Aryna Sabalenka has successfully defended her US Open title after defeating Amanda Anisimova in the women’s singles final. Sabalenka is now a four-time Grand Slam champion, with two of those victories having arrived on the hard courts of the US Open. The WTA number one defeated American Jessica Pegula in last year’s final, and has now done the same to …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Martina Navratilova had a queasy feeling when she read that Venus Williams had accepted a main-draw singles wild card into the Mubadala Citi DC Open. “I was thinking, ‘Oh, this isn’t going to end well,’” the 18-time Grand Slam champion said Wednesday from her Miami home. “And how wrong was I? How wrong was I?” As it …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams wanted to send a message — to herself and to others — about coming back from a long layoff, about competing in a sport at age 45, about never giving up. Yes, there was something special about just being back on a tennis court Tuesday night. There also was this: She really, really wanted to …
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