Karolina Pliskova beats CoCo Vandeweghe to win Stuttgart Open
Tennis | Apr 29, 2018, 08:18 PM ISTThe sixth-seeded Czech held her nerve at key times to win her first title of the season and her 10th overall in just under two hours.
The sixth-seeded Czech held her nerve at key times to win her first title of the season and her 10th overall in just under two hours.
Rafael Nadal recently returned from a right hip injury which forced him to retire during the fifth set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Marin Cilic.
Venus Williams squandered an early lead, fell behind late and then overcame three match points to rally past Kiki Bertens in the third round, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5.
The Serbian lasted barely an hour at a tournament he has won six times, losing his opening match Friday in the Miami Open to Benoit Paire, 6-3, 6-4.
In his second and final ATP Miami Masters qualifying match, the 25-year-old eased past Ymer 7-5, 6-2 in a one-sided clash that lasted almost one and a half hour.
Sharapova's withdrawal comes after her disappointing campaign at the Indian Wells Masters this week, where she slumped to a straight-sets defeat.
In the women's semis on Friday night, Venus Williams was to meet Daria Kasatkina of Russia and top-ranked Simona Halep of Romania faced Naomi Osaka of Japan.
Federer saved a handful of break points in the first game of the second set and then broke Chung twice, including on a double fault to take a 5-1 lead.
Federer can equal his season-best start of 16-0 with a win in the quarterfinals, where he will meet Chung Hyeon of South Korea in a rematch of their Australian Open semifinal.
Venus Williams defeated sister Serena 6-3, 6-4 in the third round for her first win over her younger sibling since 2014.
Williams' only competitive appearances since the birth came in December at an exhibition in Abu Dhabi, a Fed Cup doubles match with sister Venus last month and an exhibition in New York on Monday.
Sharapova's ranking of No. 41 in the world forced her to play a first-round match in the tournament she has won twice. A failed doping test led to a 15-month ban for the five-time major winner.
Seeded seventh in the hard-court event, she was three points from losing the match in the second set in the match that took 2 hours, 45 minutes.
Kerber did not face any break points during the clash of former world No. 1s that lasted one hour and 14 minutes.
Lawyers for Bouchard, once ranked No. 5 in the world and a Wimbledon finalist in 2014, claim the fall and the injury in the locker room have hurt her career.
In Sunday's final, the 36-year-old Federer will win his 97th career title if he beats Grigor Dimitrov, dubbed "Baby Fed" early in his career for his style similarities with the Swiss great.
The 30-year-old had earlier accepted a wildcard entry to make her first appearance at the tournament since 2006.
Sania, winner of six Grand Slam titles, is out of action since October 2017 due to an injury in her right knee, forcing her to miss first Grand Slam of the season.
The top-seeded Indo-American team overcame a spirited challenge from Ruben Gonzales and Hunter Reese 6-3 2-6 17-15 in the quarter-finals.
The Spaniard is making a speedy recovery after he suffered a muscle tear in his right hip which forced him out of play during the fifth round of the Australian Open.
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