her place in the final.
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7:23 AM ET Nick Kyrgios’s potential second-round showdown with Rafael Nadal is the talk of Wimbledon. While world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty must negotiate her own treacherous path through the women’s field, it was Kyrgios’s possible grudge match that dominated discussion after Friday’s draw in London. Barty will launch her title assault against world No.
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6:18 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been set up for a potential semifinal matchup at Wimbledon. With defending champion Novak Djokovic in the top half of the men’s bracket, the No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 3-seeded Nadal ended up placed together in the bottom half during Friday’s
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3:48 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff, a 15-year-old American, has become the youngest player to reach Wimbledon’s main draw for women’s singles via qualifying in the Open era. Gauff made it into the tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory that lasted just 55 minutes in the final round of qualifying Thursday
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1:58 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Fed Cup is following the Davis Cup with a new tournament format. Starting next year, the women’s tennis event will be a six-day final tournament in April with 12 teams playing for an $18 million prize on clay courts in Budapest, Hungary, the International Tennis Federation said
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