WUHAN, China (AP) — Coco Gauff reeled off four straight games to beat Jessica Pegula, 6-4, 7-5, and win the Wuhan Open on Sunday. Oct. 12, in all-American final. The 21-year-old Gauff won her second title of the year, having won the French Open on clay, and she now has 11 career titles. The...
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz finger-wagged the crowd, beat Jiri Lehecka to the net and cruised into the semifinals at the U.S. Open. The second-seeded Spaniard beat Lehecka, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Sept. 2, making some highlight-reel shots and putting his hand to his ear...
MONTREAL (AP) — Two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula was eliminated in the third round of the National Bank Open, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to Anastasija Sevastova on Friday, Aug. 1. Sevastova, a 35-year-old from Latvia who was ranked 11th in 2018 but has fallen to 386th, broke the third-seeded...
LONDON (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka joked that she 'd love it if the upsets at Wimbledon would stop, which makes sense, given that she is ranked No. 1. She 's also the only one of the five top-seeded women still in the bracket after No. 4 Jasmine Paolini, last year 's runner-up, followed...
PARIS (AP) — Loïs Boisson never had played at the French Open, let alone in the biggest arena at Roland-Garros. Nothing fazed the French wild-card entry and now she is in the quarterfinals. Boisson, ranked just 361st, threw her head back and roared after beating No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula, 3-6,...
Filipina tennis star Alex Eala might have fallen short in the 2025 Miami Open but she has earned the respect and admiration of many tennis fans. Filipina tennis star Alex Eala (Tennis.com) On top of all, the 19-year-old player earned her biggest paycheck yet. Eala dropped a 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3...
Alex Eala’s Cinderella run at the 2025 Miami Open ended on the wee hours of Friday, March 28, as she yielded to world No. 4 Jessica Pegula, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3, in the semifinals before an energetic crowd at the Stadium in Florida. Alex Eala (AP) The 19-year-old Filipina tennis sensation, who took...
It would be another formidable task for Alex Eala at the 2025 Miami Open as she sets up a thrilling duel with world No. 4 Jessica Pegula for a spot in the final. Jessica Pegula is Alex Eala's semifinal opponent at the Miami Open. (File Photo/WTA) This, after the 31-year-old Pegula made her move by...
The dream lives on. Alex Eala continued her improbable, fairy tale run at the 2025 Miami Open after taking out five-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 2 Iga Swiatek, 6-2, 7-5, to march into the semifinals on Wednesday, March 26 (early Thursday, Philippine time). Alex Eala slays another giant in...
BEIJING (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Tallon Griekspoor, 6-1, 6-2, at the China Open for his 200th tour-level victory on Sunday, Sept. 29. Carlos Alcaraz of Spain returns a backhand shot to Tallon Griekspoor of Netherlands during their men's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament,...
A little sidebar fact about the tennis world is how typically, the host countries of the four majors - the Australian, French, Wimbledon, and US Open - have had long histories of coming up empty when it comes to their respective countrymen raising their homegrown Champion’s Cup. And it’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the U.S. Open on Thursday night, Sept. 5, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. Jessica Pegula, of the United States, reacts against Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the...
