Tennis

Associated Press Oct 28, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame an upset stomach to beat Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Monday and stay in contention for a spot at the season-ending ATP finals. Tsitsipas has reached the Paris semifinals

Oct 28, 2024, 01:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz said on Monday the record prize money on offer at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia earlier this month was a motivation for playing in the tournament as the world No. 2 prepares for the Paris Masters. Italian rival Jannik Sinner dismissed

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 06:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Top-seeded Qinwen Zheng of China claimed the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over American wild card Sofia Kenin in Sunday’s final to clinch her place in the WTA Finals next month. The No. 7-ranked Zheng, who won

Oct 27, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Draper defeated Karen Khachanov in the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna on Sunday to reach a career-high world ranking of 15. Draper, the British No. 1, won in straight sets against his Russian-Armenian opponent. He led 4-0 in the second set but

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard completed a perfect week on serve by upsetting American Ben Shelton to win the Swiss Indoors on Sunday. The French player, who is ranked No. 50, prevailed 6-4, 7-6 (4) against the sixth-seeded Shelton to become the lowest-ranked

Oct 27, 2024, 07:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Serbian Olga Danilovic powered past American qualifier Caroline Dolehide 6-3, 6-1 in the Guangzhou Open final Sunday to seal her first trophy of the season and second of her career. World No. 86 Danilovic, whose previous triumph came on clay in Moscow six years ago, grabbed

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Ben Shelton beat his doubles partner Arthur Fils at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday and will face another Frenchman, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, in the final. No. 6-seeded Shelton defeated No. 7 Fils 6-3, 7-6 (9), recovering from 6-3 down in the

Associated Press Oct 26, 2024, 01:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Sofia Kenin has advanced to the final of the Pan Pacific Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over ninth-seeded Katie Boulter on Saturday. Kenin, who won the Australian Open in 2020 and was a French Open finalist the same year, broke the

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev paid for not closing out Lorenzo Musetti and lost their Erste Bank Open quarterfinal on Friday. Zverev won the first set and had momentum in the second, where he led 3-0 in a tiebreaker. But the top seed

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Ben Shelton knocked out top-seeded Andrey Rublev in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals in his first matchup with the Russian on Friday. Shelton won 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4, saving the six break points he faced, and converting the only two he forced.

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 02:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Katie Boulter has overcome a series of mediocre results on the WTA Tour’s Asian swing to advance to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bianca Andreescu on Friday. The 28-year-old British player lost in recent weeks in

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 06:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Felix Auger-Aliassime‘s bid for a third consecutive Swiss Indoors title ended Thursday when he lost to Mpetshi Perricard fired 22 aces past Auger-Aliassime and will face anotherbig-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-1, 7-6 (6). Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, in the quarterfinals. Ben Shelton

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 24, 2024, 08:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Five-time major champion and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova and Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful men’s doubles pairing in history, were named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 on Thursday. They will be inducted Aug. 23

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Stan Wawrinka became the oldest match winner in the Swiss Indoors tournament history when he outlasted Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. Playing in front of a home crowd, Wawrinka, 39, earned his first win over Mannarino after having lost

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — Alexander Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the Erste Bank Open by beating Marcos Giron 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday for the German’s personal-best 61st win of the year. The third-ranked Zverev, who is the top seed at the indoor hard-court tournament in the

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Paris Masters, organizers said Wednesday. Djokovic, 37, played at the Six Kings Slam exhibition last week. Organizers did not give a reason for Djokovic’s withdrawal. Djokovic has won a record seven titles at the

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune kept alive their slim hopes of reaching the ATP Finals with wins at the Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday. Tsitsipas, ranked No. 11, outlasted Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), while 14th-ranked Rune beat Nicolas

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 22, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have played in some epic matches over the years. There was the 2012 Australian Open final, in which Djokovic needed almost six hours to defeat Nadal in five mind-blowing sets. And of course the French Open semifinals the