Tennis

12:13 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Karen Khachanov breezed past Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-2 to win his third career ATP title at the Kremlin Cup on Sunday. Khachanov’s powerful serve dictated the match, as it has done all tournament. He fired in six aces and wrapped up the win in 55 minutes. The 22-year-old
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1:11 PM ET Britain’s Kyle Edmund could not hold back tears after he secured his first ATP Tour title with victory over Gael Monfils in the final of the European Open. The No. 1 seed battled back from a set down against his French opponent in Antwerp on Sunday, winning a final set tiebreaker on
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8:10 AM ET John Isner has welcomed the decision to introduce final set tiebreaks at Wimbledon, and even says the rule could be named after him. The American has been the marathon man more than once at the Championships, winning the longest match in tennis history against Nicholas Mahut in 2010 and losing a sapping
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1:10 PM ET Kyle Edmund will face Gael Monfils in the final of the European Open after defeating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 in Antwerp on Saturday. Edmund, who despite his ranking of 15th in the world is yet to win an ATP Tour title, broke Gasquet early in both sets before demonstrating powerful serving to
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9:29 PM ET John Isner is into the semifinals of the Stockholm Open after defeating compatriot Tennys Sandgren in Sweden. In the all-American contest, No. 1 seed Isner came out on top in a game of tiebreakers, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), and will now face Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis on Saturday. Gulbis was
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5:46 PM ET Top seed Julia Goerges is into the final of the Luxembourg Open after she overcame Eugenie Bouchard at the Kockelscheuer Sport Centre. The German world No. 9 — bidding for her fourth WTA Tour win in the last 12 months — defeated her Canadian opponent 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1 to end Bouchard’s fine
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12:10 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Tunisian qualifier Ons Jabeur became the first player from her country to reach a WTA final on Friday, and she will next face Daria Kasatkina for the Kremlin Cup title. Jabeur, the 2011 junior champion at the French Open, beat Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the semifinals.
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11:00 PM ET Associated Press STOCKHOLM — John Isner was taken all the way by fellow American Bradley Klahn before winning his first match of the week at the Stockholm Open on Thursday. The top-seeded Isner, who can still qualify for the end-of-season ATP Finals in London, toughed out a 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 7-6
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