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US Open: Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will be against Sabalenka. Fritz and Tiafoe win, too

Sep. 04, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

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 loses at the U.S. Open to Emma Navarro, ending her title defense with 19 double-faults

Sep. 02, 2024 03:07 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — This is pretty much all anyone needs to know about defending champion Coco Gauff's 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 loss to Emma Navarro in the U.S. Open's fourth round on Sunday: Gauff wound up with more double-faults, 19, than winners, 14. It was the latest in a series of...

US Open: Who is Emma Navarro, the woman who beat defending champion Coco Gauff?

Sep. 01, 2024 21:54 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Navarro's 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over defending champion Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open on Sunday earned her a trip to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive Grand Slam tournament. Before this year's appearance in New York, Navarro had never been past the...

Wimbledon champion Krejcikova out of US Open, Shelton and Tiafoe set to meet in 3rd round

Aug. 29, 2024 00:52 AM EDT

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...

Top-ranked Sinner reaches final in Cincinnati; women's No. 1 Swiatek falls to Sabalenka

Aug. 18, 2024 23:50 PM EDT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker Sunday to reach the Cincinnati Open final, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek fell to No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the women's semifinals. In the final Monday, Sinner will play American Frances...

Defending champion Coco Gauff falls to Putintseva in first match at Cincinnati Open

Aug. 16, 2024 07:28 AM EDT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Defending champion Coco Gauff lost Thursday in her opening match at the Cincinnati Open, falling to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Gauff, then 19, became the youngest Cincinnati champion last year on her way to winning the U.S. Open a few weeks...

Top-seeded Coco Gauff beats Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 in Toronto in her first hard-court match since April

Aug. 08, 2024 22:54 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Top-seeded Coco Gauff routed Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April. “It’s not easy...

Sebastian Korda wins DC Open to complete first father-son double in ATP Tour history

Aug. 04, 2024 22:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sebastian Korda completed a father-son double Sunday night in the Mubadala Citi DC Open for his second ATP Tour title. Thirty-two years after father Petr won the then-Sovran Bank Classic, the fourth-seeded Korda beat 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy 4-6, 6-2,...

Bouzkova rallies to beat top-seeded Sabalenka after a long weather delay in Washington

Aug. 04, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic rallied to beat top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belaus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday night after a long weather delay in the Mubadala Citi DC Open semifinals. Down 2-1 in the third set when lightning and rain stopped play for 3 1/2...