Tennis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 9, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Morgan Riddle, the girlfriend of Taylor Fritz and a fashion influencer, issued a statement Tuesday after her Instagram posts went viral Monday following Fritz’s five-set comeback victory over Alexander Zverev in the fourth round at Wimbledon. In the first post,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 8, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — After an emotional start at the All England Club with Andy Murray’s final matches, we’ve officially reached the quarterfinals. There have been some surprising results, injuries and upsets — including the first-round exit of defending champion Marketa Vondrousova and upsets

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Maybe the Centre Court spectators were saluting Novak Djokovic‘s opponent by saying his name. Maybe they were booing Djokovic, trying to rattle him. The 24-time Grand Slam champion was sure it was the latter — and he let everyone know he was

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — The All England Club isn’t worried about fans skipping Wimbledon because of England’s run in soccer’s European Championship. The rain is another story, though. Week 1 attendance was down by 3.7% from last year as rain interrupted play on several days

Jul 8, 2024, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu speaking at her news conference after being eliminated from Wimbledon. JOE TOTH/POOL/AELTC/AFP via Getty Images Emma Raducanu on Sunday defended her decision to withdraw from the mixed doubles at Wimbledon which curtailed Andy Murray‘s career at his home Grand Slam. Murray and Raducanu, Britain’s last

Simon Cambers Jul 7, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — First Aryna Sabalenka withdrew before the tournament began because of injury, then world No. 1 Iga Swiatek went out on Saturday. Now on Sunday, Coco Gauff saw her hopes of winning a first Wimbledon title dashed when she lost 6-3, 6-4

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — French Open runner-up Jasmine Paolini reached her first Wimbledon quarterfinal when Madison Keys had to retire with a leg injury at 5-5 in the third set of their fourth-round match Sunday. Keys had served for the match at 5-2 in the

ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic shrugged off a slow start to power past unseeded Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) and into the Wimbledon fourth round Saturday. Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title looked under threat when Popyrin took a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 6, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iga Swiatek‘s quest to conquer grass will have to wait another year. On Saturday, the five-time major champion and world No. 1 was defeated in the third round at Wimbledon by Yulia Putinseva 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Swiatek looked to be on her way

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 10:39 AM ET LONDON — Vic Seixas, a Wimbledon winner and tennis Hall of Famer who was the oldest living Grand Slam champion, has died at the age of 100. The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced Seixas’ death on Saturday based on confirmation from his daughter, Tori. It said

Jul 5, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Second-seeded Coco Gauff ended the dream run of British qualifier Sonay Kartal as the American marched into the fourth round of Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-0 victory on Friday. Gauff was pushed hard by a player who began the week ranked 298th in

Jul 5, 2024, 02:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu marched into the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday after dominating world No. 9 Maria Sakkari in a straight-sets victory on Centre Court. The 21-year-old, who missed last year’s tournament after undergoing surgery on both wrists and an ankle, has been in impressive form

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Taylor Fritz told his Wimbledon opponent, Arthur Rinderknech, to “have a nice flight home” after beating him in a second-round match Thursday. The pair got into a bit of a back-and-forth at the net after the 13th-seeded American’s 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Simon Cambers Jul 4, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Andy Murray left the court briefly, moments after his last-ever men’s doubles match on Thursday. When he returned, he gave his brother, Jamie, a long, warm hug. And the crowd, already on its feet, erupted, moved by the emotions of the

Jul 4, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray said on Thursday that coming to terms with his impending retirement from tennis is “hard” and that he would ideally “play forever” were it not for the injuries he has suffered during his career. The two-time Wimbledon champion said on June 27 that if

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray all were included on the entry list for tennis at the Paris Olympics released by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday, as was Daniil Medvedev, who will be competing as a neutral athlete rather than

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 3, 2024, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EMMA RADUCANU’S SMILE still hadn’t faded. She was minutes removed from her dominant 6-1, 6-2 second-round victory over Elise Mertens at Wimbledon and seemed to be taking in every moment. As she stood to the side of No. 1 Court for her post-match

ESPN News Services Jul 3, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev was being pushed so hard by Frenchman Alexandre Muller in their Wimbledon second-round clash on Wednesday that he completely lost track of the score. After losing a point to trail 6-3 in a tiebreak, the Russian sat down in