Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Hugo Grenier of France 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. The Canadian landed 72 per cent of his first serves, compared…
An own goal by Jakub Kiwior and a thumping late strike by Luis Diaz sealed a 2-0 triumph for Liverpool at Arsenal in the weekend’s headliner FA Cup third-round tie as the hosts’ dismal form extended into the New Year on Sunday. Arsenal…
Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the ATP finals by defeating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday, and top seed Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 15 matches. Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, pulled…
There were occasional flashes of the old Milos Raonic during his run to the third round at the National Bank Open. Expectations were low this week for the 32-year-old Canadian, just two months into a…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday while Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in consecutive sets. Auger-Aliassime made quick work of Argentine qualifier Camilo Ugo Carabelli,…
Brandon Moreno wasn’t even supposed to be competitive with Deiveson Figueiredo the first time they fought in December. And after showing he could be competitive in a majority draw, he still wasn’t supposed to win their rematch Saturday.…
Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open on Sunday to give himself an opportunity to recover after emerging from a tight third-round victory that lasted about 3½ hours. “After two knee surgeries and over a year…
Her superior serve back at its unreturnable best, Serena Williams was in full control of her French Open match — until, suddenly, that stroke wasn’t as dominant and neither was she. And then, pushed to a third…
Looking fresh again after taking a few weeks off, U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem cruised into the third round of the Madrid Open with a comfy 6-1, 6-3 win over American Marcos Giron on Tuesday. Thiem was in control…
Hobbled by cramps, top-ranked Daniil Medvedev limped through the final few matches Sunday to edge Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7) 6-4 in the third round at the Miami Open. Medvedev failed to convert three match points in the…
Sadio Mane scored twice as Liverpool eased past a youthful Aston Villa side 4-1 in their FA Cup third-round tie at Villa Park on Friday night. Aston Villa fielded a heavily rotated XI due in part to a COVID-19 outbreak at…
Canadian wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard’s best Grand Slam since 2017 is over after a third-round loss at the French Open on Friday. Polish teenager Iga Swiatek advanced to the fourth round of the clay-court Grand…
Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the third round, while fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov has been eliminated at the French Open. Fernandez, an 18-year-old from Laval, Que., defeated world No. 47 Polona Hercog of Slovenia…
