ROME (AP) — Danielle Collins has been nearly unbeatable lately. Even with her announced retirement looming. Danielle Collins of the US returns the ball to Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open tennis tournament at Rome's Foro Italico, Wednesday, May 15. (AP Photo/Antonietta Baldassarre) The...
CHARLESTON (AP) — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7), on Friday, April 5, to reach the Charleston Open semifinals. Jessica Pegula of the United States (AP) Danielle Collins, the Miami Open champion, won her...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Three-time Miami Open winner Victoria Azarenka battled for nearly three hours to get past a determined Yulia Putintseva and take her place in the semifinals with a 7-6 (7/4), 1-6, 6-3 win on Tuesday, March 26. Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan returns a shot to Maria Sakkari of Greece...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Carlos Alcaraz faces unseeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic as he bids to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Monday, Jan. 22, while Victoria Azarenka is dreaming of a third title. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz (AFP) The Spanish second seed has yet to be fully tested in Melbourne but...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Former Grand Slam champions Victoria Azarenka and Elena Rybakina reached the semifinals of the season-opening Brisbane International on Friday, Jan. 5, but in contrasting fashion. Belarus' Victoria Azarenka celebrates winning her women's singles quarterfinal match against Latvia's...
MELBOURNE (AFP) -- Victoria Azarenka reached her first Australian Open semi-final since winning the title in 2013 when she knocked out third seed Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday. The Belarusian 24th seed outlasted her American opponent in a marathon 64-minute first set before running away with...
Sofia Kenin of the US hits a return against Australia's Maddison Inglis during their women's singles match on day two of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on February 9, 2021. (Photo by David Gray / AFP) Sofia Kenin made a nervous start to her Australian Open defence Tuesday, but...
Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a return against Romania's Irina Begu during their Gippsland Trophy women's singles quarter-final match in Melbourne on February 5, 2021. (Photo by David Gray / AFP) World number three Naomi Osaka and two-time major winner Victoria Azarenka pulled out of Australian Open...
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...
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...
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...
Naomi Osaka of Japan celebrates with the trophy after winning her Women's Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Day Thirteen of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 12, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Al Bello/Getty...
