HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz and the man he just replaced atop the rankings, 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, were placed in the same half of the French…
LONDON: Rafael Nadal has shrugged off fresh concerns over his fitness as he targets a place in the Wimbledonsemi-finals on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Spaniard played his last-16 clash at the All England Club on Monday against Botic van de…
Former champion Simona Halep marked her return to Centre Court on Monday with a scintillating performance to thrash fourth-seeded Spaniard Paula Badosa 6-1 6-2 and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.Playing on the main showcourt at the…
LONDON: Fourth seed Paula Badosa dug deep to edge two-time former Wimbledonchampion Petra Kvitova 7-5, 7-6(4) on Saturday and book her spot in the fourth round of the Championships. The Spaniard, who made the same stage in 2021 at the…
LONDON: Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep soared into the fourth round of the Championships on Saturday with a commanding 6-4, 6-1 victory over Poland's Magdalena Frech. The 30-year-old Romanian, who returned to the All England Club…
PARIS: Third seed Paula Badosa outlasted Slovenia's Kaja Juvan before making sure of a third round spot with a 7-5 3-6 6-2 victory at the French Open on Thursday. Badosa, a former junior champion in Paris, was made to work much harder than…
PARIS: Iga Swiatek, who won her fifth tournament in a row in Rome on Sunday, will go into the French Open as top seed after consolidating her place as world number one on Monday. The 20-year-old Pole, who won the title at Roland Garros in…
MADRID: Former world No.1 Simona Halep recorded the 30th Madrid Open win of her career, overcoming American phenom Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 on Monday. Halep climbed back from 1-4 down in the second set to skip past Gauff in 77 minutes. "I felt…
By IANS
NEW YORK: Spain's Paula Badosa is the new world No.2 women's singles tennis player -- a new career-high -- in the latest WTA Rankings, after the 24-year-old advanced to the semifinals in Stuttgart last week.…
By AFP
INDIAN WELLS: Spain's Paula Badosa kept her Indian Wells WTA title defense on track Tuesday, holding off determined Canadian Leylah Fernandez to reach the quarter-finals in the California desert.
Badosa,…