Tennis

ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will chase his seventh ATP title of the year in the Shanghai Masters final after beating Tomas Machac 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday. Victory ensured Sinner will be the ATP year-end No. 1 and the first Italian player to achieve that

Oct 11, 2024, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American Sebastian Korda is recovering from right elbow surgery, he wrote on Instagram on Friday. Korda, ranked 19th in the world, hasn’t played since a straight-sets loss to Tomas Machac in the second round of the US Open in August. He did not say how long

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka served up a master class to beat Magdalena Frech of Poland 6-2, 6-2 and maintain her undefeated record at the Wuhan Open. The Belarussian fired 42 winners in 16 games, and wrapped up her latest victory in 1 hour, 23 minutes

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Novak Djokovic and Taylor Fritz advanced to a semifinal matchup at the Shanghai Masters on Friday. Four-time champion Djokovic fought back from a set down to beat Czech player Jakub Mensik 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Mensik, ranked 65th, won

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions After an on-and-off season and an attempt to find an exit on his own terms, Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday that he would be retiring after one last Davis Cup go-round in November.

Oct 10, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, has announced his retirement. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The 38-year-old legend, who won 22 Grand Slam titles over the course of his 23-year career, posted a video on his social media accounts saying his final

Oct 10, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu has suffered another injury. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu has been forced to withdraw from two more tournaments in China because of an ongoing foot injury. Raducanu, 21, pulled out midway through her Korea Open quarterfinal clash with Daria

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 05:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Tennis great Rafael Nadal has announced he is retiring from the sport at the end

ESPN News Services Oct 9, 2024, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stefanos Tsitsipas became the latest player to lose his cool at the Shanghai Masters, accusing a chair umpire of having “no clue about tennis” and insisting on needing to “talk to a supervisor” during a lengthy rant Wednesday. Tsitsipas called out umpire Fergus

Associated Press Oct 9, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Jannik Sinner avenged his defeat to Ben Shelton in the fourth round of last year’s Shanghai Masters with a 6-4, 7-6 (1) victory to spoil the 22-year-old American’s birthday on Wednesday. Like last year, the duel again featured some incredible shot-making and

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 9, 2024, 06:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Line judges will be scrapped at next year’s Wimbledon championships and replaced by artificial intelligence-powered

ESPN News Services Oct 8, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Frances Tiafoe directed an expletive-filled tirade at a chair umpire after losing his third-round match Tuesday at the ATP Shanghai Masters event. Tiafoe lost to unseeded Roman Safiullin 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5), minutes after chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote called a time violation on

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 8, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s been an up-and-down season for Coco Gauff. After winning her first major title at the 2023 US Open, the now 20-year-old started her year by earning the trophy at Auckland and reaching the semifinals at the Australian Open but never quite found

Oct 8, 2024, 04:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions British No. 1 Katie Boulter is out of the Wuhan Open. Photo by Wang He/Getty Images British No. 1 Katie Boulter has been knocked-out of the Wuhan Open in the first round after a straight-set defeat to Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko. The Ukrainian breezed past Boulter in the

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Longtime Florida women’s tennis coach Roland Thornqvist retired Monday, ending his career with more than 500 wins and four national championships. Thornqvist, 54, led the Gators to NCAA championships in 2003, 2011, 2012 and 2017. He won 11 Southeastern Conference titles

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PASADENA, Calif. — Tennis great Billie Jean King will preside over the 136th Rose Parade as grand marshal next year. King, who turns 81 next month, was introduced Monday in a shower of confetti on the lawn of Tournament House as “Philadelphia Freedom,” the

Oct 7, 2024, 07:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has pulled out of the Japan Open due to a back injury that forced her retirement from the China Open last week, organizers said Monday. The 26-year-old was forced off court in the second set of her last-16 match at

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner overcame a one-set deficit to rally to a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win against Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Shanghai Masters. A night after winning his 250th career match with a straight-sets victory, the 23-year-old Italian faced a much