Tag: Wimbledon Championships
Osaka makes her return against Zheng at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come against 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China in the opening round of the...
Original 9 heads 2021 class at International Tennis Hall
NEWPORT, R.I. — A group of trailblazing women known as the “Original 9” now officially have a place in the International Tennis Hall of...
AP Sportlight
July 19
1877 — Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48...
Wimbledon runner-up Berrettini withdraws from Olympics
ROME — Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini announced his withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday due to a thigh injury sustained at the grass-court...
Coco Gauff to miss Olympics after testing positive for virus
U.S. tennis player Coco Gauff has tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing her to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tennis player de Minaur has COVID-19, out of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur has tested positive for COVID-19 and has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
July 16
1920 — Babe Ruth breaks his season record of...
Novak Djokovic posts he is in for Tokyo Olympics
Novak Djokovic is going to the Tokyo Olympics, keeping alive his chance for a “Golden Slam.”
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AP Sportlight
July 15
1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the...
Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin dies at 94
NAPLES, Fla. — Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin, who won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand...