TORONTO (AP) Naomi Osaka’s recent struggles continued Tuesday with an early exit at the National Bank Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion retired from her first-round match with a back injury.
WASHINGTON (AP) It was quite a week for Russia’s professional tennis players four tournaments, three titles. One of them, Liudmila Samsonova, thinks it might not be merely a coincidence that this recent run of success for her, Daria Kasatkina and Daniil Medvedev comes shortly after they were banned from competing at Wimbledon because of their country’s invasion of, and ongoing war in, Ukraine .
WASHINGTON: Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios ended a three-year title drought by claiming the trophy at the site of his last triumph, saving the only break point he faced in the Citi Open final Sunday along the way to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Yoshihito Nishioka. Kyrgios’ seventh career tour-level championship came where his sixth did in 2019 on the hard courts of the US Open
WASHINGTON (AP) As Nick Kyrgios rambled through a lengthy list of people he wanted to thank Sunday after ending a three-year title drought by claiming the trophy at the site of his last triumph, the Citi Open, he made a mention of the match officials.
Daria Kasatkina continued her strong season on Sunday by defeating American Shelby Rogers 6-7 (2-7), 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the Silicon Valley Classic.Russia s Kasatkina made her deepest grand slam run earlier this year by reaching the .