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Business Recorder
4 days ago
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Marie Bouzkova reigns in Prague
No. 5 seed Marie Bouzkova rallied to win the Livesport Prague Open on Saturday with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 defeat of top-seeded Czech compatriot Linda Noskova. It was the first tournament win for Bouzkova, 27, since collecting her maiden WTA Tour title at this event in 2022. She is the first two-time winner of the event since it was upgraded to a WTA 250 in 2015. Bouzkova overcame nine double faults in the match as well as a 3-2 deficit in the deciding set to finish her victory in two hours and 12 minutes. She converted six of 11 break points against Noskova, 20, who had dropped just one set all week. Mubadala Citi D.C. Open Canada's Leylah Fernandez continued her stunning run in the nation's capital, beating No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the semifinals in about as tight a match as possible: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). Rybakina was the lone seeded player left in the top four, in part because Fernandez knocked off top-seeded Jessica Pegula two rounds earlier. Each player broke serve once in the match, both coming in the second set. Though Rybakina dominated 11-2 in aces, she also committed four double faults to Fernandez's one. Fernandez will face Russian Anna Kalinskaya in the final. Kalinskaya swept past Emma Raducanu of the United Kingdom 6-4, 6-3. While both players faced six break points, Kalinskaya saved five of hers while Raducanu saved only two. Fernandez will be looking for her fourth career WTA title, while Kalinskaya is seeking her first.
Reuters
6 days ago
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WTA roundup: Venus Williams falls in second round at D.C.
July 25 - Venus Williams, days after becoming the oldest player to win a WTA Tour singles match in 21 years, lost in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Thursday in Washington. The 45-year-old star fell 6-2, 6-2 to fifth-seeded Magdalena Frech of Poland. Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, was competing on tour this week for the first time since March 2024. She gave herself chances against Frech but lost all five of her break-point opportunities. Joining Frech in the quarterfinals is Canada's Leylah Fernandez, who upset top-seeded Jessica Pegula of the United States 6-3, 1-6, 7-5. Both players are former U.S. Open finalists. Great Britain's Emma Raducanu defeated Japan's Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-2 in a clash of former U.S. Open winners. Osaka put just 46 percent of her first serves in play and committed seven double faults to Raducanu's one. In a matchup of U.S. players, Taylor Townsend downed sixth-seeded Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-0. Livesport Prague Open Top-seeded Linda Noskova prevailed in a matchup of Czech Republic players, topping Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals at Prague. Both players logged 10 double faults and just two aces, but Noskova proved better with her second serve, winning 49 percent of her points to Siniakova's 30 percent. The day's other winners were also from the host nation. Fifth-seeded Marie Bouzkova outlasted ninth-seeded Ann Li of the United States 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Tereza Valentova routed France's Jessika Ponchet 6-2, 6-0. In the last quarterfinal, fourth-seeded Xinyu Wang led the Czech Republic's Sara Bejlek 6-4 when play was halted after the first set due to darkness. --Field Level Media
Business Recorder
24-07-2025
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Maria Sakkari tops Emma Navarro in Washington
Greece's Maria Sakkari upset second-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (1) in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Wednesday in Washington. Sakkari, a finalist in the event two years ago, finished with a 7-1 edge in aces and saved all three break points she faced. Third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan emerged with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Victoria Mboko as the Canadian committed nine double faults. In other second-round matches, Russia's Anna Kalinskaya defeated eighth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-4, 6-0, and fourth-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark outlasted Caroline Dolehide 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Livesport Prague Open Tereza Valentova, playing in her hometown, defeated second-seeded Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 7-5 in the second round in Prague. Eighth-seeded Alycia Parks also stumbled against a Czech player, falling 7-6 (9), 6-3 to Sara Bejlek. Parks failed to take advantage of two set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Tsitsipas splits with coach Ivanisevic after less than two months Top-seeded Linda Noskova, also of the Czech Republic, downed Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-4. Other winners were fourth-seeded Xinyu Wang of China, ninth-seeded Ann Li of the United States, France's Jessika Ponchet and fifth-seeded Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova, both of the Czech Republic.
Canada News.Net
24-07-2025
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari tops Emma Navarro in Washington
(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images) Greece's Maria Sakkari upset second-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (1) in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Wednesday in Washington. Sakkari, a finalist in the event two years ago, finished with a 7-1 edge in aces and saved all three break points she faced. Third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan emerged with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Victoria Mboko as the Canadian committed nine double faults. In other second-round matches, Russia's Anna Kalinskaya defeated eighth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-4, 6-0, and fourth-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark outlasted Caroline Dolehide 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Livesport Prague Open Tereza Valentova, playing in her hometown, defeated second-seeded Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 7-5 in the second round in Prague. Eighth-seeded Alycia Parks also stumbled against a Czech player, falling 7-6 (9), 6-3 to Sara Bejlek. Parks failed to take advantage of two set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Top-seeded Linda Noskova, also of the Czech Republic, downed Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-4. Other winners were fourth-seeded Xinyu Wang of China, ninth-seeded Ann Li of the United States, France's Jessika Ponchet and fifth-seeded Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova, both of the Czech Republic.
Reuters
24-07-2025
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- Reuters
WTA roundup: Maria Sakkari tops Emma Navarro in Washington
July 24 - Greece's Maria Sakkari upset second-seeded Emma Navarro 7-5, 7-6 (1) in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Wednesday in Washington. Sakkari, a finalist in the event two years ago, finished with a 7-1 edge in aces and saved all three break points she faced. Third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan emerged with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Victoria Mboko as the Canadian committed nine double faults. In other second-round matches, Russia's Anna Kalinskaya defeated eighth-seeded Magda Linette of Poland 6-4, 6-0, and fourth-seeded Clara Tauson of Denmark outlasted Caroline Dolehide 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Livesport Prague Open Tereza Valentova, playing in her hometown, defeated second-seeded Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 7-5 in the second round in Prague. Eighth-seeded Alycia Parks also stumbled against a Czech player, falling 7-6 (9), 6-3 to Sara Bejlek. Parks failed to take advantage of two set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Top-seeded Linda Noskova, also of the Czech Republic, downed Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-2, 6-4. Other winners were fourth-seeded Xinyu Wang of China, ninth-seeded Ann Li of the United States, France's Jessika Ponchet and fifth-seeded Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova, both of the Czech Republic. --Field Level Media
