Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova plays a forehand to Belgium's Elise Mertens during their quarter final match of the Women's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 19, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME - - Top seed Simona Halep and defending champion Karolina...
Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts during his quarter final match of the Men's Italian Open against Argentina's Diego Schwartzman at Foro Italico on September 19, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo Antimiani / POOL / AFP) ROME -- Clay court king Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Italian Open on...
Patrick Reed of the United States plays his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of the 120th U.S. Open Championship on September 18, 2020 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. (Jamie Squire /Getty Images / AFP) Masters winner Patrick Reed closed with a birdie to grab a...
Romania's Simona Halep plays a backhand to Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska during their round 3 match on day five of the Women's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 18, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Angelo Carconi / POOL / AFP) Simona Halep and defending women's champion Karolina Pliskova both...
Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a forehand to Serbia's Dusan Lajovic during their round 3 match on day five of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 18, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) Rafael Nadal swept aside Serb Dusan Lajovic to reach the Italian Open...
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka plays a backhand to USA's Sofia Kenin on day four of the Women's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 17, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Victoria Azarenka switched with ease from her impressive form on the hard court in the...
Justin Thomas, left, and Tiger Woods walk to the seventh green during the first round of the 120th U.S. Open Championship on September 17, 2020 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP NEWYORK (AFP) -- Mixing respect for a difficult US Open layout with the...
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy prepare to play off the tenth tee during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club recently. (AFP) NEW YORK (AFP) -- Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were among golfers preparing to make an early start as Thursday's first round of the 120th US Open began...
Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a backhand to Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on day three of the Men's Italian Open at Foro Italico on September 16, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo Antimiani / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic made winning returns at the...
Italy's Lorenzo Musetti plays a forehand to Italy's Giulio Zeppieri on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Riccardo ANTIMIANI / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka crashed out of the Italian Open in...
Kei Nishikori of Japan plays a backhand to Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Japan's Kei Nishikori got his first win in a year at the...
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during a practice session on day one of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP tour at Foro Italico on September 14, 2020 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Clive BRUNSKILL / POOL / AFP) ROME (AFP) -- Rafael Nadal returns to competition after a six-month enforced break while Novak...