Sports/Tennis

Tennis Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. Olympic bronze medallist failed an out-of-competition drug test in AugustHoward Fendrich · The Associated Press · Posted: NovContinue Reading

Tennis·New Jannik Sinner clinched Italy’s second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Sunday in Malaga, Spain, for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team competition. Italy the 1st toContinue Reading

Tennis Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd in Malaga, Spain, to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final. Italy will meet 1st-time finalist Netherlands on Sunday for the titleHoward Fendrich · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Tennis The last man to face, and beat, Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, Botic van de Zandschulp, converted his 10th match point Friday to finally close out a 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-3 win over Daniel Altmaier and help the Netherlands reach its first Davis Cup final by sweeping Germany. Top-rankedContinue Reading

Tennis No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner won matches in singles and doubles to lead defending champion Italy to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina on Thursday, earning a return trip to the Davis Cup semifinals in Malaga, Spain. The Netherlands battles Germany in Friday’s other final 4 matchup in Malaga, SpainHowardContinue Reading

Tennis Jasmine Paolini capped a breakthrough season by leading Italy to its first Billie Jean King Cup title since 2013 on Wednesday, defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-2, 6-1 to seal a 2-0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women’s team competition in Malaga, Spain. Triumph adds to Italians’ recentContinue Reading

Tennis Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup international men’s tennis tournament with a 2-0 loss to Germany on Wednesday in Malaga, Spain. Diallo, Shapovalov drop singles matches; Germans to play Netherlands in semifinalsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 20, 2024 11:27 AM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Tennis Slovakia rallied to beat Britain 2-1 Tuesday, reaching its first Billie Jean King Cup final in more than two decades. Italy, last year’s runner-up, will provide the competition on Wednesday in Malaga, Spain. Most recent event championship match was 2002 when it defeated SpainTales Azzoni · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Tennis Hours after Rafael Nadal’s 6-4, 6-4 loss to Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands, the evening turned out to represent the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s farewell to professional tennis, because the Dutch eliminated the Spaniards in the quarterfinals. Spaniard, 38, falls in straight sets to 80th-ranked Dutchman BoticContinue Reading