FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (AP)—Monica Niculescu of Romania defeated Olga Puchkova of Russia 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the Brazil Tennis Cup to win her first WTA title on Saturday. Niculescu had ...

Upon winning her third career title, and beating a two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova in fine fashion, Monica Niculescu delivered delightful verbal riffs to rival her trademark corkscrew ...

GUANGZHOU, China (AP)—Romania's Monica Niculescu took advantage of a dozen double-faults by Alize Cornet to beat the Frenchwoman 6-4, 6-0 to win the Guangzhou Open on Saturday. The No. 60-ranked ...

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) Monica Niculescu and Ana Konjuh will contest the rain-delayed final of the Nottingham Open on Monday. The tournament had been hit by bad weather coming into the finals ...

Japan advanced when Eri Hozumi and Shuko Aoyama defeated Monica Niculescu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1, 7-5 in the deciding doubles match. Ana Bogdan had put Romania ahead with a 6-2, 6-4 win over ...

Teacher arrested after drone crashes in Louis Armstrong Stadium during match A New York City teacher was arrested early Friday for allegedly crashing a drone into an empty section of seats at ...

The black device flew diagonally through the arena during the next-to-last game of a second-round match that 26th-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy won 6-1, 6-4 over Monica Niculescu of Romania.

An error-prone Serena Williams beat Monica Niculescu 7-5, 7-5 in her first match at Indian Wells in 14 years Friday night, receiving a warm welcome from the fans in sharp contrast to the booing ...

Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi saved 9 of 10 break points on their way to defeating Romania's Monica Niculescu and Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-1, 7-5. Japan next will face Italy, the 2023 runners-up.