Sports/Tennis (Page 15)

Tennis Canada’s Marina Stakusic fell 6-4, 6-3 to Poland’s Magdalena Frech in the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open tennis tournament on Friday in Mexico. 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., ousted by Poland’s Magdalena FrechThe Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 13, 2024 11:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: September 14 Canada’s MarinaContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP The United States secured its place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals by winning both its singles matches against Slovakia on Friday in Zhuhai, China, a result that also sends unbeaten Germany through from the same group. Canada faces Great Britain on SundayThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

Tennis Canada’s Marina Stakusic is moving on to the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open in Mexico. The Mississauga, Ont., native defeated the tournament top seed, Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) in the Round of 16 on Thursday. 19-year-old fights off 4 match points to beat world No.Continue Reading

Canada’s top male tennis players have defeated Finland 3-0 at the Davis Cup. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Eero Vasa 7-6 (2), 6-2 in the day’s first singles match in Manchester, England. Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime then dispatched Otto Virtanen 6-2, 6-3 in the second singles match. Finally, ShapovalovContinue Reading

Tennis·Updated Canada has defeated Argentina at the Davis Cup on singles victories by Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime. Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil will team for doubles in Tuesday’s third and final match. Squad faces Finland on Thursday before Sunday’s battle with host Great BritainThe CanadianContinue Reading

Tennis The World Anti-Doping Agency has yet to decide whether to appeal the decision to exonerate U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner of blame for his positive steroid tests, and has another three weeks to do so. Italian tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but avoided suspension JannikContinue Reading

Tennis Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men’s championship on Sunday, less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case. Top-ranked 23-year-old Italian claims 2nd Grand Slam title of 2024, careerHoward Fendrich · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Tennis·New Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million US maximum contract extension, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. Kitchener, Ont., native won 2023 title with Denver, competed at Paris Olympics Arnie Stapleton · The Associated PressContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Taylor Fritz surged with a six-game run against a fading Frances Tiafoe to come out on top 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 and reach his first Grand Slam final. Sinner downs Draper in ‘very physical match’ to reach his first US Open finalHoward Fendrich · The Associated Press ·Continue Reading