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Montreal’s Diallo serves up quarterfinal upset in the Netherlands, Andreescu loses

Montreal’s Diallo serves up quarterfinal upset in the Netherlands, Andreescu loses

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo fired 19 aces to beat No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Friday at the grass-court Libema Open.
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German teenager Engel's historic run ends in straight-set loss to Auger-Aliassime

German teenager Engel's historic run ends in straight-set loss to Auger-Aliassime

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — A day after Justin Engel became the youngest tennis player in 40 years to reach a men's tour quarterfinal on grass, his run at the Stuttgart Open ended with a loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday.
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German teenager Engel's historic run ends in straight-set loss to Auger-Aliassime

German teenager Engel's historic run ends in straight-set loss to Auger-Aliassime

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — A day after Justin Engel became the youngest tennis player in 40 years to reach a men's tour quarterfinal on grass, his run at the Stuttgart Open ended with a loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday.
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Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu continue winning starts to grass-court season

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu continue winning starts to grass-court season

Canadian tennis players Bianca Andreescu and Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the quarterfinals of their respective grass-court tournaments with second-round wins Thursday.
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German 17-year-old Engel becomes youngest grass-court quarterfinalist since Becker in 1985

German 17-year-old Engel becomes youngest grass-court quarterfinalist since Becker in 1985

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — German 17-year-old Justin Engel became the youngest player since Boris Becker 40 years ago to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour grass-court tournament by making the last eight at the Stuttgart Open on Thursday.
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Wimbledon announces record $73M prize fund and $4M for singles champions

LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon’s prize money has risen to a record 53.5 million pounds (about $73 million) and the singles champions will each earn three million pounds ($4 million), All England Club officials announced on Thursday. The total amount is 3.
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Canadian Branstine upsets top seed at Libema Open, Diallo also moves on

Canadian Branstine upsets top seed at Libema Open, Diallo also moves on

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Carson Branstine upset women's top seed Liudmila Samsonova while fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo downed men's eighth seed Jordan Thompson on Wednesday at the Libema Open grass-court tennis tournament. Branstine, ranked No.
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Women's tennis adds ranking protection for fertility procedures such as egg or embryo freezing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Professional tennis players who take time off from competition for a fertility procedure such as egg or embryo freezing will have their ranking protected under a WTA Tour policy announced Wednesday.
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Canada's Andreescu cruises into second round of Libema Open with win over Garland

Canada's Andreescu cruises into second round of Libema Open with win over Garland

Bianca Andreescu had a winning start to her grass-court tennis season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Taiwan's Joanna Garland in women's first-round action Tuesday at the Libema Open.
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Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now take their terrific rivalry from the French Open to Wimbledon

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner now take their terrific rivalry from the French Open to Wimbledon

The takeaways from Carlos Alcaraz's fifth-set tiebreaker victory over Jannik Sinner in the riveting and record-breaking French Open men's final were multiple and significant.
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