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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Michael Zheng of Columbia became the ninth men's tennis player to repeat as an NCAA champion on Sunday and set an NCAA record for career tournament wins in the process. Zheng, a senior, defeated Trevor Svajda of SMU 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for his 19th tournament win, surpassing Virginia's Somdev Devvarman, who finished with 18 career victories in 2008. Virginia captured the men's doubles title as senior Mans Dahlberg and junior Dylan Dietrich defeated Nikita Filin and Brandon Carpico of Ohio State 7-6 (3), 6-2. It's the fourth doubles title for the Cavaliers. Both women's champions came from the state of North Carolina. Tar Heels senior Reese Brantmeier defeated Berta Passola Folch of California 6-3, 6-3 for the second singles title in program history. The N.C. State duo of freshman Victoria Osuigwe and junior Gabriella Broadfoot defeated Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr of Vanderbilt 7-5, 6-4, for the second NCAA title in program history, both coming...

MONTREAL (AP) — Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek easily advanced to the third round of the National Bank Open, beating Guo Hanyu of China 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday. Playing for the first time since routing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final for her sixth major, Swiatek raced to a 4-0 lead to push her games winning streak to 24. “I think I played a really solid match today,” Swiatek said. “Playing the first match on hard court after a pretty long break from the surface is always tricky, so I’m happy that I just focused on myself, adjusted to the conditions and played well.” On Friday, the second-seeded Polish star will face the winner of a late match between Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia and Eva Lys of Germany. Two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula of the United States also advanced, topping Marie Sakkari of Greece 7-5, 6-4. Sixth-seeded Madison Keys of the United States beat Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-2, 6-1, and former top-ranked player Naomi Osaka of Japan rallied ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emma Raducanu reached the semifinals at the D.C. Open — the biggest tournament where she's made it that far since her surprising 2021 U.S. Open title — by eliminating Maria Sakkari 6-4, 7-5 on Friday. On a muggy day with the temperature topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius), Raducanu took a medical timeout while reeling off the last five games of the match after trailing 5-2 in the second set. “I would like to say I’m pretty good in the heat, for the most part, but I was really struggling today,” said Raducanu, who was 18 when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles trophy. “It was one of the toughest matches, conditions-wise, I have ever played in. ... Those points in the second set, I was getting a bit wobbly. I’m just happy I could close it out, and it was two sets.” Also reaching the semifinals at the hard-court tournament in Washington was Leylah Fernandez, the runner-up to Raducanu at Flushing Meadows four years ago. Fernandez move...