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After a sloppy start to the match, Simona Halep gathered pace in the latter end of the first set and continued the momentum to overcome Timea Babos in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 and progress into the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou worldwide Women’s Open.

In one of the unlikeliest major finals in women’s tennis, the 26th-seeded Pennetta beat Vinci 7-6 (4), 6-2 at Flushing Meadows. “I just have to say congrats to her”.

The U.S. Open women’s semi-finals scheduled to be played on Thursday evening have been postponed.

This is Djokovic’s second U.S. Open title and 10th career Grand Slam singles title, moving him into a tie with Bill Tilden for seventh place on the career list. Then she goes out and loses to Italy’s Roberta Vinci, the 43rd-ranked player in the world, whose previous...

All Williams needed was two more wins to pull off that rare feat.

Three more times in Game 12, Wozniacki was one point away, Cetkovska hitting forehand winners each time, before dominating the breaker with a couple of more crackling forehands, and a deft backhand pass. With the third round looming on the horizon, Wozniacki’s push to...

Of all the storylines in sport right now, none are more significant than the one about Serena Williams and her historic quest to complete the first Calendar Grand Slam of her career.

The top-ranked player has never won at Cincinnati, the only Masters title that has eluded him.

Lucie Safarova will face either 14th-seeded Elina Svitolina or unseeded Caroline Garcia in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open following Belinda Bencic’s withdrawal after one set today.

After a week of play in the 56-man field, it all comes down to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic versus No. 3 Roger Federer in Sunday’s 1 p.m. title match at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason.

MASON, Ohio (AP) – Novak Djokovic played his best match.

The last loss she’s had on hard on home soil came in the final in Cincinnati two years ago, losing to Victoria Azarenka in a third set tie-break.

Djokovic seemed to be reading through the world no. 5’s game better as the match progressed, while Wawrinka failed to get read on his opponent’s tactics. Djokovic defe…

Sabine Lisicki, the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, slumped to a 6-1 1-6 7-6 (7/3) defeat to Belinda Bencic, with the Swiss sealing victory after exactly two hours. Bencic had already knocked off Caroline Wozniacki and Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard this week and wanted her German...