Tennis
The latest Tennis coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Sports section.
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2-time Australian champ Azarenka tops Pegula, talks anxiety
On the court at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday night, Victoria Azarenka — the athlete — displayed the same confident brand of take-the-ball-early, hard-hitting tennis that carried her to two Australian Open titles and the No. 1 ranking a decade ago.
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With Djokovic’s leg OK, he sees Australian title realistic
It took about a week for Novak Djokovic to go from worrying about whether he simply could play a match at all on his injured left hamstring to thinking he can win the Australian Open.
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Novak Djokovic gets warm Australian Open welcome, then wins
The supportive signs and dozens of Serbian flags and loud chants of Novak Djokovic's nickname filled Rod Laver Arena, providing a warm welcome marking his return to the Australian Open — a tournament he has dominated in the past but one he could not enter a year ago.
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Nadal struggles at times during 4-set win at Australian Open
Rafael Nadal never truly seemed in danger of becoming the first Australian Open defending men’s champion to lose in the first round since his current coach, Carlos Moya, managed to beat Boris Becker a quarter of a century ago.
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Andreescu’s ‘Aha moment’ made Australian Open win possible
Bianca Andreescu traces the path that brought her back to the tennis tour after a mental health break — and, on Monday, put her back in the win column thanks to beating a seeded opponent at the Australian Open — to what she calls “an ‘Aha’ moment” on a beach in Costa Rica during a spiritual retreat nearly a year ago.
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Novak Djokovic matches Roger Federer’s record with sixth ATP Finals title
The third time was a charm when it came to Novak Djokovic's sixth victory at the ATP Tour's annual grand finale.
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Wiedmer: Can tennis’s next generation continue Serena’s most important legacy?
A Black girl beginning her senior year at predominantly white Girls Preparatory School, Santana Etchison and her mom watched what figures to be Serena Williams' final professional tennis match ever with both excitement and sadness during what became her third-round U.S. Open loss earlier this month.
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Garcia, 28, tops Gauff, 18, at US Open for 1st Slam semi
Caroline Garcia never really let Coco Gauff -- or the crowd -- get fully involved in their U.S. Open quarterfinal on Tuesday night.
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Tiafoe ends Nadal’s 22-match Slam streak in US Open 4th round
Frances Tiafoe's vision was blurry from the tears.
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Serena Williams loses in third round at U.S. Open farewell
Leave it to Serena Williams to not want to go quietly, to not want this match, this trip to the U.S. Open, this transcendent career of hers, to really, truly end.
