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Tennis Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the second round of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament with a 6-2, 7-5 win over French wild-card Quentin Halys on Wednesday in Marseille, France. Canadian fires 8 aces in straight-sets win, will face China’s Zhang Zhizhen in Round 2The Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Tennis Denis Shapovalov’s struggles to start the 2024 tennis season continued Tuesday with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 loss to French qualifier Hugo Gaston at the Open 13 Provence tournament. Auger-Aliassime plays 1st-round match at Open 13 Provence on WednesdayThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 5:12 PM EST |Continue Reading

Tennis Canada is in the driver’s seat after a perfect start to its Davis Cup qualifier against South Korea in Montreal. Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., defeated Hong Seong-chan 6-4, 6-3 on Friday after Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo opened with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Kwon Soon-woo, giving No. 2-ranked CanadaContinue Reading

Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line and dropped to the court on his back, giving himself a few moments to process how he’d come back from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam title. The 22-year-old Sinner found a way to turn defenceContinue Reading

In the back of her mind Aryna Sabalenka didn’t want to be, in her words, that player who wins a major title and disappears. Winning her first Grand Slam crown in Australia a year ago gave Sabalenka the confidence she could do it again. Losing the U.S. Open final lastContinue Reading

Tennis Alexander Zverev’s run to a second Australian Open semifinal has drawn attention to his business in other courts. German facing trial in May over 2020 incident which he denies John Pye · The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 25, 2024 10:18 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a U.S. Open final loss to Coco Gauff and will meet first-time finalist Zheng Qinwen at the Australian Open on Saturday. Belarusian 1st woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finalsThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 25, 2024 7:41 AM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Alexander Zverev made no mistake with his second chance to close out a win over No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on Wednesday and moved into an Australian Open semifinal against two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev. The sixth-seeded Zverev was a up a break in the third set and missed a chance toContinue Reading

Tennis·ROUNDUP After a shaky start to their women’s doubles quarterfinal match, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, who now resides in Montreal, settled down and showed why they’re the fourth-seeded combo at this year’s Australian Open. Canadian also lost in mixed doubles; Djokovic in AussieContinue Reading