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6:30 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Australian Samantha Stosur was knocked out of the Qatar Total Open in the final round of qualifying after she was defeated in three sets by Russian Anna Blinkova on Monday. World No. 95 Blinkova won 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 30
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press Australia defeated the United States 3-2 while Romania upset defending champion Czech Republic by the same score as both advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup on Sunday along with France and Belarus. Ash Barty and Priscilla Hon beat Danielle Collins and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 7-5 in the deciding
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1:14 PM ET Big-hitting Russian Daniil Medvedev brushed aside Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Sofia Open title. No. 3 seed Medvedev, who turns 23 on Monday, was at his devastating best as he gave the hapless Hungarian a brutal lesson to claim his fourth career title. Attacking the lines with
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1:14 PM ET Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat fellow Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-2 to win the Open Sud de France in Montpellier and claim his first ATP title since 2017 on Sunday. Herbert, the No. 7 seed, was looking to snatch his maiden singles title but Tsonga, whose 2018 season was hampered by injuries, only dropped
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9:40 AM ET Associated Press France and Belarus reached the Fed Cup semifinals after sweeping their first-round series on Sunday. In Liege, Caroline Garcia clinched a 3-0 victory for France over host Belgium after easing past Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against defending champion the Czech Republic or Romania. The Czechs
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2:35 PM ET Big-hitting Daniil Medvedev stole the show at the Sofia Open on Saturday as he punched his way to an emphatic 6-2, 6-4 victory over former world No. 6 Gael Monfils to set up a final clash against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. The Russian delighted the crowd in Arena Armeets with a barrage of
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2:34 PM ET French No. 7 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert downed Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-5 to set up an all-French final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Saturday. Herbert breezed through the opening set but Berdych offered more resistance in the second, only for the former world No. 4
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6:00 PM ET Marcos Baghdatis knocked defending champion and top seed Lucas Pouille out of the Open Sud de France after a dramatic last-16 clash in Montpellier on Thursday. World No. 128 Baghdatis outlasted Frenchman Pouille in 2 hours, 40 minutes to secure a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on Court Patrice Dominguez. The
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