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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...
Olympics tennis: Siniakova and Machac win gold but are keeping their relationship status secret
PARIS (AP) — Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac hugged and kissed each other when they won the 2024 Olympics mixed doubles tennis gold medal for the Czech Republic on Friday night, then laughed about keeping their relationship status “top secret.” Sinikova and Machac defeated...
Russian tennis players Andreeva and Shnaider reach the semifinals as AIN athletes at the Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider reached the women's doubles semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a victory Thursday, giving the athletes from their country — who are competing as Individual Neutral Athletes, known by the French acronym AIN — a chance at...
Olympic tennis players return to the red clay of Paris' Roland Garros after Wimbledon's grass
PARIS (AP) — The competition surface doesn’t change for most Olympic sports. A pool’s a pool. A track’s a track. A wrestling mat’s a mat. And so on. Tennis? That’s a whole other story, with tournaments contested on clay, hard or grass courts — and now there’s a shift for the Paris...
Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returns to the top 10, and Carlos Alcaraz stays at No. 3
LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returned to the WTA's top 10 for the first time in six months on Monday, and runner-up Jasmine Paolini rose to a career-best No. 5. Krejcikova's run to her second Grand Slam title, capped by a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Paolini on...
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...
Barbora Krejcikova had no idea she could win Wimbledon, so how can she know what comes next?
LONDON (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova points out that she couldn't possibly have known she could claim a Grand Slam singles title — until, that is, she actually did, three years ago at the French Open. So it stands to reason — as Krejcikova mentioned to a small group of reporters at...
Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon by beating Jasmine Paolini for her second Grand Slam trophy
LONDON (AP) — At age 18, a decade before Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon on Saturday, she was done with junior tennis and couldn't decide whether to pursue a professional tennis career or move on, go to school and find a different path. So Krejcikova wrote a letter to one of her...
Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini
Princess of Wales set to attend Wimbledon men's final on Sunday in rare public appearance
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales is set to attend the Wimbledon men's final on Sunday in a rare public appearance after her cancer diagnosis. Kensington Palace confirmed on Saturday that Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, will be in the Royal Box on Centre Court to...