Danielle Collins was twice a point away from serving for her fourth-round match with Aryna Sabalenka at the Mutua Madrid Open. But the defending champion found her way out of the tight spot, then turned the contest around in ending the American’s 15-match win streak, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, as the match wrapped well past midnight Tuesday. The crucial swing in the clash came with Sabalenka serving at 3-4 in the second set. Having seen a 40-15 lead evaporate, the world No. 2 seed soon faced break point...
Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen scored once again in stoppage-time to rescue a 2-2 draw with VfB Stuttgart and keep their unbeaten run alive in their first home game since claiming their maiden league title. Leverkusen are unbeaten in all their 46 season matches and will aim to finish this term undefeated. They still have three games left in the Bundesliga, the German Cup final against Kaiserslautern on May 25 and at least two Europa League semi-finals matches against Roma. Stuttgart...
Quarterfinal action continued at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix as Marketa Vondrousova joined Elena Rybakina in the final four, stunning Aryna Sabalenka, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, for her first Top 10 win since July. "It was a very tough match, and I think a great one, too," Vondrousova told former player Andrea Petkovic on court after the match. "She's a great player so I just tried to stay in the rallies. She hits very fast so it's tough to do something! But I stayed calm in the crucial moments." ...
Carlos Alcaraz didn’t need to put his tender right arm to the test to ease to a victory in his opening match at the Madrid Open on Friday. The two-time defending champion was playing for the first time in nearly a month after his injured arm ruled him out of
No.13 seed Danielle Collins nearly saw her springtime winning streak come to an end early Saturday morning, but the surging American fended off a tremendous challenge from Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic to earn another victory at the Mutua Madrid Open.
No.4 seed Elena Rybakina ended World No.1 Iga Swiatek's 10-match winning streak at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a three-set triumph in the semifinals.
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Emma Raducanu's winning run came to an end in a 7-6 (2), 6-3 loss to top-ranked Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Friday. Raducanu, ranked 303rd, had produced some of her best form since winning the 2021 U.S. Open as she won two Billie Jean King Cup matches last week and followed up with two wins to reach the Stuttgart quarterfinals. That form wasn't quite enough to beat the top-ranked Swiatek, who is on course to win the Stuttgart...
Mike Conley hit into Finch after evading a challenge and drifting to the sideline. The Minnesota HC was helped back to his feet before hobbling out of the game. DailyMail.com
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