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Alcaraz struggles with stomach issue in loss to Ruud at ATP Finals and Zverev beats Rublev
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz struggled with a stomach issue and looked far from the player who won two Grand Slams this year while losing to Casper Ruud 6-1, 7-5 at the ATP Finals on Monday. It marked Ruud’s first victory over Alcaraz in five career meetings, and the result...
Fritz frustrates Medvedev and the Russian loses his temper at the ATP Finals. Sinner beats De Minaur
TURIN, Italy (AP) — U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz frustrated Daniil Medvedev to the point that the Russian smashed his racket and was docked a point in a 6-4, 6-3 victory for the American in the opening match of the ATP Finals on Sunday. Medvedev received two code violations from...
Sinner and Alcaraz headline the ATP Finals with Djokovic out
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to add another entry into their rapidly developing rivalry when the ATP Finals open on Sunday without any of the Big Three for the first time in 23 years. The top-ranked Sinner and No. 3 Alcaraz evenly split the...
22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will retire from tennis after next month's Davis Cup finals
MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal has competed infrequently the...
Alcaraz clinches Laver Cup for Team Europe in 13-11 victory over Team World
BERLIN (AP) — Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup on Sunday. Alcaraz broke the U.S. Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out victory on serve, sparking...
Laver Cup is 2-2 after Fritz and Shelton win doubles from Alcaraz and Zverev
BERLIN (AP) — American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day Friday. Alcaraz and Zverev, who faced each other in the French Open final three months ago, had a point for 5-4 in the second set...
US Open: Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz will meet in an all-American semifinal in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the U.S. Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country's Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years. The 20th-seeded Tiafoe made it to...
US Open: Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will be against Sabalenka. Fritz and Tiafoe win, too
NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will come at the U.S. Open against Aryna Sabalenka, someone trying to win her second major trophy of the year and third overall. Navarro, an American who is seeded 13th, used a stunning turnaround to grab the last six games...
Coco Gauff begins her US Open title defense with an easy win after a two-match losing streak
NEW YORK (AP) — The chant rang out in cavernous Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday at the U.S. Open before Coco Gauff's first service game of her first match of her first Grand Slam tournament as a defending champion: “Here we go, Coco! Here we go!” Coming to Flushing Meadows off a...
Dominic Thiem, the 2020 champion, ends his US Open career with the cheers he missed when he won
NEW YORK (AP) — Dominic Thiem never heard the unmistakable sounds of the New York crowd when he won the U.S. Open for his lone Grand Slam title. Arthur Ashe Stadium was nearly empty for his historic comeback on that 2020 night, the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the tournament to be...
