Reilly Opelka of the United States and Zhang Shuai of China have pulled out of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the withdrawals on Tuesday and said that Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Argentina and Caroline Dolehide of the U.S. will move into the vacated spots in the singles fields. Her best result in singles at the U.S. Open …
The Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights are already preparing to try to repeat, trading a longtime franchise cornerstone and keeping their best trade deadline pickup. Vegas traded Reilly Smith to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday and re-signed fellow forward Ivan Barbashev to a five-year contract worth $25 million. “We think this will give us the ability to pretty much …
Tall, big-hitting Americans John Isner and Reilly Opelka joke about being “serve-bots” and their similar styles of play will be on display against each other in the final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship. The fourth-seeded Isner, who won the Houston title in 2013, hit 17 aces on Saturday to eliminate reigning champion Cristian Garin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in …
Hard-serving American Reilly Opelka saved four break points in the final set before beating defending champion Daniil Medvedev 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Open. Opelka converted his third set point to break the top-seeded Medvedev in the final game in the second set, and then broke for a second time at 5-4 in …