Serena Williams Champions Issues Both On & Off The Tennis Court
NEW YORK (AP) – Moments after Serena Williams won her seventh Wimbledon title, she proudly raised her fist in a black power salute. It caused a bit of frenzy at the All-England Club in 2016, but...
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As Serena Returns, Venus Says Her Sister’s Game Hasn’t Left
NEW YORK (AP) – Venus Williams gave a scouting report on her warmup partner that sounded the same as always. Serena Williams is back, and her game hasn’t left. “She’s got power, depth. She knows how to...
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Serena Williams Wins 1st Match In Comeback At Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Walking on court for the first match of her latest comeback, Serena Williams allowed herself a rare smile. This time, tennis is different for the 23-time major winner. What...
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Venus Williams Beats Sister Serena For First Time Since 2014
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) – One sister is rusty, just beginning a comeback after having a baby. The other is rejuvenated at 37, back in the world’s top 10. An unwanted rivalry with roots going back 20...
View ArticleMaria Sharapova Wants That ‘Big Stage Winning Feeling’ Again
LOS ANGELES (CNN) – A year after one of the most anticipated comebacks in tennis, Maria Sharapova finds herself in an unusual place. When the Russian superstar returned to the women’s game on April 26...
View ArticleATP Experiments With Shot Clocks, Towel Racks, Other Rule Changes
NEW YORK (CNN) – The times are changing in tennis and, for those in charge of the sport, it is a case of the quicker the better. Rule changes — such as towel racks, shorter sets, reduced warm-ups and a...
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5 Players Who Could Stop Rafael Nadal At The French Open
PARIS (CNN) – Perhaps the question heading into next week’s French Open should be: “Who can take a set off Rafael Nadal?” instead of “Who can beat Nadal?” The Spaniard, dubbed the ‘King of Clay,’ is...
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Could French Open Signal Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam Rebirth?
PARIS (CNN) – If world rankings told the whole story, you’d think that Novak Djokovic’s slump shows no signs of easing. But the pure statistics might just be blurring the picture for the struggling...
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“Warrior Princess” Serena Williams Wins In Return To French Open
PARIS (CNN) – She had been away from grand slams for 16 months, but Serena Williams said that she felt like “a warrior princess” as she returned to her winning ways at the French Open on Tuesday. The...
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Djokovic Calls His Tennis Woes Irrelevant ‘When People Are Starving’
PARIS (CNN) – His stellar career is in a slump, but Novak Djokovic said that struggling at tennis means nothing when people are starving to death. The former world No. 1 clinched the last of his 12...
View ArticleSerena Williams Pulls Out Of French Open Due To Arm Injury
PARIS (CNN) – The highly anticipated tennis clash between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova at the French Open will not happen after all. The 36-year-old American pulled out of the tournament on...
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Ailing Djokovic Upset By 72nd Ranked Cecchinato At French Open
PARIS (CNN) – An ailing Novak Djokovic exited the French Open to inspired underdog Marco Cecchinato on Tuesday in a thrilling encounter at Roland Garros. The latest player to be hindered by injury at...
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Maria Sharapova Falls To Garbine Muguruza In French Open
PARIS (CNN) – She escaped a clash with old rival Serena Williams, but Maria Sharapova came up against a brick wall in the shape of Garbine Muguruza in the quarterfinals of the French Open. Two-time...
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Simona Halep To Face Sloane Stephens In French Open Final
PARIS (CNN) – Simona Halep reached her second straight French Open final and retained her No. 1 ranking by defeating Garbine Muguruza 6-1 6-4 at Roland Garros on Thursday. Her opponent in the title...
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Rafael Nadal Beats Dominic Thiem For 11th French Open Title
PARIS (CNN) – Having just turned 32 years old, Rafael Nadal is unlikely to win 20 French Opens. But how about 15? He began that quest Sunday, winning his record-extending 11th title on the clay at...
View ArticleRoger Federer Switches To Uniqlo After 21 Years With Nike
LONDON (CNN Money) – Roger Federer’s 21-year run with Nike is over. The tennis star walked out on Centre Court for his Wimbledon opener on Monday in a white Uniqlo shirt, wristband and headband. His...
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Sharapova & Kvitova Make Shocking Exits From Wimbledon
LONDON (CNN) – There was a double shock at Wimbledon on Tuesday, as Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova were upset by a qualifier and player who had lost her last five matches on grass, respectively....
View ArticleFederer Has “Dream” To Visit Wimbledon Fans In Queue
LONDON (CNN) – The thousands of tennis fans who camp out overnight each year in Wimbledon’s famous queue might get a reward bigger than the tickets that they covet — a chance to meet Roger Federer. It...
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Cilic Becomes Wimbledon’s Latest Shocking Elimination
LONDON (CNN) – Last year’s Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic has become the tournament’s latest big name casualty. Given his form and his nation’s performance in Russia, a World Cup and Wimbledon double...
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Isner Hopes Trump Comes To Watch Him At Wimbledon
LONDON (CNN) – John Isner waited a lot longer than his famed marathon encounter against Nicolas Mahut to finally make a Wimbledon quarterfinal. But it is a case of better late than never for the...
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Serena Reaches Wimbledon Final As Comeback Continues
LONDON (CNN) – Serena Williams continued her fairytale comeback from maternity leave as she defeated Julia Goerges on Thursday to reach her 10th Wimbledon final. Playing in only her second grand slam...
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Serena Suffers Her Worst Defeat Ever At Silicon Valley Classic
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Serena Williams walked off the court offering waves to a supportive Bay Area crowd that certainly didn’t expect to see the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s early exit. In the most...
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Serena Says “Funk” Has Her Feeling Like “Not A Good Mom”
TORONTO (CNN) – A week after suffering the worst defeat of her tennis career, Serena Williams has admitted that she is struggling with “postpartum emotions,” and has felt in a “funk.” On her Instagram...
View ArticleWawrinka, Azarenka, Kuznetsova Get U.S. Open Wild Cards
NEW YORK (AP) – Stan Wawrinka never got to defend his 2016 U.S. Open title, forced to miss last year’s tournament because of a knee injury that dropped him far down the rankings. The U.S. Tennis...
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Davis Cup Overhauled For 2019 With Event To End Season
LONDON (AP) – The Davis Cup is getting a radical overhaul in hopes of reviving an event that has lost some luster. Beginning next year, the top team event in men’s tennis will be decided with a...
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Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal On Schedule As U.S. Open Begins
NEW YORK (AP) — A long list of returns highlights Day 1 at the U.S. Open as the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament gets started. The schedule Monday includes Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Stan...
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1, Done: Halep 1st No. 1 To Lose 1st Open Match; Serena Wins
NEW YORK (AP) — Some players, like top-ranked Simona Halep, freely acknowledge they don’t deal well with the hustle-and-bustle of the U.S. Open and all it entails. Others, like 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi,...
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Serena, Venus Set Up Williams vs. Williams Match At US Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for the latest Grand Slam installment of Williams vs. Williams. One big difference this time: The superstar siblings will be meeting in the third round at the U.S. Open, their...
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Waiting For 1st Baby, Dallas Resident Isner Makes U.S. Open QF
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — John Isner — with all his finger-twirling, fist-pumping histrionics stirring the crowd — had just clinched his first U.S. Open quarterfinal berth since 2011 when his thoughts...
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Federer Stunned By 55th-Ranked Millman In US Open 4th Round
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer served poorly. He volleyed poorly. Closed out sets poorly, too. And now he’s gone, beaten at the U.S. Open by an opponent ranked outside the top 50 for the first time in...
View ArticleDjokovic Tops Federer’s Conqueror For 11th US Open SF In Row
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic put aside all of it, from his opponent’s unheard-of, middle-of-a-set chance to change out of sweat-soaked clothes and shoes, to consecutive time violations because he let...
View ArticleNaomi Osaka Beats Serena Williams To Win US Open Title
NEW YORK (AP) — The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but...
View ArticleWomen’s Tennis Tour Changes Rules For Players Returning From Pregnancy
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The women’s tennis tour approved rule changes Monday that are meant to ensure players are not penalized after they return from pregnancy or an injury that causes a long...
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Some Of World’s Best Tennis Players Competing In Dallas This Week
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Some of the top players in the world are serving up some of the most exciting tennis of the year this week in Dallas. The RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas is underway at TBarM...
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Tennis Champ Launches Children’s Foundation In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Some of the most recognizable names in professional tennis are in Dallas this week for a good cause. 2018 WTA Finals Champion Elina Svitolina launched a children’s foundation...
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Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin Help U.S. Beat Switzerland 3-1 In Fed Cup
SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Sloane Stephens and Sofia Kenin won matches to give the United States a 3-1 victory over Switzerland on Sunday in a Fed Cup World Group playoff in Texas. Kenin, a late...
View ArticleU.S. Open Officials: ‘Time Is On Our Side’ When Making Decision About...
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Officials with the U.S. Tennis Association say they expect to make a decision on whether or not to postpone or cancel the U.S. Open because of the COVID-19 pandemic by June....
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