Tennis

Associated Press Aug 20, 2024, 08:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — A year after becoming a Grand Slam champion, Coco Gauff is teaming up with the “Breakfast of Champions.” As she gets set to defend her US Open title, Gauff is going to be on the cover of a limited-edition box of

ESPN News Services Aug 19, 2024, 05:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Aryna Sabalenka won her first title since the Australian Open in January, beating Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 in the Cincinnati Open on Monday. Sabalenka, who moved up a spot to No. 2 in the rankings before the match, didn’t lose

Associated Press Aug 19, 2024, 06:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NCAA champion Alexa Noel‘s debut as a professional tennis player arrives next week at the U.S. Open – a decade after she went to Flushing Meadows with a racket in hand for the first time. When she was about 11, the now-21-year-old American recalled,

Associated Press Aug 18, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker Sunday to reach the Cincinnati Open final, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek fell to No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the women’s semifinals. In the final Monday, Sinner will play American Frances

Associated Press Aug 17, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner fended off challenges Saturday to reach the semifinals in the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek extended her match winning streak to 15 with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. Swiatek will face third-ranked Aryna

Associated Press Aug 17, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Carlos Alcaraz has apologized for his behavior during Friday afternoon’s loss to Gael Monfils at the Cincinnati Open. During the third set, Alcaraz destroyed his racket by repeatedly smashing it on the court in a rare show of frustration for the four-time

Associated Press Aug 16, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Carlos Alcaraz repeatedly smashed his racket on the court in a rare show of frustration on Friday, and the four-time Grand Slam winner fell to Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 at the Cincinnati Open. In a match that was suspended by

Associated Press Aug 16, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, and Cam Norrie pulled out of the US Open on Friday because of injuries. The 18th-ranked Vondrousova has been sidelined by a hurt hand, and the 47th-ranked Norrie has a forearm problem. Vondrousova, a 25-year-old

Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Defending champion Coco Gauff lost Thursday in her opening match at the Cincinnati Open, falling to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Gauff, then 19, became the youngest Cincinnati champion last year on her way to winning the US Open a few

Aug 14, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex De Minaur said Wednesday that he will play in this month’s US Open, weeks after withdrawing from the Paris Olympics because of a hip injury. De Minaur pulled out of his Wimbledon quarterfinal against Novak Djokovic last month after sustaining a cartilage tear in his

Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 11:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek survived in her return to hard courts Wednesday night in the Cincinnati Open, outlasting Varvara Gracheva 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2. Playing for the first time since finishing third for Poland in the Paris Olympics, Swiatek set up a

Aug 14, 2024, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former champions Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu and Stan Wawrinka have received singles main draw wild cards into the US Open, the United States Tennis Association said Wednesday. Japan’s Osaka, who counts the 2018 and 2020 US Opens among her four Grand Slam titles, returned to competition

ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2024, 02:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Naomi Osaka said Tuesday she still does not feel like herself on the court eight months into her comeback season following a maternity break, with the four-time Grand Slam champion puzzled at her lack of power and accuracy. The 26-year-old Japanese player was

Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MASON, Ohio — Donna Vekic was defeated in her first match since winning the silver medal in the Olympics, falling to Ashlyn Krueger 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday at the Cincinnati Open. Krueger played her win into the field through the qualifying rounds,

Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Matthew Forbes won the USTA 18-under singles boys national title to earn a spot in the US Open later this month. If Forbes enrolls as planned for his freshman season this year at Michigan State, he can’t cash in on the

Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 10:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Alexei Popyrin of Australia, who turned pro in 2017, defeated fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 on Monday night to win the National Bank Open men’s singles title. Editor’s Picks The match took 90 minutes. Popyrin, who lost in the men’s

Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Jessica Pegula, the No. 3 seed and the sixth-ranked WTA Tour player, defended her National Bank Open women’s singles title by defeating Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 in Monday’s all-American final. Pegula, from nearby Buffalo, New York, won last year’s National Bank

Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Nuno Borges and Magdalena Frech, the top men’s and women’s seeds in the Cincinnati Open, advanced with wins in the qualifying round Monday. Borges, from Portugal, beat Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-6 (4), 6-1, and Frech, from Poland, beat 14th-seeded Jéssica Bouzas