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St. Catherine’s tennis wins LIS championship behind ‘renewed sense of purpose’
On Tuesday afternoon at Collegiate’s Robins Campus, St. Catherine’s captured an LIS tennis championship with a dramatic 1-point victory over the second-place Cougars. The Saints finished with 48 points in the six-team flight scoring system. Collegiate was second at 47, Trinity Episcopal (38) third, St. Anne’s-Belfield (28) fourth, Saint Gertrude (15) fifth and Veritas (10)…
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Emotional Jabeur donates WTA Finals prize money to Palestinian aid
CANCUN, Mexico — World No.7 Ons Jabeur announced on Wednesday that she would donate a portion of her GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun prize money to Palestinian aid. After earning her first win of the week at the season-ending championships with a straight-sets defeat of Marketa Vondrousova, Jabeur tearfully addressed the crowd. “I am very…
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Lompoc girls tennis team eases into final, PV boys water polo team advances
The Lompoc girls tennis team wasn’t pushed much Tuesday en route to advancing to the CIF Central Section Division 3 championship match. Sign up to receive headlines in your inbox! Breaking News | Local Sports | Daily Headlines | Local Obituaries | Weather | Local Offers
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Jabeur avenges Wimbledon loss, beats Vondrousova at WTA Finals
CANCUN, Mexico — In a rematch of the Wimbledon final, No.7 Ons Jabeur defeated No.6 Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 6-3 in round-robin play at the GNP Seguros WTA Finals Cancun. Jabeur’s straight-set win moves her to 1-1 in the Chetumal Group and drops Wimbledon champion Vondrousova to 0-2. The result, combined with No.2 Iga Swiatek’s straight-set…
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Mohr Advances
SAN DIEGO — Célia-Belle Mohr led the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team with a win in her opening singles match at the ITA National Fall Championship Wednesday at the Barnes Tennis Center. The sophomore was victorious in three sets and will now face top-eight seed Anastasiya Komar from Oklahoma State in Thursday’s second round. Mohr and…
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Matchups set for NCHSAA dual-team girls tennis state championships
The matchups and schedule are set for the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s dual-team girls tennis state championships. Regional championship action was completed on Wednesday evening, now the winners of the regionals will meet in the championship matches across four classifications. The dual-team girls tennis state championships will be played at the Burlington Tennis Center…
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Friends fan Swiatek gives heartfelt tribute to Matthew Perry
Iga Swiatek had a “Friend” in Matthew Perry — even if she never met him in person. In the aftermath of her win against Coco Gauff at the GNP Seguro WTA Finals on Wednesday, Swiatek spoke from the heart about the late actor and massive tennis fan, saying that she counts herself among the millions…
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Swiatek crushes Gauff at WTA Finals
Nov 1 (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek beat an out-of-sorts Coco Gauff 6-0 6-4 in windy conditions at the WTA Finals in Cancun on Wednesday while Ons Jabeur avenged her Wimbledon final loss by besting Marketa Vondrousova 6-4 6-3, blowing the race to the semis wide open. Swiatek came out firing in their group stage match…
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Daniil Medvedev denies making rude gesture to Paris Masters crowd
Daniil Medvedev denied raising his middle finger to the crowd after being booed during his defeat to Grigor Dimitrov at the Paris Masters. The Russian was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2) in the round of 32 and even stopped playing in the second set until the boos stopped inside the Accor Arena, which prompted…
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Sens. Ossoff, Rubio, Rev. Warnock, Scott Pass Bipartisan Senate Resolution Congratulating Coco Gauff on Historic U.S. Open Tennis Title – U.S. Senator for Georgia Jon Ossoff
Last month, Coco Gauff won her first Major Title at the U.S. Open in New York Gauff became the youngest American to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament since 1999 Gauff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Delray Beach, Florida Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Reverend Raphael…