Tennis

9:39 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Miomir Kecmanovic beat Kevin King 5-3 in men’s singles to give the Springfield Lasers their first World Team Tennis championship, beating the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18 in the finals Sunday. Women’s MVP Taylor Townsend had given Philadelphia a 15-14 lead with a 5-2 win over Springfield’s Vania King heading

8:56 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Svetlana Kuznetsova won her second title at the Citi Open and first at any WTA tournament in two years by erasing four match points to beat Donna Vekic 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Sunday. The No. 7 seed Vekic was one point from victory four times in the

3:16 AM ET Associated Press LOS CABOS, Mexico — Second-seeded Fabio Fognini upset top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday night in the Mifel Open final. Fognini, a 31-year-old Italian ranked 15th in the world, won the hard-court event for his third victory of the year and eighth overall. He also won clay-court

2:55 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mihaela Buzarnescu rallied past fourth-seeded Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to set up a finals showdown against Maria Sakkari at the Silicon Valley Classic. Fifth-seeded Buzarnescu got her third three-set victory of the tournament, which ensured that she’ll climb to at least No. 21

5:49 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defending champion Alexander Zverev has reached the final at the Citi Open. The No. 1-seeded Zverev defeated 10th-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday. Sixteenth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat unseeded Denis Kudla 6-1, 6-4 in one quarterfinal and will face Alex de Minaur in the other

12:23 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Serena Williams has pulled out of next week’s Rogers Cup hard-court tournament, citing personal reasons. The tournament announced Williams’ withdrawal on Saturday. The 23-time Grand Slam champion is coming off the most lopsided defeat of her career, a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Johanna Konta in San Jose, California,

3:53 AM ET Associated Press LOS CABOS, Mexico — Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina advanced to the Mifel Open final Friday night, beating third-seeded Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3, 7-6 (6). Del Potro will face second-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over British left-hander Cameron Norrie in the

10:26 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Defending champion Alexander Zverev returned to the Citi Open semifinals by coming back for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over No. 7 seed Kei Nishikori in a rain-drenched tournament Friday. Only two other men’s and women’s quarterfinals were completed before all play was called off on a

3:05 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” The

1:29 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Venus Williams beat Heather Watson 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 on Thursday night in the second round of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. The third-seeded Williams is the highest-seeded player remaining in the event after defending champion Madison Keys joined top seed Garbine Muguruza, a Wednesday scratch, on