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No. 2 national seed Kentucky dispatches Illinois 6-1 at Lexington Regional

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Ryan Nicholson put Kentucky ahead to stay with a two-run home run in the second inning, Ryan Walkschmidt added a two-run shot and an RBI double, and Trey Pooser tossed seven stellar innings to lead the No. 2 national seed to a 6-1 victory over Illinois on Saturday night at the Lexington Regional. Kentucky to a 2-0 …

Top Seed Open: Serena Williams Falls to 116th-ranked Shelby Rogers at Lexington

Serena Williams suffered her first loss since 2012 to a rival outside the WTA's top 100, falling to fellow American Shelby Rogers in a Friday quarter-final at the Top Seed Open. Rogers, ranked 116th, outlasted ninth-ranked Williams 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 after two hours and seven minutes, finishing the 23-time Grand Slam champion with a service winner. Top seed Williams had …

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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 …

Coco Gauff, 16, beats No. 2 seed to reach Lexington quarters

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 …

Britain's Jo Konta suffered a health scare as she crashed out of the opening round of the WTA Top Seed Open in Lexington on Monday with a straight-sets defeat to the Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova. Third seed Konta requested medical attention just a few minutes into her 6-4, 6-4 first round loss to the unseeded Bouzkova. "My heart rate shoots …

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Serena Williams will return to the court for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic when she competes at the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky beginning Aug. 10, the WTA said on Thursday. It will mark the 23-time Grand Slam champion's first match since she helped Team USA defeat Latvia in Fed …