NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula pulled off a major upset of Iga Swiatek at the U.S. Open, beating the No. 1-ranked woman, 6-2, 6-4, on Wednesday night, Sept. 4, to win a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time on her seventh try. Jessica Pegula of the United States, stretches for a return...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula is back in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Diana Shnaider on Monday, Sept. 2, her seventh trip to that round at a Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Pegula is 0-6 in major quarterfinals over her career — and this next...
NEW YORK (AP) — Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner flashed their No. 1 form on Thursday, Aug. 29, with powerful performances that moved them into the third round of the U.S. Open. Iga Swiatek, of Poland, returns a shot to Ena Shibahara, of Japan, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker Sunday, Aug. 18, to reach the Cincinnati Open final, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek fell to No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s semifinals. Jannik Sinner of Italy (AP) In the final Monday, Sinner will...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner fended off challenges Saturday, Aug. 17, to reach the semifinals in the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek extended her match winning streak to 15 with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. Swiatek will face third-ranked Arnya...
MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek survived in her return to hard courts Wednesday night, Aug. 14, in the Cincinnati Open, outlasting Varvara Gracheva, 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2. Poland's Iga Swiatek (AP) Playing for the first time since finishing third for Poland in the Paris Olympics, Swiatek...
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...
LONDON (AP) — After putting one shot into the net, Iga Swiatek muttered to herself. After another point went awry, she placed her hand over her mouth. Generally, she looked as flustered as she ever does on a tennis court. Once again, she went from unbeatable on the French Open's red clay to...
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,...
Marked by the anticlimactic return of Rafa Nadal to the pro circuit, this year’s version of the red clay of Stade Roland Garros, the French Open, did manage to pull off some surprises by the time the second week came to an end. Most important, is how a first time Grand Slam French Open Men’s...
PARIS (AP) — For a few minutes, anyway, it seemed as if Iga Swiatek was a bit off in the French Open final against Jasmine Paolini. Swiatek kept making mistakes early Saturday, June 8, got broken in the third game and trailed at Court Philippe Chatrier. Might a true surprise be in the offing?...
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...
