Zhang Shuai becomes first player to reach second week at Wimbledon
Zhang Shuai of China became the first player to reach the second week of Wimbledon after knocking out former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 in the third round on Friday. Zhang set up her second match point with a backhand winner and converted it ...
Karolina Pliskova rolls by Petra Kvitova, books spot in semis at WTA Finals
Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals. Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to improve her ...
Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber fall early at Wuhan Open
World No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki and Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber were stunned at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday, both suffering shock defeats at the hands of less fancied opponents. Olympic champion Monica Puig gave herself an early birthday present, beating Wozniacki 7-6 (12-10), 7-5 to ...
Camila Giorgi outplays Caroline Wozniacki to reach Toray Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals
Unseeded Camila Giorgi rallied from a break point down in the final set to beat two-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 and advance to the Toray Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals on Thursday. Trailing 2-0 in the final set, Giorgi broke back immediately and ...
Caroline Wozniacki, Simona Halep advance to Australian Open final
Caroline Wozniacki came through a late bout of nerves to reach the Australian Open final for a first time with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) victory over Belgian Elise Mertens on Thursday, giving herself another shot at winning a maiden Grand Slam title. The Dane had ...
Caroline Wozniacki is engaged again and showing off her new ring. The Danish tennis player said on Twitter that she accepted a marriage proposal from David Lee, a 12-year NBA veteran who last played for the San Antonio Spurs. Alongside a photograph of her left hand ...
Wozniacki captures third Pan Pacific crown
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki captured the Toray Pan Pacific Open title for the third time after beating unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-0, 7-5 in Sunday's final. Denmark's Wozniacki, who manhandled world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals, came flying out the blocks ...
Caroline Wozniacki ended Garbine Muguruza's honeymoon as world No. 1 in clinical fashion with a 6-2, 6-0 win on Saturday to book her place in the Toray Pan Pacific Open final against unseeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Wimbledon champion Muguruza went into this week's tournament in ...
Suddenly a Grand Slam semifinalist for the first time, Jelena Ostapenko sounded a lot like the carefree teenager she'll be for only a bit longer. Ostapenko, an unseeded 19-year-old from Latvia, displayed unbridled joy after using the go-for-it strokes of someone too bold to know ...
Up-and-coming Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the Australian Open in the second round on Thursday after losing to Britain's Johanna Konta in straight sets. Konta, the ninth seed, ended Japanese interest in the women's singles competition, taking a little over an hour ...
Wozniacki halts Osaka's run in Pan Pacific Open final
Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki denied teenage sensation Naomi Osaka her first title on the WTA Tour with a 7-5, 6-3 win in the Pan Pacific Open final on Sunday. Eighteen-year-old Osaka was aiming to become the tournament's first Japanese champion since Kimiko Date-Krumm ...
Serena Williams says Maria Sharapova "showed a lot of courage" in taking responsibility for her failed drug test. On Monday, the Russian star revealed she tested positive the day she lost to Williams in the Australian Open quarterfinals in January. At a news conference Tuesday ...
