5:14 PM ET Associated Press UMAG, Croatia — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz raced past Facundo Bagnis 6-0, 6-4 at the Croatia Open on Friday to reach his seventh semifinal of the year. Alcaraz, 19, is defending the first ATP title he won in the coastal town of Umag last year. Fifth-ranked Alcaraz, from Spain, saved the
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2:33 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia advanced Friday to the semifinals of the Poland Open after ending the clay-court winning streak of top-ranked Iga Swiatek at 18 matches. Garcia won 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, breaking Swiatek in the 10th game of the deciding set for her first win over the Pole.
1:03 AM ET Nick Kyrgios‘ day in court to face a common assault charge has been postponed by three weeks. The assault charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to ACT police in December. The Australian tennis sensation was initially required to face the ACT Magistrates Court on August 2, amid
6:25 PM ET Associated Press KITZBUHEL, Austria — Yannick Hanfmann stunned former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the semifinals at the Generali Open on Thursday. Thiem was trailing 5-4 in the third set when play was suspended because of rain, and the 2020 U.S. Open champion failed to hold his
6:20 PM ET Associated Press Dominic Thiem outlasted qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Generali Open on Wednesday. The 2020 U.S. Open champion was a break down twice in the deciding set and saved two break points when he was serving for the match before prevailing over his
4:59 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek eased past Magdalena Frech 6-1, 6-2 at the Poland Open on Wednesday in her first tournament since her third-round exit at Wimbledon that ended her 37-match winning streak. Swiatek’s homecoming victory extended her clay-court winning streak to 17 matches. The two-time French Open champion
6:28 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Dutch tennis coach Max Wenders has been banned from the sport for 12 years for match-fixing, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Wednesday. The ITIA said Wenders admitted to “multiple match-fixing charges” and also admitted to destroying evidence and failing to report a corrupt approach. One of the
6:29 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Anett Kontaveit of Estonia cruised past Ekaterine Gorgodze 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Prague Open on Tuesday. The world No. 2, who reached the Hamburg European Open final last week, needed just 48 minutes to beat Gorgodze and set up a match against Lucie
6:26 PM ET Associated Press Dominic Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, made a victorious return to the Generali Open on Tuesday by defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the tournament he won in 2019. The 28-year-old Austrian, who came back in March from a long-term wrist injury, showed
Jul 26, 2022 Associated Press UMAG, Croatia — Eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti marked his first top 50 ranking by defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in the opening round of the Croatia Open on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Italian jumped to No. 31 after upsetting top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the
12:33 PM ET Associated Press WARSAW, Poland — Ana Bogdan of Romania upset seventh-seeded Nuria Parrizas Diaz of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (3) to advance to the second round of the Poland Open on Tuesday. Only three singles matches were completed and three were suspended because of rain at the clay-court tournament in the Polish capital.
6:45 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN When tennis star Coco Gauff took the court for an exhibition match in Atlanta over the weekend, she laced up a sneaker that placed her in rarefied air amongst her peers. With the debut of a bright purple, pink and orange pair of New Balances, Gauff unveiled her first signature
6:16 PM ET Associated Press Third-seeded Elise Mertens was eliminated from the Prague Open on Monday after losing her first-round match to unseeded Magda Linette of Poland 3-6, 6-2, 2-6. Linette beat her Belgian opponent for the first time after three losses. She next faces Daria Snigur or Viktoriya Tomova in the second round of
4:40 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Irina-Camelia Begu beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-2 to win the Palermo Ladies Open on Sunday and claim her first singles title in five years. The sixth-seeded Romanian took control from the start on the red clay of the Country Time Club and closed the final out with
2:58 PM ET Associated Press Casper Ruud retained the Swiss Open title in Gstaad on Sunday, but had to battle back from a set down to overcome Italy’s Matteo Berrettini. Berrettini, the Swiss Open champion in 2018, took the opener 6-4 with a single break of serve in the fifth game and had the advantage
1:02 PM ET Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany — Lorenzo Musetti needed six match points Sunday to upset top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg European Open. Musetti, 20, claimed his first tour-level title in 2 hours, 47 minutes. Alcaraz, 19, of Spain, was aiming to improve his 5-0 record
2:26 PM ET Associated Press Casper Ruud remains on course to successfully defend his Swiss Open title after a dominant display saw off Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain in the semifinals in Gstaad on Saturday. The Norwegian top seed — who didn’t face a break point in the match — needed just 62 minutes to complete
9:13 AM ET Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany — American Bernarda Pera stunned top-seeded Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-4 to win the Hamburg European Open on Saturday for her second title in seven days. The 81st-ranked Pera, who won her first WTA title in Budapest last week, saved three of the four break points she faced and