8:10 AM ET Naomi Osaka has opened up about her struggle with shyness and said she is now able to conduct interviews in “full sentences” rather than one-word answers. The tennis season has been halted since early March due to the coronavirus pandemic and Osaka, 22, has used the time to overcome her shyness. “For
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4:36 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s National Bank is offering cash grants to each of 23 tennis players from the country who are facing financial issues because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tennis Canada announced the grants of $10,000 to $20,000 in Canadian dollars, or about $7,000 to $14,000 in U.S. dollars, from National Bank on
8:23 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and third-ranked Karolina Pliskova will lead teams in a tennis charity event during the coronavirus pandemic. Pliskova’s team will include her twin sister Kristyna, 2019 French Open runner-up Marketa Vondrousova, Tereza Martincova and Nikola Bartunkova. Kvitova will be
7:43 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — The French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros could be held without fans later this year, the president of the French Tennis Federation said on Sunday. The clay-court tournament at Roland Garros was initially slated to be held May 24-June 7, but was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic
8:22 AM ET Associated Press Rafael Nadal says Novak Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to keep playing if tennis bodies make coronavirus shots obligatory once they become available. Nadal tells Spanish newspaper La Voz de Galicia this week that Djokovic and all players will have to follow the rules when tennis eventually returns to
8:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer When John McEnroe lost the 1984 French Open final to Ivan Lendl in heartbreaking fashion, he never envisioned one day, more than 35 years later, he would be describing that very moment as part of a devastatingly effective punchline in a coming-of-age Netflix series about a first-generation Indian American
8:47 AM ET Canada’s Vasek Pospisil has hit back at Nick Kyrgios for opposing the proposal to merge the men’s ATP and women’s WTA tennis tours, saying the Australian did not have enough information to comment on the matter. Roger Federer called for a merger between the two governing bodies last month, with both ATP
8:49 AM ET Tennis fans celebrated the resumption of live action last week, becoming one of the first major sports to stage and broadcast live competition since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. But what the game will look like in the weeks and months to come is not at all clear. Two exhibition events
8:06 AM ET Associated Press The French Tennis Federation says it will refund tickets purchased for the French Open because of uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic. The clay-court tournament at Roland Garros was initially slated to be held May 24-June 7 but has been rescheduled for Sept. 20-Oct. 4. The FFT says it “has
May 6, 2020 Tennis star Sania Mirza takes pride in the fact that many of India’s sporting stars, outside cricket, are women even though she believes that it will take a few more generations before being a sportswoman is seen as a natural career choice in the country. “I take huge pride in the fact
6:30 AM ET Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chief Steve Simon has said a merger with the men’s ATP “makes all the sense in the world” but that it would not take the form of “an acquisition.” The tennis season was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic and the hiatus will continue at least
6:58 AM ET The 2021 Australian Open could be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Tennis Australia chief Craig Tiley said on Wednesday, with fans from abroad unlikely to be able to attend even if it does go ahead. The tennis season was halted in early March due to the spread of the coronavirus, which
4:12 PM ET Associated Press More than $6 million has been raised by the governing bodies of tennis for a relief fund aimed at lessening the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic on about 800 players. The WTA and ATP tours, the International Tennis Federation and the groups that run the four Grand Slam tournaments
2:35 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — The tennis club where Novak Djokovic broke confinement rules in Spain said Tuesday it mistakenly allowed the top-ranked Serb to practice and apologized for the error. Djokovic published a video of him training on Monday in apparent violation of Spain’s current rules amid the coronavirus pandemic. The video
12:01 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — If given the option, Rafael Nadal said he would scrap this season entirely so tennis could resume normally in 2021. The second-ranked Spaniard, who is 33 years old and has won 19 Grand Slam titles, said he hoped to resume playing this year but doubted it could happen
11:36 PM ET Although United States Tennis Association’s CEO and executive director Mike Dowse said last week that the US Open could conceivably be played in November in the California desert at Indian Wells, that is just one of several options the USTA is contemplating in its effort to host the final Grand Slam event
7:04 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic apparently broke confinement rules in Spain by going back to a tennis court on Monday. Djokovic posted a video on Instagram showing him exchanging shots with another man at a tennis club in the coastal city of Marbella, where the Serb has reportedly stayed. Djokovic filmed
3:26 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — A 21-year-old Egyptian professional tennis player once ranked in the top 300 was banned for life — just like his older brother was in 2018 — after an investigation found evidence of match-fixing. The anti-corruption Tennis Integrity Unit announced Monday that Youssef Hossam cannot compete in or even