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Errani and Vavassori win US Open mixed doubles title in Young's final match before retiring
NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with a 7-6 (0), 7-5 victory Thursday over Taylor Townsend and Donald Young, who fell just short of a Grand Slam title in his final match before retiring. Errani, who won a career Grand Slam in...
Mladenovic-Zhang stop Townsend-Siniakova, face Ostapenko-Kichenok for US Open women's doubles title
NEW YORK (AP) — Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang Shuai stopped Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova's bid for a second straight major women's doubles title, beating the No. 3 seeds 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday at the U.S. Open. Mladenovic and Shuai will play Friday against the No....
In his final match before retiring, Donald Young can win a US Open title with friend Taylor Townsend
NEW YORK (AP) — For as long as Taylor Townsend has had a racket in her hand, Donald Young and his family have been in her life. That racket began in her right hand, but thanks to Young's influence, she switched to swinging it with her left, just like he does. Young's mother played...
Townsend and Young reach mixed doubles final, keeping Townsend alive for 2 US Open doubles titles
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Townsend and Donald Young advanced to the U.S. Open mixed doubles final Tuesday, keeping alive Townsend's chance to win two doubles titles at the tournament. Townsend and Young, who is retiring after the tournament, beat the No. 8-seeded team of team of...
US Open: Doubles, like dating, is all about putting together a pair that can go the distance
NEW YORK (AP) — Players at the U.S. Open describe doubles like dating: There's the need to pick a partner, gauge chemistry, and then determine if they'll stick it out for the long haul or go their separate ways — and then maybe get back together. So there was something akin to...
Wimbledon champion Krejcikova out of US Open, Shelton and Tiafoe set to meet in 3rd round
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe is getting the rematch he wants, a second shot at Ben Shelton at the U.S. Open. But there won't be a second straight Grand Slam title for Barbora Krejcikova. The Wimbledon champion was knocked out of the U.S. Open in the second round on...
No. 1 seeds, six Americans advance with wins in Cincinnati Open qualifying
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nuno Borges and Magdalena Frech, the top men's and women's seeds in the Cincinnati Open, advanced with wins in the qualifying round on Monday. Borges, from Portugal, beat Aleksandar Vukic of Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-1, and Frech, from Poland, beat 14th-seeded...
Anisimova upsets 2nd-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2 to reach Toronto semifinals
TORONTO (AP) — Amanda Anisimova upset second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals, her first victory over a top-10 player in nearly two years. One of five U.S. quarterfinalists, the 22-year-old Anisimova took a mental-health break...
Siniakova and Townsend win women's doubles title at Wimbledon
LONDON (AP) — After seeing longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova went out on Centre Court and added another Grand Slam trophy to her own collection. Siniakova won her third women's doubles title at Wimbledon after teaming...
