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No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula reaches semifinals of San Diego Open

Mar. 02, 2024 02:13 AM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula beat Anna Blinkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the San Diego Open. Pegula, ranked No. 5 in the world, will face sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk, who eliminated fourth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in...

Emma Navarro beats Katerina Siniakova to reach quarterfinals of San Diego Open

Feb. 29, 2024 23:56 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Thursday night, her 14th win of the year, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. It marked the No. 3 seed’s second win over the Czech in a matter of weeks, having also prevailed against...

Why are they playing tennis matches until nearly 4 a.m. at the Australian Open?

Jan. 18, 2024 19:53 PM EST

A smile creased Daniil Medvedev's face as he walked to the net in Rod Laver Arena at 3:39 a.m., finally a winner in the Australian Open's second round after five sets spread across nearly 4 1/2 hours in the third-latest finish in Grand Slam history. Zero chance Medvedev would have...

Blinkova upsets 2023 finalist Rybakina in a wild, record-long tiebreaker at the Australian Open

Jan. 18, 2024 13:51 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Her hand and her legs were shaking, she’d missed nine match points but also saved six, and Anna Blinkova was 41 points into a wild tiebreaker that was the longest ever in a women’s Grand Slam event. Elena Rybakina, last year's Australian Open...