Qinwen Zheng proved too sharp once again for Leylah Annie Fernandez on Friday in Tokyo, defeating the Canadian 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. In a rematch of their meeting just two weeks ago in Wuhan, the contest once again went the distance, with the top seed…
Kevin Yu, a 26-year-old from Chinese Taipei, secured his first PGA Tour victory at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship. He made a birdie on the 72nd hole to tie the lead and then clinched the win by stuffing his approach on the par-4 18th during the playoff against Beau Hossler. Both Yu and Hossler were…
The Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner rivalry never fails to deliver. In their 10th encounter and first final above the ATP 250 level, Alcaraz defeated Sinner 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3) after three hours and 21 minutes to win the China Open title on Wednesday. The No. 2 seed came back from a set down and from…
Alexander Zverev attempted to outplay Taylor Fritz at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships despite being hindered by an injury, but the American produced a great level to prevent him from doing so. The two met in one of the most exciting fourth-round matches at SW19 this year. The German player is currently second in the 2024…
(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) Baseball forever holds the top spot for being the weirdest sport, as even though the game is over 150 years old and each of the 30 MLB teams plays 162 games a year, you can still tune in to a random contest and see something you have never seen before….
Inclement weather has dogged the WTA 250 Copa Colsanitas Zurich in Bogotá, Colombia, this week, added to which a power cut in the city also impacted the schedule on Thursday. With rain every day, 2nd-round matches were still being played on Day 4, and the one involving two-time defending champion Tatjana Maria from Germany and…
” “I cannot wait to return to the tour,” Simona Halep said. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Simona Halep scored a career-saving victory off court. Former world No. 1 Halep scored a major victory in her appeal of her four-year doping ban. The Court of Arbitration for Sport unanimously ruled Halep’s four-year ban is reduced…
By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, March 4, 2024 Andrey Rublev‘s appeal ability is more effective than his argumentative skills. The fifth-ranked Rublev has prevailed in his appeal the penalties incurred after his Dubai default on Friday. More: Richard Evans Q&A The ATP has ruled Rublev will retain all ranking points as well as the $157,755…
ABN AMRO OPEN—Rotterdam, Netherlands Quarterfinal results: Jannik Sinner (1) Defeats Milos Raonic 7-6(4), 1-1 Ret.Alex De Minaur (5) Defeats Andrey Rublev (2) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3Grigor Dimitrov (6) Defeats Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4Tallon Griekspoor Defeats Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 7-6(4) ***** DELRAY BEACH OPEN—Delray Beach, Florida Quarterfinal results: Frances Tiafoe (2) Defeats Flavio Cobolli 6-4, 6-2Tommy…
ABN AMRO OPEN—Rotterdam, Netherlands First-round results: Alex de Minaur (5) Defeats Sebastian Korda 6-4, 6-3Alexander Bublik (8) Defeats Borna Coric 6-3, 6-4Marton Fucsovics Defeats Fabian Marozsan7-6(5), 6-1Alexander Shevchenko Defeats Zhizhen Zhang 4-6, 6-4, 6-3Hubert Hurkacz (4) Defeats Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-7(9), 7-6(9)Andrey Rublev (2) Defeats Zizou Bergs 7-5, 6-3Jan-Lennard Struff Defeats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6,…
