Tennis

Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Amanda Anisimova upset second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals, her first victory over a top-10 player in nearly two years. One of five U.S. quarterfinalists, the 22-year-old Anisimova took a mental-health break from tennis

Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to 14th-seeded Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff was broken trailing 5-4 in the first set. The

Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Rain washed out all play Friday in the National Bank Open as remnants of tropical storm Debby rolled through. Thirteen matches were postponed, including three second-round singles matches that were delayed Thursday night. The ATP Tour event is set to run through

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner opened his National Bank Open title defense with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Borna Coric on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Sinner missed the Olympics because of tonsillitis after a quarterfinal loss to Daniil

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-seeded Coco Gauff cruised past Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April. “It’s not easy

Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, less than a week after the 37-year-old from Serbia collected his first Olympic gold medal. The Cincinnati event announced his withdrawal. Djokovic won last year’s title there; this year’s tournament starts next

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 07:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Olympic doubles bronze medalists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul won their opening singles matches Wednesday in the National Bank Open. The ninth-seeded Fritz beat Mariano Navone of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 and the 10th-seeded Paul topped Luciano Darderi of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 08:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Naomi Osaka of Japan beat another top player in her return from maternity leave, routing ninth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday in the National Bank Open. Osaka, a former No. 1 player, beat a top-20 player for the fifth

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Rafael Nadal pulled out of the US Open on Wednesday, making it the third Grand Slam tournament he has missed this season and raising more questions about his future in tennis at age 38. Nadal wrote on social media that he will miss “those electric and special

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 12:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic and other players at the US Open will be playing for a record total of $75 million in compensation at the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament, a rise of about 15% from a year ago. The women’s and men’s

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 12:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu‘s strong start turned into an early exit to her first hard-court tournament of the year, as the Canadian was beaten 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Lesia Tsurenko on Tuesday night at the National Bank Open. Andreescu won her home tournament in

Associated Press Aug 6, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Kei Nishikori rallied to beat Alex Michelsen 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 on Tuesday in the first round of National Bank Open, earning his first victory in an ATP Masters 1000 event in three years. The 2014 US Open runner-up from Japan has battled

Associated Press Aug 5, 2024, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will retain his ranking points and prize money after appealing his disqualification from the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Citi DC Open, the ATP announced Monday. Shapovalov lost the first set 7-6 (5) in a match against American Ben Shelton

ESPN News Services Aug 4, 2024, 09:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Sebastian Korda completed a father-son double Sunday night in the Mubadala Citi DC Open for his second ATP Tour title. Thirty-two years after father Petr won the then-Sovran Bank Classic in 1992, the fourth-seeded Korda beat 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy

ESPN News Services Aug 4, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Paula Badosa of Spain won the Mubadala Citi DC Open on Sunday for her first victory following a back injury, beating Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in a rain-interrupted match. The 26-year-old Badosa, ranked as high as

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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 4, 2024, 03:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic walked back out onto the court at Philippe-Chatrier and dropped to his knees. As the fans in the crowd — still waving a mixture of Serbian and Spanish flags — stood collectively on their feet, loudly cheering and with

Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 02:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Emotional and unable to hold back tears, Carlos Alcaraz needed a moment to compose himself after losing to Novak Djokovic in the men’s tennis singles final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. There would be no youngest-ever champion and no repeating Rafael