Sibling rivalry reborn: Serena upends Venus in 31st meeting
Serena Williams won the last four games to beat sister Venus 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a hard-hitting, back-andforth, second-round Top Seed Open matchup in Lexington, Kentucky. It was the 31st meeting of their careers,
22.5 years after the first, and Serena leads the series 19-12. Venus is 40, and Serena turns 39 next month, making their combined age the highest in a WTA match since 2004, when Martina Navratilova, 47, played Amy Frazier, 31
USTA women: Reigning U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu pulled out of this year’s event, saying the COVID-19 crisis prevented her from properly preparing for competition. A year ago at age 19, Andreescu became the first woman to win the New York title in her tournament debut. Ranked sixth, she is the fourth woman rated in the top seven to pull out of the U.S. Open, joining No. 1 Ash Barty, No. 5 Elina Svitolina and No. 7 Kiki Bertens.
■ USTA men: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic said he will enter the U.S. Open and the hardcourt tuneup preceeding it in New York after initially complaining about the U.S. Tennis Association’s plans to try to protect people from the COVID-19 crisis. The 33-year-old Serbian is 18-0 this season, including an Australian Open victory in February.
■ WTA: At Prague, top-seeded Simona Halep won six straight games to close a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over 118th-ranked Barbora Krejcikova and reach the Prague Open quarterfinals. The second-ranked Halep doublefaulted 10 times.