MASON, Ohio — Defending champion Karolina Pliskova pulled off a doubleheader sweep Friday at the Western & Southern Open, reaching the semifinals by winning a pair of matches with little rest in-between. Rafael Nadal couldn’t do the same. Pliskova completed a match that was suspended overnight because of rain, beating qualifier Camila Giorgi in three

MASON, Ohio — Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza overcame a long rain delay in the third set and fought off three match points Thursday before advancing to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open. The tournament’s No. 4 seed beat American Madison Keys 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) to extend her successful summer. Since beating Venus

Ilie Nastase has appealed the ban given to him by the International Tennis Federation. The 71-year-old was suspended from taking any official role at ITF events until 2021 by an adjudication panel last month following his behaviour as Romania’s Fed Cup captain during a fixture against Great Britain in April. Nastase was also banned from

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka says her participation in the US Open is in doubt because she might not be able to bring her infant son to New York as a result of her separation from his father. Azarenka posted via Twitter on Thursday that she is “faced with a difficult situation which may

MASON, Ohio — Venus Williams‘ resurgent summer hit a bump Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Western & Southern Open by a qualifier in the second round. Ashleigh Barty rallied for a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 upset on a humid afternoon that played to her advantage. Barty, ranked No. 48 on the ATP tour,

MASON, Ohio — Rafael Nadal and Karolina Pliskova — the No. 1 seeds in the Western & Southern Open — advanced with straight-set wins Wednesday, while the rest of their brackets suffered more top losses. Nadal sat out an hour-long rain delay and beat Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday night, finishing off the match

Kei Nishikori has become the latest leading player to announce he will miss the rest of the season because of injury. The world No. 9 withdrew from this week’s Masters event in Cincinnati with a right wrist problem and scans have revealed a tear in one of the tendons. Nishikori is hoping to avoid surgery

This might be the age of the 30-something in men’s tennis, but there’s been a distinctly youthful feel to this summer’s North American hard-court swing. For the crowds in Montreal, as well as for the global tennis-watching public, there was a lot to process last week. Just days after Denis Shapovalov, an 18-year-old Canadian, defeated

MASON, Ohio — Injuries and upsets are wrecking the men’s side of the Western & Southern Open. On Tuesday, Milos Raonic became the seventh player ranked in the top 10 to withdraw from the tournament, right before fellow seeded players David Goffin, Tomas Berdych and Jack Sock were knocked out in first-round matches. Juan Martin

Maria Sharapova will return to Grand Slam play later this month at the US Open. The USTA on Tuesday granted the 148th-ranked player a wild card to the final major of the season. “Her suspension under the terms of the tennis anti-doping program was completed and therefore was not one of the factors weighed in