Taylor Townsend let out a roar after upsetting No. 25-ranked Jelena Ostapenko, 7-5, 6-1, in her second-round match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. But a face-to-face confrontation between the two competitors at center court was the biggest story coming out of Court 11. Townsend said that Ostapenko, a Latvian …
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Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek fell in straight sets to upstart American Amanda Anisimova in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, and she had a testy exchange with a reporter afterward. Swiatek put together a solid season. She won at Wimbledon for the first time in her career …
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Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, didn’t waste his chance to check Stephen A. Smith during his appearance on ESPN’s “First Take” on Thursday morning. Williams was featured in Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February, and it sparked debate on the sports talk show about why she was …
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