Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, holds the trophy after defeating Jil Teichmann, of Switzerland, to win the women's single final of the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in Mason, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
WTA Cincinnati, USA Women Singles

Aug. 22, 2021 04:52 PM EDT

Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, recognizes the crowd after defeating Heather Watson, of Britain, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, during the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. (Kareem Elgazzar/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
WTA Cincinnati, USA Women Singles

Aug. 18, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

The United States doubles team of Tennys Sandgren, left, and Austin Krajicek play during the men's doubles bronze medal match of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
ITF USA F10, Men Doubles

Jul. 30, 2021 02:42 AM EDT

Ashleigh Barty, left, and John Peers, of Australia, celebrate after defeating Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas, of Greece, in a mixed doubles quarterfinal tennis match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Olympic Tournament Mixed Double

Jul. 29, 2021 09:08 AM EDT

The Australian doubles team of John Peers, right, and Ashleigh Barty celebrate during the first round of the mixed doubles tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Olympic Tournament Mixed Double

Jul. 28, 2021 05:54 AM EDT

Juan-Sebastian Cabal, of Colombia, plays in a doubles match during the quarterfinals of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Olympic Tournament Men Double

Jul. 27, 2021 11:48 PM EDT

Storm Sanders, left, and Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, react during a women's doubles tennis match against Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan, of China, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Olympic Tournament Women Double

Jul. 26, 2021 06:36 AM EDT

Luxembourg's Sarah De Nutte competes during the table tennis women's singles first round match against Bulgaria's Polina Trifonova at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Olympic Tournament Women Singles

Jul. 24, 2021 10:38 AM EDT

Ashleigh Barty, right, and Storm Sanders, both of Australia, play in a doubles match during the first round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Olympic Tournament Women Double

Jul. 24, 2021 03:08 AM EDT

Japan's Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani compete during table tennis mixed doubles round of 16 match against Austria's Sofia Polcanova and Stefan Fegerl at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Olympic Tournament Men Double

Jul. 23, 2021 11:18 PM EDT

French Open champ Krejcikova triumphs at Prague Open

Jul. 18, 2021 10:02 AM EDT
PRAGUE (AP) — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova triumphed at the Prague Open on Sunday for her third WTA title. In an all-Czech final...

Australia's Ashleigh Barty celebrates winning a point against Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova during the women's singles third round match on day six of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Saturday July 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Wimbledon Women Singles

Jul. 04, 2021 06:40 PM EDT

Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro leaves the court after being defeated by Australia's Ashleigh Barty, left, in the women's singles first round match against on day two of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Tuesday June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Wimbledon Women Singles

Jul. 01, 2021 09:16 AM EDT

FILE - Australia's Ashleigh Barty serves to China's Saisai Zheng in their women's singles match during day two of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, in this Tuesday, July 2, 2019, file photo. Barty is expected to compete in the Wimbledon tennis tournament that begins on Monday, June 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Wimbledon Women Singles

Jun. 29, 2021 01:20 AM EDT

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the cup after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Sunday, June 13, 2021 in Paris. Djokovic won 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Djokovic, Barty are Wimbledon top seeds, Federer, Serena 7th

Jun. 23, 2021 12:13 PM EDT

United States's Bernarda Pera serves to Australia's Ashleigh Barty during their first round match on day three of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
French Open Women Singles

Jun. 01, 2021 10:12 AM EDT

Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro plays a return to United States's Sloane Stephens during their first round match on day three of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The Latest: Djokovic improves to 17-0 in French Open 1st Rd

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2021 04:59 AM EDT

WTA players tuneup for Australian Open after quarantine

Jan. 31, 2021 02:44 AM EST
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians Sam Stosur and Daria Gavrilova had contrasting fortunes in their first matches at home after long absences Sunday in...

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2020, file photo, NFC quarterback Drew Brees, of the New Orleans Saints, (9) looks to pass during the first half of the NFL Pro Bowl football game in Orlando, Fla. Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn says the NFC South “is turning into Quarterback South.” The priority to “bring it” on defense was evident in the NFL draft. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
15 leagues join forces to recognize health care workers

May. 04, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

Staff members attend to the horse Face Time Bourbon after Sweden's Bjorn Goop won the Grand Prix d'Amerique trotting race at the Vincennes racetrack, outside Paris, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
The Latest: Harbaughs donate $100,000 to United Way

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2020 06:14 AM EDT