PARIS (AP) — For almost five full games at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, July 30, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek’s high-bouncing topspin shots were being sent back over the net by No. 52 Wang Xiyu of China with crushing baseline groundstrokes of her own. Iga Swiatek of Poland (AP) Wang even held a...
PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. And, most disappointing of all, a loss, this time at the Paris Olympics. Coco Gauff of United States cries after...
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff is making it look easy at the Paris Olympics so far, adding a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina in the second round of singles Monday, July 29, to her growing collection of lopsided results. Coco Gauff of United States celebrates her victory over Ajla...
PARIS – Wow! LeBron James! Lebron James looks on prior to the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26.(Quinn Rooney/Pool Photo via AP) A young girl screamed in delight while watching on TV the rain-hit opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics in one...
PARIS (AP) — Tennis star Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as a flag bearer for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday’s opening ceremony. USA's Coco Gauff (File) Gauff, the reigning U.S. Open champion, is set to make her Olympic debut at the Paris Games and will be the first tennis athlete to carry...
LONDON (AP) — There Carlos Alcaraz was, down on his backside at a baseline below the Royal Box, briefly taking a seat in the grass after doing the splits when he slipped while running to hit a forehand during his fourth-round match Sunday, July 7. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays a backhand return...
LONDON (AP) — Coco Gauff likes No. 1 Court at Wimbledon. It’s where she beat Venus Williams back in 2019 when Gauff made her Wimbledon debut at age 15. Coco Gauff of the United States plays a forehand return to Anca Todoni of Romania during their match on day three at the Wimbledon tennis...
WIMBLEDON (AP) — Naomi Osaka had not won a match at Wimbledon in six years. Hadn’t even played there in five. Grass courts never were her favorite surface. Naomi Osaka of Japan plays a backhand return to Diane Parry of France during their first round match of the Wimbledon tennis...
WIMBLEDON (AP) — There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived until now. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, left, talks with Jannik Sinner, of Italy (AP/File photo) As the sport’s attention shifts to the grass of Wimbledon,...
Coco Gauff will lead the U.S. tennis team at the Paris Olympics three years after missing the Tokyo Games because she tested positive for COVID-19. USA's tennis ace Coco Gauff (AP/File photo) The 20-year-old Gauff, ranked No. 2, will be joined by No. 5 Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins and Emma...
PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek is as good as it gets in tennis at the moment, especially at the French Open. Been that way for quite some time. So her unyielding success against Coco Gauff just about everywhere — and certainly at Roland Garros — should come as no surprise by now. Poland's Iga...
PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff’s long and successful Tuesday, June 4, at Roland Garros began when she arrived at about 8:15 a.m. There was a warmup session. A couple of meals. A couple of matches. Oh, and a couple of victories — first, one to reach the singles semifinals, and then one to reach the...
