Tennis

Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker's Inspiring Women collection.

CINCINNATI — Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe are off to the third round in women's doubles at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday, a little more than a month after he tore a chest muscle and had to quit playing against Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon .

Monica Seles first noticed the symptoms of myasthenia gravis — a neuromuscular autoimmune disease she discussed during a recent interview with The Associated Press — while she was swinging a racket the way she'd done so many times during, and after,

CINCINNATI — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (4), 4-2 win over France's Arthur Rinderknech on Monday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Third-round play was suspended at the Cincinnati Open for a little more than an hour on Monday due to a power outage. The delay came at 5:25 p.m. after Taylor Fritz won the opening set on center court 7-6(4) against Lorenzo Sonego.

CINCINNATI — Canada's Denis Shapovalov dropped a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 decision to Italy's Luca Nardi on Sunday in second-round play at the Cincinnati Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., was seeded 24th at the ATP Tour's Masters 1000 tournament.

CINCINNATI — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Gabriel Diallo advanced to the Cincinnati Open's third round in men's singles, while Leylah Fernandez exited the women's draw on Saturday.

The coach of 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina has been cleared by the WTA Tour to return from his suspension for a potential breach of its code of conduct.

TORONTO — After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athletes.