Tennis

WASHINGTON -- Emma Raducanu handed No. 7 seed Marta Kostyuk her sixth consecutive loss Tuesday, defeating her 7-6 (4), 6-4 on the DC Open to extend a slide that now has lasted greater than two months.This was the fifth...

WASHINGTON -- Competing at a match for the primary time in additional than a yr, and in doubles for the primary time in practically three, Venus Williams hit an enormous serve on her preliminary supply on the DC Open...

NEW YORK -- Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen withdrew from the US Open on Monday, two days after saying she had arthroscopic surgical procedure on her proper elbow due to "persistent ache."The sixth-ranked Zheng was coming off a first-round...

TORONTO -- Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Toronto Masters match Monday, a day after Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic and Jack Draper withdrew from the hard-court occasion that begins subsequent week.Alcaraz stated Toronto "comes simply too quickly for me...

Wimbledon's plans to broaden the grounds of the world's oldest and most prestigious Grand Slam in tennis overcame its first authorized hurdle on Monday, as London's Excessive Court docket rejected a problem to the challenge by campaigners.Marketing campaign group...

TORONTO -- Vasek Pospisil, who received a Wimbledon males's doubles title and helped Canada win the Davis Cup, will retire from tennis after taking part in within the Toronto event subsequent week."Eighteen years {of professional} tennis. Trying ahead to...

Kazakh Alexander Bublik received his first tour-level clay-court title on the Swiss Open in Gstaad, beating Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, within the ATP 250 occasion's remaining on Sunday.French Open quarterfinalist Bublik, seeded second in Gstaad, was...

WASHINGTON -- Venus Williams is again on the tennis scene, able to compete for the primary time in additional than a 12 months, and whereas she smiled or laughed incessantly Sunday whereas discussing her return on the DC Open,...