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Can Gauff and Sabalenka keep rolling? The Wuhan quarterfinals await
Friday’s quarterfinals at the Dongfeng Voyah · Wuhan Open feature a little of everything. For starters, four of the Top 5 seeds are through. It starts with No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, who is looking for her fourth title of the year -- and her third in her past four events. There’s the hot popcorn night match between No.3 Jasmine Paolini and No.5 Zheng Qinwen, while No.4 Coco Gauff is in action, plus an unexpected, unseeded meeting of Ekaterina Alexandrova and Wang Xinyu. Poland also has two survivors (none named Swiatek), two Magdas, as in Magda Linette and Magdalena Frech. Story by WTA
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Sei Young Kim Leads Packed Leaderboard After Day One at Buick LPGA Shanghai
12-time winner Sei Young Kim wasted no time making her presence known at Qizhong Garden Golf Club setting a pair of records, the 9-hole and 18-hole tournament scoring records. Kim shot a 28 on the back nine, beating the previous record of 30 set by defending champion Angel Yin in 2018 and last done by Madelene Sagstrom in 2023. Taking that momentum, Kim went on to set the new 18-hole scoring record, last done by Sagstrom in the fourth round of 2023 as well. “After turn the nine hole I'm kind of, oh, I shoot 8-under. I never play like that, so I was a little bit of nervous,” Kim said about what she was thinking when she realized how well she was playing. “I don't know. Then I try to calm down but after that my body reaction a little bit like tight, and then after couple holes I keep par and after bogey one hole, and I realize, okay, I just keep going what I did is front nine, and I able to knock three birdies and strong finish.” Story by LPGA Communications
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Leona Maguire’s Hard Work Pays Off in Buick LPGA Shanghai Debut
Leona Maguire has spent months working on her game and trying to be patient with the results. On Thursday at the Buick LPGA Shanghai, she continued to see the dividends of that extra effort as she recorded an opening round of 66 to sit just four strokes off the pace of first-round leader Sei Young Kim. “I've been doing a lot of work on my putting lately, so nice to see a few go in today,” Maguire said about her 6-under effort at Qizhong Garden Golf Club, where she had just 27 putts. “Gave myself a lot of chances, hit a lot of greens and putted really nice. The greens are a little bit unpredictable, but I felt like I put some really good strokes on it.” Story by Amy Rogers
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Lynx, Sun Gear Up for Win-or-Go-Home Battle in Tuesday’s WNBA Semifinals Game 5
After splitting their first four games, tonight's Game 5 semifinal will determine who will go on to face New York in the 2024 WNBA Finals: the Minnesota Lynx or the Connecticut Sun. The two teams' best-of-five series has been the tightest of the 2024 postseason thus far. Both claimed one road win and one at home, and even the series score sheet is wildly close, with the Lynx putting up 321 points across the four games and the Sun posting 315. Story by Dee Lab
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The Late Sub Podcast: Marta's Orlando Dream Comes True
In this week's episode of The Late Sub, host Claire Watkins gives a postmortem on this era of the Las Vegas Aces, before claiming the Liberty as WNBA championship frontrunners and prepping for Tuesday's Game 5 semifinal between the Lynx and the Sun. Then, she chats about Orlando’s incredible run to the 2024 NWSL Shield, the individual NWSL records primed to fall, and aimlessness further down the league table. Story by JWS Staff
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Lauren Stephenson Earns 2024 Epson Tour Player of the Year Honors
At the conclusion of the Guardian Championship in Prattville, Ala., Lauren Stephenson learned she would be returning to the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season. With her Tour card secured for the next year, Stephenson’s focus shifted to earning Epson Tour Player of the Year honors, which is awarded to the Epson Tour athlete who finishes first on the Official Points List at the end of the season. After a T8 finish at the Epson Tour Championship at Indian Wells, the South Carolina native achieved that goal, walking away from the season finale with her head held high. Story by Luke Otto
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WNBA playoff game today: What to know about Tuesday's Sun vs Lynx semifinal
The New York Liberty already booked their trip to the WNBA Finals and the lone game Tuesday will determine their opponent. The Minnesota Lynx will host the Connecticut Sun Tuesday evening in a winner-take-all semifinal game that will decide the best-of-five series. It has been the most compelling series thus far in the WNBA playoffs, with games going back and forth. With their 14-point victory Sunday evening, the Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces, 3-1, and will now get some extra rest ahead of Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, which is set for Thursday. Story by Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY
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2024 Race for the Card Update: Check Out Who Finished in the Top 35 of the Race for the Card
The 2024 Epson Tour Championship at Indian Wells wrapped up on Sunday, October 6, and the top 35 in the Race for the Card have been finalized. The top 15 athletes in the season-long points competition were awarded LPGA Tour Membership for the 2025 season, with the top 10 athletes receiving Category 9 status on the 2025 LPGA Priority List and those who finished 11 to 15 earning status in a lower category. Those athletes who finished 11 to 35 on the season-ending points list will see their entry fee for the Final Qualifying portion of LPGA Q-Series be paid by Seiko Epson Corporation, and the five athletes who finished 11 to 15 in the Race for the Card can compete in Final Qualifying if they would like to try to improve their status for next season. Story by Epson Tour Communications
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Orlando Pride Win First-Ever NWSL Shield Behind Marta’s Game-Winning Goal
With three regular-season matches left, the still-undefeated Orlando Pride clinched the 2024 NWSL Shield with Sunday's rainy 2-0 win over the second-place Washington Spirit. Marta converted the 57th-minute game-winning penalty kick, securing her team's first-ever piece of hardware with her eighth goal of the season. Story by Dee Lab
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