7:01 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals. Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to improve her record to 2-1
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4:57 PM ET Grigor Dimitrov‘s poor run of form continued as he was dumped out of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. The world No. 10 has failed to progress beyond the second round of any tournament that he has participated in since being beaten in the opening round of the US Open in August,
11:37 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Angelique Kerber held her nerve and held her serve, a combination that helped the Wimbledon champion beat Naomi Osaka 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 on Wednesday at the WTA Finals. Kerber saved 13 of the 18 break points she faced, including five in the final game of the first set,
5:37 AM ET Home favourite Dominic Thiem is through to the second round of the Erste Bank Open 500 in Vienna. The top seed was in confident form hitting seven aces against Belgian Ruben Bemelmans on his way to a 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory. Thiem will next play American Sam Querrey, who came through a
4:18 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer was tested by Filip Krajinovic before winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of his hometown tournament Swiss Indoors Tuesday. The top-seeded Federer seemed in control after winning seven straight games to take the first set and lead by a break in the second. The 35th-ranked Serb
11:25 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki earned her first victory at this year’s WTA Finals, beating Petra Kvitova 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday. Wozniacki, who became the first Danish woman to win a Grand Slam title at this year’s Australian Open, is now 1-1 in her group. Kvitova is 0-2.
3:58 PM ET It might be late October, but there are more storylines this week in tennis than pumpkins at the farm stand. The final official event on the WTA calendar kicked off Sunday. The tour finals features the top eight women in the world — sans No. 1 Simona Halep, who is out with
11:25 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — In a match between the last two US Open champions, Sloane Stephens came out on top. The 2017 champion beat Naomi Osaka 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 Monday at the WTA Finals, the season-ending tournament for the top eight players in the world. Both players are making their debut appearances
1:16 PM ET Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas added another achievement to a remarkable breakthrough season as he beat Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-4 to win the Stockholm Open and claim a maiden ATP title. Tsitsipas, 20, who had rocketed up the rankings to No. 16 heading into Stockholm, made up for losing two finals this year
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