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Girls tennis roundup: Minnewaska Lakers fall in Section 6A final

Oct. 7—ROGERS — With one match remaining to decide the Section 6A championship between two of the state's top teams, Minnewaska and Foley supporters inside the Rogers Tennis Club were uneasy as tensions rose on the outskirts of the playing surface. Minnewaska's Rachel Rankin and Foley's Lydia Anderson were in the early parts of their second set at No. 2 singles. Anderson won the first set, ...

BHS girls tennis defeats Centennial, but three of top four singles matches go to tiebreaker

Bakersfield High might be undefeated in South Yosemite Valley League tennis competition, but it’s always helpful when a league crossover match with a South Yosemite River League team — in this case Centennial — provides something different. On Tuesday, the Drillers went to the Golden Hawks’ courts and had a few battles. These were the type that sharpen parts of your game and give you ...

No. 1 ranked Mayo keeps rolling, taking down Century in section tennis final

Oct. 7—BLOOMINGTON — It got tougher for the Mayo girls tennis team. But not nearly tough enough to keep it from going back to state for the 28th time in the last 29 years, 2012 the lone exception. Mayo and rival Century — Mayo ranked first in the state and the two-time state defending champion, Century ranked seventh — went at it two weeks ago, Mayo emerging a 6-1 winner. The teams got ...

GIRLS TENNIS: Scranton Prep captures another Class 2A crown; Abington Heights wins eighth straight in Class 3A

WILKES-BARRE – The dynasties in girls’ tennis continue. Scranton Prep and Abington Heights added to their standard of excellence by once again capturing titles at the District 2 Tennis Team Championship Tournament on Tuesday at Kirby Park. The two traditional power programs dominated. Top-seeded Scranton Prep, the Lackawanna League champion, won its fourth consecutive Class 2A title by ...

Jessica Pegula advances to the third round in Wuhan with a tight win over Baptiste

WUHAN, China (AP) — Jessica Pegula was twice broken while serving for the match in the third set but recovered to edge Hailey Baptiste in a tight tiebreaker Wednesday and advance at the Wuhan Open.

Sixth-seeded Pegula beat her fellow American 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6) on her seventh match point to reach the third round.

Pegula, who lost in the China Open semifinals last week, will next play ninth-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova, who beat American Ann Li 7-6 (5), 6-2.

No. 3 Coco Gauff, coming off a semifinal loss to eventual champion Amanda Anisimova at the China Open last week, breezed into the next round with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Moyuka Uchijima in 51 minutes.

No. 16 Liudmila Samsonova rallied to beat 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, and qualifier Kateřina Siniaková beat Maya Joint 6-3, 6-1.

U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka and 11th-seeded Naomi Osaka were scheduled to play later Wednesday.

Top-ranked Sabalenka, who took a Greek holiday after her second consecutive win at Flushing Meadows, withdrew from last week's China Open, another WTA 1000-level event.

“I feel good,” Sabalenka said on her arrival in Wuhan. “I just didn’t want to rush my body into the tournament. So I think we made the right decision to take extra time for recovery and for the preparation. Physically, I feel ready to go.”

Sabalenka has had an amazing run in Wuhan — her record is 17-0 while winning titles in 2018, 2019 and 2024.

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