On a moving day that delivered more ups and downs than the Big Dipper rollercoaster just down the road in Blackpool, the main focus for home fans as Saturday evening drew in was Hull’s charge on the closing holes and Woad’s continued ability to loiter towards the top of the leaderboard. Woad, 22, who finished … Read more
WASHINGTON — Scenes from a mid-summer tennis tournament. A former world No. 1 who remains one of the biggest stars in the sport asks the owner of the event if he can help her hold a cookout on the first day of competition, so she can mingle with the fans that she doesn’t see enough … Read more
AIG Women’s Open -7 H Ryu (Kor); -6 S Kuwaki (Jpn); -5 Y Noh (US), A Thitikul (Tha); -3 S Joo (Kor); -2 L Woad (Eng), C Hull (Eng), C Wannasaen (Tha), L Li (US), J Yan (US), L Coughlin (US), P Martin (Esp), M Katsu (Jpn) Selected others: -1 L Ko (NZ), N Korda … Read more
Cameron Norrie’s resurgent form continued as he overpowered Bernard Tomic in just 50 minutes to progress to the semi-finals of the Los Cabos Open in Mexico. Fifth-seed Norrie won 12 straight games to defeat his Australian opponent 6-1 6-0 and set up a semi-final meeting with defending champion Denis Shapovalov. The British number two travelled … Read more
Charley Hull has delivered an emphatic, unapologetic response towards those who criticised a prank on the eve of the Women’s Open. Hull used pre-tournament media duties to reveal she bought fake scratchcards in a Blackpool joke shop, before using one to trick her caddie, Adam Woodward, into believing he had won £100,000. Hull filmed Woodward’s … Read more