Australian Open: Djokovic wins 10th title there, 22nd major
January 29, 2023 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A LOOK AT SUNDAY
Novak Djokovic collected his record-extending 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title overall with a 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final at Melbourne Park.
Czech pair wins Australian Open doubles for 7th major title
January 29, 2023 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova have extended their Grand Slam tournament winning streak to 24 matches with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara to win the Australian Open women's doubles title on Sunday.
Australian Open lookahead: Nadal, Gauff in Day 1 action
January 15, 2023 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A glance at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2023:
Krejcikova, Siniakova win US Open, career doubles Grand Slam
September 11, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The only thing that could stop Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in Grand Slam tournaments this year was COVID-19.
The Czechs won their third major in 2022 and completed a career Grand Slam on Sunday, rallying late to beat Caty McNally and Taylor Townsend 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the U.S.
Sue Barker steps down from TV role | Wimbledon updates
July 10, 2022 GMTWIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local):
Kerber completes win, Lisicki marks comeback at Bad Homburg
June 21, 2022 GMTBAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep were among the first-round winners Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open as Sabine Lisicki won a main-draw WTA Tour match for the first time since 2018 after long injury setbacks.
Pliskova, Andreescu, Kasatkina make winning starts in Berlin
June 13, 2022 GMTBERLIN (AP) — Karolina Pliskova started her grass-court season beating Kaia Kanepi 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0 in the first round of the Berlin Open on Monday, when Bianca Andreescu and Daria Kasatkina also won.
2021 French Open champ Krejcikova says she has COVID-19
May 25, 2022 GMTPARIS (AP) — Barbora Krejcikova, last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles, says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament.
She already lost in the first round of singles but said Wednesday in a posting on Instagram that now she will need to drop out of trying to defend the doubles title she won in 2021 with Katerina Siniakova.
BJK Cup: Raducanu levels for Britain, Swiatek’s Poland ahead
April 16, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu won on her Billie Jean King Cup debut to leave Britain level with the Czech Republic in Prague on Friday.
Raducanu's swift rise was evident before she beat Tereza Martincova 7-5, 7-5 in what was her first match for Britain and her first professional match on clay.
Top-ranked Krejcikova, Siniakova win women’s doubles
January 30, 2022 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova took another major step in a partnership which began in junior ranks when they won the Australian Open women’s doubles 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Sunday from unseeded Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Australian Open Lookahead: History awaits Nadal or Medvedev
January 29, 2022 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY
It'll be a history-making day, one way or the other. Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title. He’ll have to beat second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final to get the mark on his own.
Australian Open Lookahead: Barty, Osaka, Nadal in 2nd Round
January 18, 2022 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY
Top-ranked Ash Barty and defending champion Naomi Osaka play their second-round matches as they head toward a possible meeting in the fourth round at Melbourne Park.
Barty wins 2nd WTA Player of Year; Krejickova gets 2 honors
December 8, 2021 GMTST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ash Barty's Wimbledon title and hold on the No. 1 ranking helped her win WTA Player of the Year for the second time in voting results announced Tuesday.
Barty finishes year as WTA’s No. 1 for 3rd consecutive time
November 18, 2021 GMTST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wimbledon champion Ash Barty finished No. 1 in the WTA singles rankings for the third consecutive season, while Katerina Siniakova topped the doubles rankings for the second time.
Kim Clijsters loses in 3 sets in 1st round at Indian Wells
October 8, 2021 GMTINDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Kim Clijsters hit another detour in her comeback to pro tennis, losing in three sets in her first-round match Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open.
She was beaten 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 by Katerina Siniakova, a three-time major doubles champion from Czech Republic.
Fernandez, Stephens, Muguruza on Billie Jean King Cup teams
October 4, 2021 GMTLONDON (AP) — Grand Slam champions Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Barbora Krejcikova and U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez are among the players named Monday for the 12 teams at next month’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Teichmann beats Kerber to advance at Ostrava Open
September 21, 2021 GMTOSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — Unseeded Jil Teichmann of Switzerland upset sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Ostrava Open on Tuesday.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Kerber struggled with her serve, dropping it three times in each set in the first meeting between the two players on the circuit.
Katerina Siniakova advances to Cleveland quarterfinals
August 25, 2021 GMTCLEVELAND (AP) — Olympic doubles champion Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic cruised into the quarterfinals at Tennis in the Land with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Nagi Hanatani of Japan on Wednesday.
Not Federer, not Wawrinka: Bencic gets gold for Switzerland
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A Swiss tennis player won gold in singles at the Olympics and it’s not Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka.
Belinda Bencic accomplished something Saturday that her better-known fellow Swiss players never managed.
Olympic Latest: Bencic wins tennis gold for Switzerland
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
French Open champ Krejcikova reaches Prague quarterfinals
July 15, 2021 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open by defeating Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Thursday.
The French Open champion will next face her doubles partner and Czech compatriot Katerina Siniakova.
American Grace Min rallies to make Prague Open quarters
July 14, 2021 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — Grace Min came from a set down to eliminate seventh-seeded Nina Stojanovic 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open.
The American player will next meet Xinyu Wang or Conny Perrin.
French Open champion Krejcikova makes Prague Open 2nd round
July 13, 2021 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the second round of the Prague Open by beating qualifier Isabella Shinikova 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday.
The second-seeded Krejcikova, who is warming up for the Tokyo Olympics at this hard-court tournament in her home country, will next face unseeded Ysaline Bonaventure after the Belgian eliminated Naiktha Bains 6-3, 6-2.
Top-seeded Kvitova beaten in 1st round of Prague Open
July 12, 2021 GMTPRAGUE (AP) — Slovak qualifier Rebecca Sramkova upset top-seeded Petra Kvitova 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open on Monday.
It was another early exit for Kvitova after she was defeated by Sloane Stephens in the first round of Wimbledon, the Grand Slam she had won twice.
The Latest: Medvedev rallies from 2 sets down at Wimbledon
July 3, 2021 GMTWIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local):
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Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev came from two sets down to beat former Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic and reach the fourth round of the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time.
Bad Homburg Open quarterfinals washed out
June 24, 2021 GMTBAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — The quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open were washed out by bad weather on Thursday as Victoria Azarenka withdrew from the event ahead of Wimbledon.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played on Friday.
Kvitova beats Piter at Bad Homburg Open, faces Li next
June 21, 2021 GMTBAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Petra Kvitova had to dig deep to reach the second round of the Bad Homburg Open in beating Polish qualifier Katarzyna Piter 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Monday.
Kvitova lost serve three times but hit 10 aces while prevailing against 135th-ranked Piter in just under two hours at the Wimbledon warmup.
French Open Lookahead: Krejcikova-Pavlyuchenkova in final
June 11, 2021 GMTPARIS (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY
The French Open women’s final will feature Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova against Barbora Krejcikova. Saturday's winner will become a first-time Grand Slam champion.
Coco Gauff reaches 1st clay final in Parma, faces Wang Qiang
May 21, 2021 GMTPARMA, Italy (AP) — Coco Gauff reached her first clay-court final by beating Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 on Friday at the Emilia-Romagna Open.
It's a second career WTA final for the 17-year-old American, who reached her first semifinal on clay last week at the Italian Open.
Gauff beats Anisimova to reach Emilia-Romagna semifinals
May 20, 2021 GMTPARMA, Italy (AP) — Coco Gauff advanced to the semifinals of the Emilia-Romagna Open after beating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday in a match between two American teenagers.
The 17-year-old Gauff, who last week reached the Italian Open semifinals for her career-best result on clay, came from 3-0 down in the second set.
Serena Williams loses in straight sets to Siniakova in Parma
May 18, 2021 GMTPARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams’ disappointing return to tennis continued when she lost in straight sets to 68th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in the second round of the Emilia-Romagna Open on Tuesday.
No. 1 Osaka’s 16-match winning streak at Slams ends in Paris
June 1, 2019 GMTPARIS (AP) — This was one deficit too big to overcome for Naomi Osaka, whose Grand Slam winning streak is over...
Ram-Krejcikova combine to win Australian Open mixed doubles
January 26, 2019 GMTMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — First-time partners Rajeev Ram and Barbora Krejcikova are Grand Slam mixed doubles champions.
The U.S.-Czech combination beat Australian wildcards John-Patrick Smith and Astra Sharma 7-6 (3), 6-1 to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Saturday...