[ad_1] Thursday at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, the WTA 250 tournament in France this week, saw Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands topple Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 1 seed from Russia, but Caroline Garcia and Anhelina Kalinina had an easier time of it, winning through to the quarter-finals in straight sets. In a marathon encounter…
[ad_1] The 1st-round of the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole, the WTA 250 in France, was completed on Wednesday, which saw Martina Trevisan down wild-card Naomi Osaka in straight sets, while Mirra Andreeva, Sloane Stephens and Magda Linette won their 2nd-round matches to advance to the quarter-finals. I have never been the type to make excuses…
[ad_1] Britain’s Francesca Jones earned her first WTA Tour win of the season in the 1st-round of the Copa Colsanitas, the WTA 250 event in Bogota, when the 23-year-old dispatched Colombian wild-card Yuliana Monroy over two days, 6-1 6-2. Jones has been bedevilled by injuries in her fledgling career, but memorably achieved her best result…
[ad_1] Rain delayed the start of play at the WTA 500 Credit One Charleston Open by 6 hours on Wednesday, making the conditions heavy going, but Anhelina Kalinina and Victoria Azarenka were among the winners of the 8 completed matches to make it into the 3rd round on Day 3. I had to keep…
[ad_1] Getty Images Jannik Sinner avenged last year’s Rolex Monte-Carlo loss to Holger Rune and tied up their head-to-head series at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-3 victory during quarterfinal action on Friday afternoon. Sinner ended up needing two hours and 40 minutes to complete what probably should have been a straight-set result. The world…
[ad_1] Major League Soccer has at least one representative in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals. Defending league champions Columbus Crew eliminated Liga MX powerhouse Tigres 4-3 on spot kicks after the teams were level 2-2 on aggregate. Wilfried Nancy’s squad used a tying goal from Diego Rossi, as well as a six-save performance from goalkeeper…
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic cruised through his opening match at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters on Tuesday afternoon, beating Roman Safullin 6-1, 6-2. Djokovic did not face a single break point while advancing in one hour and 10 minutes. The world No. 1 is bidding for some history in Monte-Carlo. If he lifts the trophy on Sunday,…
[ad_1] Victoria Azarenka, 34, made history as the second-oldest woman to reach the Miami Open semifinals. Photo credit: Miami Open/Hard Rock Stadium Working mom Victoria Azarenka is a master multi-tasker. The former world No. 1 fended off feisty Yulia Putintseva, fatigue and her own frustration scoring one of her biggest wins of the year. Three-time champion Azarenka topped…
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[ad_1] Once again the start of play on Saturday was delayed 3 hours by rain, before the Miami Open saw Katie Boulter upset Beatriz Haddad Maia, Aryna Sabalenka implode against Anhelina Kalinina, and Iga Swiatek sail past Camilla Giorgi, while several other top seeds tumbled out of the WTA 1000 draw. It’s always tough to…
