11:20 AM ET Associated Press NANCHANG, China — Third-seeded Magda Linette of Poland reached her third quarterfinal of the year when she beat Eri Hozumi of Japan 6-3, 7-5 at the Jiangxi Open on Thursday. Linette, trying to win her first WTA title, will face Australian Open junior champion and qualifier En-Shuo Liang of Taiwan.
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10:13 AM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — The grandfather of Jelena Djokovic, the wife of Novak Djokovic, has been found tied up in a field after unknown assailants broke into his house in central Serbia. Djokovic’s press team said in a statement Thursday that the family is in “complete shock over what happened” to
9:39 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Top-seeded John Isner started his bid for a fifth Atlanta Open title by beating Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday night. Isner is the defending champion at Atlantic Station, and he also won the event in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The 6-foot-10 former University of
2:38 PM ET Fernando Verdasco is out of the German Tennis Championships after losing to world No. 156 Thiago Monteiro in Hamburg. Eighth seed Verdasco converted an early break point to take the first set but fatigue crept into his game as he struggled to match his opponent in longer rallies. At 6-5 down and
12:19 PM ET Julia Goerges advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moscow River Cup with a 6-2 7-6 (2) victory over Russia’s Natalia Vikhlyantseva. The German top seed is the strong favourite to add another Russian trophy to her collection, after winning the Kremlin Cup, also held in Moscow, in 2017. Top seed Julia Goerges
11:32 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, will perform at the 2018 Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day before the start of the US Open. The students will join the entire cast for a performance of “Shine.” Members of the school’s drama club performed “Seasons of
5:00 PM ET Serena Williams will return to the tennis court at the Rogers Cup next month. The 23-time Grand Slam winner was granted a wild card into the tournament, a WTA Premier 5 event. Williams, who fell in straight sets in the Wimbledon final, has not played the Canadian tournament since 2014, when she
3:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — French Open champion Simona Halep has accepted a wild card into the upcoming Connecticut Open, the final tune-up on the WTA Tour before the US Open. Hard work and dedication? Sure, there was some of that, but Angelique Kerber’s run to the Wimbledon title was largely
11:50 AM ET Associated Press NANCHANG, China — Top-seeded Zhang Shuai registered a straight-sets victory over 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki in first-round play at the Jiangxi Open on Tuesday. Zhang hopes to clinch her third WTA title but had to fight for nearly two hours to beat her German opponent 7-6 (0), 6-3. Zhang,
7:41 PM ET Novak Djokovic is no longer working with adviser Pepe Imaz. According to an article in the Metro, Djokovic’s coach, Marian Vajda, influenced the split with Imaz, who was part of Djokovic’s camp since before the start of Wimbledon 2016. Primarily employed as a spiritual leader known for preaching love and harmony, Imaz