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Serena battles through second-round test at U.S. Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serena Williams battled her way through to a 6-2 6-4 victory over Russia's Margarita Gasparyan in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday, as she continued her bid for a rec...
Sep 03, 2020
Tennis: Medvedev marches into third round with O’Connell rout
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Daniil Medvedev charged into the U.S. Open third round with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 demolition of Australian battler Christopher O'Connell on Thursday. The Russian third seed, beaten by Raf...
Sep 03, 2020
Grizzlies’ Morant named NBA Rookie of Year
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant earned 99 of 100 first-place votes Thursday to take home NBA Rookie of the Year honors. The 21-year-old Morant, a Murray State product who was the No. 2 overall pick ...
Sep 03, 2020
Anisimova fights off nerves to win battle of U.S. teens in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amanda Anisimova has confessed that she was a bundle of nerves after staring down the barrel of an early exit from the U.S. Open during her second-round battle against fellow Amer...
Sep 03, 2020
Tennis: Keys continues Flushing Meadows sprint
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Madison Keys once again wasted no time on court at Flushing Meadows, defeating Spain's Aliona Bolsova 6-2 6-1 in less than an hour in the U.S. Open second round on Thursd...
Sep 03, 2020
Cilic back on U.S. Open radar
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For a former champion Marin Cilic has flown under the U.S. Open radar but the Croatian with the booming serve was again making noise on Thursday, advancing to the third round with...
Sep 03, 2020
U.S. Open order of play on Friday
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Order of play on the main show courts on the fifth day of the U.S. Open on Friday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): Arthur Ashe Stad...
Sep 03, 2020
Exclusive: U.S. threat to pull WADA funding could leave Americans out of Olympics
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - America's top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the United States follows through on its threat to withdr...
Sep 03, 2020
Tennis: Cirstea cracks Konta resistance to advance in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sorana Cirstea rallied from a set down to upset ninth-seeded Briton Johanna Konta 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. The unseeded Romanian sent down ...
Sep 03, 2020
Birthday boy Thiem dominates Nagal to breeze into U.S. Open third round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Dominic Thiem celebrated his 27th birthday with a commanding 6-3 6-3 6-2 victory over India's Sumit Nagal on Thursday to move into the third round of the U.S. Open. Au...
Sep 03, 2020
