Tennis

7:13 PM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Borna Coric defeated defending champion Roger Federer 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2 to win the Gerry Weber Open on Sunday. The 21-year-old Croat saved three of the four break points that he faced and took his second match point to end Federer’s 20-match win streak on grass for
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2:47 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Defending champion Petra Kvitova had little problem reaching the Birmingham Classic final with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Mihaela Buzarnescu on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Kvitova used strident groundstrokes and uninhibited net attacks to earn her 36th victory of the year, more than any other player on tour.
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5:07 PM ET ESPN staff Novak Djokovic reached the milestone of 800 career wins as he beat Adrian Mannarino to make the semifinals of the Fever Tree Championships at the Queen’s Club in London. The Serbian came through 7-5, 6-1 against his French opponent in what was another routine victory just a day after he
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2:24 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Andy Murray will continue his comeback next week after asking for a wild-card entry into the pre-Wimbledon Eastbourne International event. The three-time Grand Slam champion returned after nearly a year out with hip problems when he played at the Queen’s Club in London on Tuesday, losing to Australia’s
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2:46 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Petra Kvitova, who hopes a successful title defense at the Birmingham Classic will help her bid to win Wimbledon for a third time, moved into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Germany’s Julia Goerges on Friday. The fourth-seeded Kvitova took an hour and six minutes
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3:18 PM ET ESPN staff Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is out of the WTA Mallorca Open after a straight sets defeat to Lucie Safarova. Safarova, a Wimbledon semifinalist back in 2014 looked at ease, coping with everything that her opponent could offer up – with Azarenka only hitting 14 winners in the entire
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5:00 PM ET Nick Kyrgios has continued his impressive grasscourt form with a fine victory over Kyle Edmund to secure a quarter-final place at Queen’s Club in London. But the the mercurial Australian No.1 insisted afterwards he was unfazed that the BBC, who were showing the game live in the UK, had to apologise for
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2:15 PM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Defending champion Roger Federer survived two match points against Benoit Paire to reach the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) win on Thursday. Paire rallied after losing the first set to take the second, and the Frenchman defended two match points
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