AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu knocked off another former No. 1 on Friday, beating seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 6-7 (1) 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the ASB Classic.

The 18-year-old Andreescu, who is ranked 152nd in the world and had ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Neither the wind nor a little bit of rust could stop top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki from winning her first match of 2019.

The former top-ranked Dane beat lucky loser Laura Siegemund 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday in the first round of the ASB Classic.

After waiting ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Ashleigh Barty rallied from a set down to beat defending champion Julia Goerges 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals of the WTA Elite Trophy on Saturday.

The Australian faces Wang Qiang, who beat Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-0, in Sunday’s final.

Barty served one more ace ...

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Julia Goerges lived up to her top seeding at the Luxembourg Open by winning her second title of the year on Saturday.

Goerges beat unseeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-4, 7-5 in the final.

The German won her first tournament of the year in Auckland, reached ...

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka and second-ranked Caroline Wozniacki both advanced to the second round of the China Open on Monday.

The eighth-seeded Osaka beat Zarina Diyas 6-4, 6-3, while Wozniacki defeated Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-3.

Osaka will next face Danielle ...

BEIJING (AP) — Unseeded Aleksandra Krunic made a remarkable comeback to oust sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the first round of the China Open on Saturday.

Krunic dropped the first nine games of the match and was down 4-1 in the second set before prevailing 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

In ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The WTA Tour is making its annual stop in New Haven.

The Connecticut Open is the final tuneup for the women before the U.S. Open in New York.

This year’s tournament features five of the top 10 ranked players in the world: No. 1 Simona Halep, No. 5 Caroline ...

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Two-time champion Kiki Bertens began her Nuremberg Cup defense by beating Serbian qualifier Dejana Radanovic 6-1, 6-1 on Monday.

Second-seeded Julia Goerges saved a match point but was upset by Kristyna Pliskova 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5) in 2 ½ hours.

Bertens ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Germany’s Julia Goerges continued her strong season by defeating defending champion Daria Kasatkina to reach the semifinals of the Volvo Car Open on Friday.

Goerges, the fifth seed who’s ranked No. 13 in the world, overpowered the third-seeded Kasatkina of Russia ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki outlasted former No. 1 Angelique Kerber 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3 in the Qatar Open quarterfinals and ensured she retained the top ranking from Simona Halep on Friday.

No. 2-ranked Halep reached the semifinals with a dominating win, though she promptly ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Julia Goerges advanced to the second round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy by beating Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-6 (5) Tuesday.

The fifth-seeded German will next play Roberta Vinci. The veteran Italian, competing in St. Petersburg as a qualifier, beat Tereza ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Julia Goerges carried her strong end-of-year form into the New Year when she beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Sunday in the final of the WTA Tour’s ASB Classic, a day after Wozniacki rose to the No. 2 world ranking.

Georges won her last two tournaments ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and second-seeded Julia Goerges will meet Sunday in the final of the WTA Tour’s ASB Classic after working their way through quarterfinals and semifinals Saturday in a schedule compacted by rain delays.

Quarterfinal play was ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Rain has forced the postponement of quarterfinals at the WTA Tour’s ASB Classic for the second consecutive day, forcing organizers to move the final from Saturday to Sunday.

Organizers hope to play quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday, when fine weather is ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Heavy rain prevented quarterfinals being played Thursday at the WTA Tour’s ASB Tennis Classic.

Organizers will schedule quarterfinals and semifinals on a packed day Friday in a bid to ensure the final goes ahead as planned on Saturday.

Top-seeded Caroline ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki needed only 57 minutes for a 6-3, 6-0 win over America Madison Brengle at the ASB Classic on Tuesday, when defending champion Lauren Davis was beaten in the first round.

The fifth-seeded Davis lost 6-1, 6-2 to fellow American ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Julia Goerges defeated CoCo Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-1 in the WTA Elite Trophy final on Sunday.

Goerges fell behind 5-2 in the first set before rallying to win 10 of the next 11 games as she cruised to her second straight WTA title.

“I can’t imagine a better ending to ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Julia Goerges will take on CoCo Vandeweghe in the WTA Elite Trophy final on Sunday.

Vandeweghe advanced with a convincing 6-3, 6-3 win over rising Australian star Ashleigh Barty on Saturday, while Goerges held serve throughout in her 6-3, 6-3 victory over ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Julia Goerges advanced to the semifinals at the WTA Elite Trophy by beating top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 6-2, 7-6 (4) Friday.

The seventh-seeded German joins CoCo Vandeweghe, Anastasija Sevastova and Ashleigh Barty in the semifinals.

Goerges, who only needed to ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Magdalena Rybarikova overcame seven service breaks to beat top-seeded Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (5) Wednesday at the WTA Elite Trophy.

The 10th-seeded Rybarikova had lost her opening match to Julia Goerges in the Azalea group.

“I had a tough match ...

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Second-seeded CoCo Vandeweghe opened the WTA Elite Trophy with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Chinese wild-card entry Peng Shuai on Tuesday.

Vandeweghe overcame a slow start and two service breaks in the first set, recovering to finish with six aces and converting five of ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Julia Goerges will seek to end a six-year wait for a title when she faces Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the Kremlin Cup final.

The seventh-seeded Goerges recovered from a second-set slump to beat Russian player Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in their semifinal ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Kristina Mladenovic and Coco Vandeweghe were among six seeded players to make an exit from the Kremlin Cup on Wednesday.

The run of defeats left seventh-seeded Julia Goerges, the world No. 27, as the highest-ranked player remaining.

Top-seeded Mladenovic landed only 49 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top women’s seed Simona Halep retired from her quarterfinal match at the Citi Open on Friday because of the heat, allowing Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova to advance to the semifinals.

Halep, ranked second on the WTA Tour, retired trailing 1-0 in the third set after she and ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the second round of the Prague Open by beating Misaki Doi of Japan 6-0, 7-5 Tuesday.

The former No. 1 from Denmark will next face Jelena Ostapenko.

Also, third-seeded Barbora Strycova dispatched Julia Goerges of Germany 6-4, ...