Ashleigh Barty Wins Australian Open Women’s Singles Champion

MELBOURNE, Australia – Ashleigh Barty defeated US Danielle Collins on Saturday night to end a 44-year wait by becoming the first Australian player to win the Australian Open singles title since 1978. Barty defeated Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) in straight sets. Born and raised in Australia’s steamy state of Queensland, Barty has been in #1 …

Ashleigh Barty Attends Women’s Singles Final in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s all about choices, this game of tennis and this game of life. Regular or cross-court? Rip or chips? Stay at home or hit the road in search of points and glory? The coronavirus pandemic, which has broken old patterns and created new problems, has made some choices more complicated, but Ashleigh …

Ayoka Lee of Kansas State Sets the Division I Women’s Singles Score

Kansas State center Ayoka Lee set a record 35-year-old on Sunday, scoring 61 points, the most points in a Division I women’s college basketball game, and leading her team to a championship. 94-65 wins Manhattan, Number 14 Oklahoma in Kan was 5 points short of the opposing team. “This is crazy,” Lee, a 6-foot-tall teen …

Alibaba reports slower sales growth for Singles’ Day shopping

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba recently said that $84.5 billion worth of goods were sold on its platforms. Singles’ Day shopping festival That ended Thursday, an 8.5 percent increase from last year, and an indication that Beijing’s campaign to tighten regulations on internet companies has not dampened consumers’ enthusiasm for purchasing products online. Despite this, the …

Alibaba Downplays Singles’ Day in China for a Nervous Time

Singles’ Day was once the biggest, most shameless celebration of consumption in the world: starting with a confetti-filled gala, and brands, celebrity masters and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant at the center of it all. This Singles’ Day, an annual tradition of November 11, Chinese shoppers are still likely to buy a lot of things. …

Alexander Zverev Wins Olympic Men’s Singles Tournament Gold

Alexander Zverev may have figured something out. Struggling to rise to the top of her sport, talented German Zverev won the gold medal at the Olympic tennis tournament on Sunday, defeating Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-3 and 6-1 in straight sets. The tournament victory was arguably the highlight of Zverev’s career, especially considering he upset world …