Tennis

7:56 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Wearing a face mask to the ballpark to watch your baseball team? What about hand sanitizer at every aisle that you have to use before going to your seat at an NBA game? Should there be temperature checks when entering the arena? And can fans say goodbye to high-fives, hugging

7:47 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer The night after she won an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio, Monica Puig found herself waking up every 30 or so minutes to make sure it wasn’t all a dream. She had wanted to stand atop the podium for as long as she could remember,

7:17 AM ET Associated Press Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are among 12 players confirmed to play in the virtual Madrid Open tennis tournament this month. David Goffin, John Isner, Karen Khachanov, Eugenie Bouchard, Kristina Mladenovic and Kiki Bertens will also participate from their homes in the April 27-30 online competition that is expected to

2:21 PM ET Associated Press The Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament will not be played this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tennis Canada announced Saturday that the event, scheduled for Aug. 7-16 in Montreal, is off the schedule. Quebec’s government announced Friday that no sporting events could be held through Aug. 31, though it

3:37 AM ET Former World No. 1 Andy Murray and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber will compete in a virtual Madrid Open, the WTA and ATP announced on Thursday. The Madrid Open was due to be played on May 1-10 but was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 1 Related Announced alongside Murray

7:33 PM ET Associated Press The International Tennis Federation is putting about half of its staff on furlough and cutting other employees’ salaries because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move includes a 30% pay drop in 2020 for ITF President David Haggerty and reductions of 10% or 20% for others. Haggerty wrote in an email

11:59 AM ET Associated Press The group charged with monitoring gambling and punishing corruption in tennis found nearly double the number of suspect matches during the first three months of 2020 — an increase it tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The London-based Tennis Integrity Unit issued its quarterly report Wednesday and said it received 38

8:25 AM ET Serena Williams‘ coach Patrick Mouratoglou has called on tennis governing bodies to come together and devise a way of helping lower level professionals struggling financially due to the coronavirus shutdown. The tennis season was halted in early March due to the pandemic, leaving players in the lower tiers who solely depend on

5:27 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer offered stuck-at-home amateurs the ultimate online fantasy camp of sorts Tuesday, a chance to get tennis tips from a guy many consider the greatest of all time. While people all over the world are cooped up because of the new coronavirus — social distancing while trying to stay

2:11 PM ET Associated Press Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki‘s farewell to tennis — an exhibition match against good friend Serena Williams — is being postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The last tournament of the 29-year-old Wozniacki’s professional career came in January at the Australian Open. The Dane won her Grand Slam title there

6:42 PM ET Associated Press Two-time major champion Simona Halep‘s injured foot is well enough that she has started running on it without pain. Halep said in a video posted on Twitter on Monday that she still has not healed to the point that she can play tennis. 🤗💪😘 pic.twitter.com/tC2QB52muK — Simona Halep (@Simona_Halep) April

5:36 PM ET Associated Press The men’s and women’s professional tennis tours are examining contingency plans for post-coronavirus rescheduling, including the possibility of pushing back the end of the 2020 season. The heads of the WTA and ATP said Monday their groups are working together on ways to assemble a new calendar. Under consideration: moving

8:58 AM ET Barely seven months ago, scores of fans milled around the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the US Open. Inside the exclusive, air-conditioned hospitality zone at the site’s Indoor Training Center, lobster rolls and steak were served alongside flutes of champagne. This week, the same hangar-like facility

7:47 AM ET Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios once again showed his compassionate side on Monday, pledging to help hungry people and drop off food at the doorstep for those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Kyrgios, who was placed on probation by the governing body of men’s tennis over his on-court behaviour last year,

6:41 PM ET Associated Press The U.S. Tennis Association on Friday said its best not to play the sport right now because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a posting on its website, the USTA called it “in the best interest of society to take a collective pause” from tennis. The statement from the organization that

1:18 PM ET Wimbledon, tennis’ premier summer event, was canceled on Wednesday for the first time since World War II, because of the coronavirus pandemic. Britain imposed a nationwide lockdown just over a week ago, and the All England Club announced after a two-day emergency meeting that the event it refers to simply as “The

11:05 AM ET Simon Cambers The Wimbledon Championships for this year have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the All England Club confirmed in a statement Wednesday. Wimbledon had been scheduled to be played between June 29 and July 12. Though the All England Club considered a number of alternatives, including postponement, it decided

11:31 AM ET There will be no riveting drama or heroics at Wimbledon in 2020, as All England Club officials canceled the most legendary tennis tournament of the year, making the announcement on Wednesday. The decision was made after weeks of deliberations amid the coronavirus pandemic that has put the entire sports world on hold.