Kristina Mladenovic

Swiatek keeps winning on clay, into quarterfinals in Poland

July 28, 2022 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek extended her clay-court winning streak to 18 matches by defeating Gabriela Lee 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals at the Poland Open on Thursday.

The 21-year-old Pole has not lost on clay since the 2021 French Open quarterfinals.

Swiatek wins opener in Poland, stays undefeated on clay

July 27, 2022 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek eased past Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-2 at the Poland Open on Wednesday in her first tournament since her third-round exit at Wimbledon that ended her 37-match winning streak.

French Open glance: Nadal beats Ruud for 14th title in Paris

June 5, 2022 GMT

PARIS (AP) — A GLANCE BACK AT SUNDAY

Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 to earn his 14th title at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam trophy overall. Both add to records Nadal already owned.

Putintseva reaches Astana Open quarterfinals, Mladenovic out

September 29, 2021 GMT

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Yulia Putintseva reached the quarterfinals of the Astana Open on Wednesday as she bids to win the first women's tour tennis event in her home country of Kazakhstan, while third-seeded Kristina Mladenovic lost in the second round.

Putintseva, Mladenovic win 1st-round matches at Astana Open

September 28, 2021 GMT

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Yulia Putintseva and Kristina Mladenovic were among the winners in the first-round matches on a day of few surprises at the Astana Open on Tuesday.

Top-seeded Putintseva started her bid to win the WTA's only event in her home nation of Kazakhstan with little fuss as she beat Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-1, 6-2.

Ons Jabeur edges Canada’s Leylah Fernandez at Birmingham

June 17, 2021 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Second-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia rallied past 18-year-old left-hander Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) on Thursday at the Birmingham grass-court tournament.

CoCo Vandeweghe advances at Birmingham grass tournament

June 16, 2021 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Former top 10 player CoCo Vandeweghe continued her resurgence on Wednesday, rallying to defeat Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Birmingham grass-court tournament.

Daughter of NFL, NHL owners advances at Australia Open

February 13, 2021 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It's a long way from Buffalo, New York, to the second week of a Grand Slam, which may be why Jessica Pegula's journey took a while...

Quarantined in New York, Mladenovic wins doubles in Paris

By JOHN LEICESTEROctober 11, 2020 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Unlike in New York, at the U.S. Open where she was placed in quarantine and forced out of the women's doubles tournament after playing cards with a coronavirus-infected player, Kristina Mladenovic came up trumps in doubles at the French Open...

Mladenovic pins French meltdown on US Open lockdown, no-call

By JEROME PUGMIRE and ANDREW DAMPFSeptember 29, 2020 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Kristina Mladenovic blamed her French Open meltdown on her U.S. Open lockdown — and she wasn’t too pleased about a no-call on a double bounce that helped her opponent avoid ceding the first set Wednesday, either...

Monday’s Sports In Brief

By The Associated PressAugust 27, 2019 GMT

TENNIS

NEW YORK (AP) — In her first match at the U.S. Open since last year's loss in a chaotic, controversial final, Serena Williams stretched her winning streak against Maria Sharapova to 19 matches with a nearly flawless performance that produced a 6-1, 6-1 victory.

The Latest: Stosur, Zhang to meet champs in doubles final

January 23, 2019 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest at the Australian Open on Wednesday (all times local):

Shelby Rogers falls in French Open doubles, ready to face Kristina Mladenovic again in singles

By James Beck Special to The Post and CourierJune 1, 2017 GMT

Round two didn't go Shelby Rogers' way in her current three-match battle against Kristina Mladenovic of France. But it was only a first-round doubles match on Thursday in the French Open.

The decisive match will come early Friday morning (Charleston time) when 49th-ranked Rogers will collide with 14th-ranked Mladenovic in the third round of the singles draw in Paris.