Ilie Nastase is taking on a new role as a diplomat for the Czech Republic. The Romanian tennis great has been banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years because of his foul-mouthed comments and bad behavior as Romania's Fed Cup captain. But after a meeting on Friday, Czech Foreign Minister ...
Caroline Wozniacki ended Garbine Muguruza's honeymoon as world No. 1 in clinical fashion with a 6-2, 6-0 win on Saturday ...
Newly crowned world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza trounced France's Caroline Garcia 6-2, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semifinals of ...
The Japanese contingent disappeared from the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday after Kurumi Nara lost 6-1, 6-3 to Caroline Garcia of France in the second round. Nara, the only Japanese to clear the first hurdle after Naomi Osaka and Risa Ozaki went out, failed to ...
Garbine Muguruza cruised to victory in her first match as world No. 1, comfortably beating Rio Olympic champion Monica Puig in straight sets at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday. Wimbledon champion Muguruza, who unseated Karolina Pliskova at the top of the WTA rankings ...
Former world No. 4 Kimiko Date said Wednesday she has yet to give life after sport a serious thought, as she is still going back and forth between strange emptiness and ecstatic relief now that she has retired from competitive tennis. "There's a sentiment of ...
Fifth seed Dominika Cibulkova pummeled Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to storm into the second round of the Pan Pacific Open. The Slovakian world No. 9 produced glimpses of the red-hot form that won her four of her eight career titles last ...
Former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova said Tuesday her decision to split with coach David Kotyza will be the breath of fresh air she needs down the stretch run of the season toward the WTA Finals in Singapore next month. Pliskova enjoyed a measure of ...
Angelique Kerber made sure there would not be another slipup against Naomi Osaka on Monday as the former U.S. Open champion eliminated the local favorite in straight sets in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. Kerber, who was beaten in the first ...
Reigning Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza on Monday did not hold back her joy at becoming world No. 1 in women's tennis. The 23-year-old last week topped the WTA rankings for the first time, becoming the second woman from Spain to achieve the feat, after four-time ...
Japan secured its spot in the top tier of next year's Davis Cup by completing a 3-1 World Group playoff win over Brazil on Monday. Yuichi Sugita, ranked 42nd in the world, clinched the victory by winning the first reverse singles match, defeating world No. ...
Miyu Kato insists she has left her court rage in New York for good and was gracious in defeat on Sunday after a heartbreaking loss to Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas in the Japan Women's Open final. Kato admitted to doing some soul-searching after going berserk following ...
Local favorite Miyu Kato's fairy-tale run at the Japan Women's Open ended in heartbreak on Sunday, as the petite 22-year-old suffered a straight-sets defeat in the final against fellow qualifier Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. Both players were gunning for their first WTA title but Diyas ...
Typhoon showers again washed out play in the Davis Cup World Group playoff between Japan and Brazil on Sunday with the host on the cusp of victory. Japan, which took a 2-0 lead after Friday's opening singles, was set to play Yasutaka Uchiyama and Kiwi-born ...
Plucky qualifier Miyu Kato produced an epic comeback to advance to her first WTA Tour final on Saturday night, beating Croatia's Jana Fett 4-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 in the semifinals of the Japan Women's Open. Kato, ranked No. 171 in the world, survived match point ...
