Tennis

Veronika Kudermetova upset top seed Elina Svitolina in the second round of the Kremlin Cup and Jelena Ostapenko fought back to knock Elise Mertens out of the Luxembourg Open on Thursday. Kudermetova came out on top in her first match against a top-five opponent, defeating Svitolina 6-1 2-6 7-5 in Moscow. The …

Andy Murray moved into the quarter-finals by beating Pablo Cuevas after the top three seeds crashed out of the European Open, while Fabio Fognini was dumped out in Stockholm on Thursday. Murray produced another encouraging performance in Antwerp, reaching the last eight of a singles tournament for the second time since …

Twenty-time grand slam champion Roger Federer has confirmed he will play the French Open next year. The 38-year-old returned to Roland Garros in 2019 after a three-year absence, reaching his first major semi-final since the 2018 Australian Open. Federer, whose lone French Open title came a decade ago, has already confirmed his intention to participate …

Anna Blinkova overcame a fatigued Coco Gauff as the American teenager was unable to back up her Linz triumph at the Luxembourg Open. Gauff claimed the first WTA title of her fledgling career in Austria last week but was clinically dispatched by Russian Blinkova 6-4 6-0 on Wednesday. The beaten 15-year-old …

Gauff becomes the youngest player to reach the Wimbledon women’s singles draw in the Open era.  WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff, a 15-year-old American, has become the youngest player to reach Wimbledon’s main draw for women’s singles via qualifying in the Open era. Gauff made it into the tournament with …