It seems that playing a Grand Slam while pregnant is becoming a trend. After losing in the first round of Wimbledon to Francesca Schiavone, 6-1, 6-1, Mandy Minella took to Twitter to announce that she is four-and-a-half months pregnant with her first child with husband Tim Sommer. However, the world

Athletes need carbs, right? In Vienna, a crew of players hit the kitchen to craft up a local delicacy, pancakes. In Austria, the pancake, or palachinka, is much thinner than the thick American version, and actually even thinner than the French crepe. Grigor Dimitrov showed off the smoothest pancake-flipping skills,

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Established in 1992, MACH (Mentoring, Academics, Computers & Healthy Recreation) is a community-based recreational and education program for children in Georgia and South Carolina designed for those who live in assisted or low-income housing communities and are at risk for academic failure. MACH Academy provides tennis instruction through after-school clinics,

Winning his first title of the year at Indian Wells has helped Novak Djokovic feel more confident about the rest of the season. The Serb is used to getting off to a fast start. Djokovic had previously won a title coming to Indian Wells every year since 2008. He had

Isn't it great to see Marcos Baghadatis showing signs of life - and talent - again? Although this was said by some to be The Year of Carlos (Moya), he was beaten yesterday by Baghdatis, who saved four consecutive set points to win the first set 7-6(7), then ripped off

MUNICH (AP) Sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci advanced to the second round of the BMW Open when Mikhail Youzhny fell ill and retired Monday as bad weather, including light snowfall, disrupted the opening day. Bellucci was leading 6-3, 1-0 when Youzhny quit. The ATP could not give details of his illness. Ivan

Roger Federer will look to restart his grass season in Halle, Germany, following an opening-round defeat in Stuttgart. "It’s important for me, especially after the Stuttgart week, to come here and make sure I win my first-round match," he said at his pre-event press conference in Halle. Federer decided to

PARIS—Agnieszka Radwanska fell to 15-13 on the season with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 first-round loss to world No. 83 Annika Beck. The former No. 2, who has dropped to No. 14 in the rankings, was shaken by the defeat, and says she isn’t sure why she is playing so poorly

Holger Rune patiently waited two years for a return to the winners’ circle. On Sunday, he was made to wait a tad bit longer after closing out an impressive win over top seed Carlos Alcaraz. For the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell had one more performance to stage. After Rune defeated

Last year, injury woes kept Karolina Muchova out until June. It was a tough blow, as the 2023 French Open finalist missed the European clay season and ultimately a return to Roland Garros.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ahead of the U.S. Open trophy ceremony, Iga Swiatek pulled on a white jacket with "1GA" written in black over her heart — the numeral replacing the "I" of her first name represents her No. 1 ranking. Above that were three gold stars to reflect her

February goes out in customarily frenetic style, with five tournaments across three tournaments. Two of them—one men’s, one women’s—are in Mexico, and one is in Texas. Slowly but surely, we can see the tours inching closer to their early March co-destination, when they gather again for the season’s first dual-gender

As the clock approached 11 p.m. on Saturday night, Danielle Collins moved into the fourth round of Roland Garros by taking out 2016 champion Garbine Muguruza, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. Muguruza had the control of most of the match, leading 2-0 in the first set, snagging the second set in what

(1) Serena Williams vs. (7) Sara Errani Head-to-head: Williams leads 4-0 Sara cites Serena as the toughest opponent she’s ever faced, writing on her WTA blog this week: “[Serena’s] so strong, stronger than the other players.” Williams relied on her defiance, declarative serve, and timely shotmaking to overcome 45 unforced

Britain’s No. 3 Emma Raducanu has been inspired by England’s national football team this fortnight—on and off the lawns of the All England Club—as she powered her way to the third round at Wimbledon. In the first round, Raducanu joked about “winning ugly” after her topsy-turvy 7-6 (0), 6-3 win

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HAMBURG(AP) Robin Soderling and Jeremy Chardy, who both won tournaments last week, extended their winning streaks on clay Wednesday to advance to the third round of the German Open. Soderling, who won his home Swedish Open in Bastad on Sunday, outlasted Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3. The

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP)—Yanina Wickmayer won her first tournament since her one-year ban for anti-doping violations was overturned, beating Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday in the final of the ASB Classic. Wickmayer, 20, overcame a nervous start to beat the top-seeded Italian in just 74 minutes and claim her

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