4:20 PM ET Associated Press Simona Halep reached a WTA final for the 12th straight season after routing Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk 6-0, 6-1 Saturday and setting up a title match against Anett Kontaveit of Estonia at the Transylvania Open. Kontaveit, who won the Kremlin Cup in Moscow last week, extended her winning streak to
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2:57 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Simona Halep cruised into the semifinals of the Transylvania Open on Friday, but U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu lost to a fellow teenager in less than an hour. The third-seeded Raducanu lost 6-2, 6-1 to 19-year-old Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine after struggling with her serve throughout the match. Raducanu
2:15 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu eased into the Transylvania Open quarterfinals with a controlled 6-3 6-4 win over home favourite Ana Bogdan in the second round on Thursday. Raducanu followed up her maiden WTA Tour win over Polona Hercog — a battling three-set victory on Tuesday — with a much improved performance
4:36 PM ET Associated Press Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz reached the third round of the Vienna Open on Wednesday, with a straight sets win over Britain’s Andy Murray. Alcaraz was knocked out of the Indian Wells Masters by Murray a couple of weeks ago, but was in no mood for a repeat performance against the
5:42 AM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu had to work hard for her first win on the WTA Tour after her fairytale New York triumph as she recovered from a set down to beat world No. 124 Polona Hercog 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the Transylvania Open in Romania on Tuesday. Raducanu announced herself on
8:47 PM ET AAP with ESPN staff Victorian premier Dan Andrews insists he will not be applying for an exemption for unvaccinated tennis stars to enter the state, muddying the 2022 Australian Open waters. His comments come after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said unvaccinated players would be allowed into the country for the tournament, one
5:38 AM ET Andy Murray secured his first win over a top 10 player in 14 months on Monday after the former world No. 1 beat Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 at the Vienna Open. Murray had lost to the world No. 10 in Cincinnati and Metz earlier this year but got the better
3:05 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev headline the rosters announced Monday for the Davis Cup Finals that begin next month. Djokovic, a 20-time major champion who fell one win short of a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2021, is joined on Serbia’s squad by Filip Krajinovic,
4:00 PM ET A Serena Williams autographed rookie card from 2003 was sold at New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions on Sunday for $44,280. The price was a record for any women’s sports card, beating the record sale previously held by a 1992 S.I. for Kids Mia Hamm rookie card, which sold in late June with Goldin
7:28 AM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said on Sunday she is “optimistic” about finding a new coach before the Australian Open starts in January and will be relying on her own instincts at this week’s Transylvania Open in Romania. Raducanu, who stunned the sporting world when she won the Flushing Meadows title in
7:46 PM ET Unvaccinated players will seemingly be allowed to compete at next year’s Australian Open after all. An email from Tennis Australia [TA] to the WTA Players’ Council, obtained by tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg, has revealed unvaccinated players will however be required to complete 14 days’ hard quarantine in a hotel. The memo asked
4:41 PM ET Associated Press American Ann Li captured her first WTA title after beating Colombian Camila Osorio 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the Tenerife Open. Li completed her win in 70 minutes, denying Osorio her second title of the season. Osorio, who is 19 years old, suffered with his unforced errors
1:20 PM ET Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium — Jannik Sinner won his fourth tour-level title of the year and stayed in contention for the ATP Finals with a convincing straight-sets victory over second-seeded Diego Schwartzman at the European Open on Sunday. The top-seeded Italian beat his Argentine opponent 6-2, 6-2 in their first meeting. It
8:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Ekaterina Alexandrova advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup after Maria Sakkari retired from her semifinal match on Saturday. Alexandrova, who had a 4-1 lead when Sakkari bowed out, will face Anett Kontaveit in Sunday’s final. Tournament organizers said Sakkari cited dizziness for the stoppage. She is
7:12 PM ET Ash Barty won’t defend her season-ending crown after formally ending her stellar 2021 season on Saturday. Australia’s world No.1 hasn’t played since the US Open in September and says her full focus now is on preparing for the Australian summer and another tilt at her home grand slam in Melbourne. The 25-year-old
11:55 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Aryna Sabalenka‘s first tournament since testing positive for the coronavirus ended after only two matches. The second-ranked Belarusian lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-4 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. Alexandrova will face Maria Sakkari in the semifinals. Sabalenka was playing in her first tournament since
5:36 AM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has said he showed a poor attitude and did not make the right decisions in Thursday’s second-round exit at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. Murray, ranked 172nd, lost 6-4, 7-6(6) to Argentine second seed Diego Schwartzman as the Briton failed to match his 2019 display
5:34 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Maria Sakkari clinched a spot at the WTA Finals for the first time by reaching the quarterfinals at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday when Anna Kalinskaya retired with an illness in the second set. The third-seeded Sakkari, who was leading 6-2, 1-0 when Kalinskaya retired, became the first