Tag: Tennis
Djokovic warms up for French Open with title in Belgrade
BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic warmed up for the French Open by beating Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3 to take his 83rd career title Saturday...
AP Sportlight
May 30
1903 — Flocarline becomes the first filly to win...
Korda beats Cecchinato in Parma to claim 1st ATP title
PARMA, Italy — Sebastian Korda won his first ATP trophy with a straight-set victory over Italian wild card Marco Cecchinato at the Emilia-Romagna Open...
AP Sportlight
May 29
1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is...
5 US tennis players qualify for French Open; most since 2004
PARIS — Five Americans made it through qualifying rounds for the French Open tennis tournament, the most since 2004.
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Korda wins all-US duel to book Parma final vs Cecchinato
PARMA, Italy — Sebastian Korda beat sixth-seeded Tommy Paul in an all-American semifinal at the Emilia-Romagna Open on Friday to reach his first ATP...
Navarro wins women’s NCAA tennis title, Riffice claims men’s
ORLANDO, Fla. — Virginia freshman Emma Navarro needed just 75 minutes on Friday to claim the NCAA women's singles championship, and Sam Riffice won...
AP Sportlight
May 28
1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a...
Davis Cup: Piqué says new venues will fix scheduling issues
MADRID — Expanding the Davis Cup Finals to more venues will help attract more fans and avoid some of the late finishes that hurt...
Djokovic, Nadal, Federer in same half of French Open field
Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all ended up in the same half of the French Open men's field in the draw Thursday,...