LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jack Crowder pitched eight innings, giving up just one run on three hits with five strikeouts as Illinois beat Indiana State 4-1 on Friday in the Lexington Regional. The Fighting Illini collected its first NCAA Tournament win since 2015 and will move on to face Kentucky, seeded second nationally, in the winner’s bracket on Saturday. Randal Diaz …
Serena Williams survived another scare to beat older sister Venus 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday in the latest instalment of their on-court sibling rivalry to reach the quarterfinals of the inaugural Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky. “There was a lot of long points, running me around and then at one point it was just big serves and so I …
American teenager Coco Gauff overcame some shaky serving on Wednesday to beat No.2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 and reach the Top Seed Open quarterfinals with her third career victory over a top-15 opponent. Gauff was able to hang in there with steady baseline play against the hard-hitting Sabalenka, who had 14 double-faults, including four in one game. It …
