Tennis

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Defending champion Italy will take on Argentina in the first round of the Davis Cup Finals in November. Thursday’s draw for the last eight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga also set up the United States against Australia, Germany against Canada

Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka will start her 2025 season at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland in January. The four-time Grand Slam singles winner returned to tennis this year after an 18-month break during which she gave birth

Sep 18, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — World No. 6 Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustrating fourth-round exit at the US Open, Gilbert said Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to the next chapter of his career. Gilbert helped to

Sep 18, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina‘s tennis season has ended, the Ukrainian said on Wednesday after she underwent surgery on her right foot to address a long-standing injury. Svitolina came back from maternity leave last year firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, but she

Sep 17, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu has progressed to the second round of the Korean Open after defeating Peyton Stearns in straight sets on Tuesday. Raducanu, playing for the first time since her first-round defeat to Sofia Kenin at the US Open, came through a difficult contest against the American,

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will become the first individual women’s athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — US Open champion Jannik Sinner introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after firing his previous staff members because of a doping case. Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner’s physiotherapist. Both

Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has been forced to end her 2024 season prematurely due to a niggling shoulder injury, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up said. The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — Magdalena Frech defeated qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open. Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining Magda Linette, Agnieszka Radwanska and current

Sep 15, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Great Britain have been eliminated from the Davis Cup after Dan Evans was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by Denis Shapovalov in the first match of their final group-stage contest against Canada. Britain needed to win all three of Sunday’s games in order to progress to the knockout

Sep 14, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A second-string United States team extended its Davis Cup winning streak by dismantling Germany to top Group C in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday after both countries had secured their spots in the quarterfinals. The 32-time winners were without big names like US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz,

Associated Press Sep 14, 2024, 07:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has announced that she is no longer working with coach Wim Fissette. Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the US Open just over two weeks ago. She is currently

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Olivia Gadecki continued her impressive run in Mexico on Friday by advancing to the Guadalajara Open semifinals after beating Martina Trevisan 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The 22-year-old Australian qualifier, who is ranked 152nd, converted eight of 10 break-point chances to beat Trevisan,

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 06:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — The United States secured its place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals by winning both its singles matches against Slovakia on Friday, a result that also sends unbeaten Germany through from the same group. Mackenzie McDonald converted four

Sep 13, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Draper was beaten in the GB’s second singles game against Argentina on Friday. Getty Team GB were beaten 2-0 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking. British No.1 Jack

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan vote her first year on the ballot – an important part to possible selection to the hall’s next class. The organization released the voting results

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 02:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Teenager Marina Stakusic fought off four match points to claim the biggest win in her career after defeating top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday to advance to the Guadalajara Open quarterfinals. The 19-year-old Canadian trailed 4-0 in the

Sep 12, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s Laver Cup because he would not be able to play at his best as he battles to regain full fitness, the Spaniard said Thursday. Nadal last played at the Paris Olympics, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in