Tennis

ESPN News Services May 4, 2024, 05:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Iga Swiatek avenged her loss in last year’s final to Aryna Sabalenka and won the Madrid Open on Saturday after a third-set tiebreaker. The top-ranked Swiatek beat No. 2 Sabalenka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) for her 20th career title and third

Associated Press May 4, 2024, 09:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — Second-ranked Jannik Sinner announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from the Italian Open because of an injured hip — denying the tournament its most anticipated home player in decades. Sinner joins third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on the sidelines after the Spaniard withdrew from

Associated Press May 3, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Andrey Rublev beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Madrid Open final where he will meet Felix Auger-Aliassime. Auger-Aliassime advanced after Jiri Lehecka had to retire at 3-3 in the first set of their semifinal. The men’s final for

May 3, 2024, 07:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz has pulled out of the Italian Open as he continues to recover from an arm injury, the twice Grand Slam champion said on Friday. Having successfully defended his Indian Wells title in March and reached the Miami Open quarterfinals, Alcaraz injured

ESPN News Services May 2, 2024, 03:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Iga Swiatek cruised to a straight-set win over Madison Keys to reach the Madrid Open final for the second consecutive year Thursday. Top-ranked Swiatek beat 20th-ranked Keys 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals. “It was a pretty clean performance and really solid

Associated Press May 1, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz‘s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The second-seeded Spaniard got off to a good start but then was outplayed by the seventh-seeded Rublev, losing

Associated Press May 1, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Top-seeded Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Madrid Open on Wednesday because of a hip injury. Sinner defeated Karen Khachanov in the fourth round on Tuesday and was scheduled to face Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals on Thursday. “Very sad to have to

Associated Press May 1, 2024, 09:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found Wednesday he had done “all that he reasonably could do” to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. Becker fell far short of repaying his creditors

Associated Press Apr 30, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Rafael Nadal had to pause for a few moments, visibly emotional, while addressing the crowd after his loss in the fourth round at the Madrid Open. As chants of “Rafa, Rafa, Rafa” echoed around, the five-time champion in Madrid made a farewell

Apr 30, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic thanked longtime fitness coach Marco Panichi for his years of service on Tuesday, signaling the end of a working relationship that began in 2017. “What amazing years of collaboration we’ve had. We reached the summit, won titles, broken records. But most of all, I

Associated Press Apr 30, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — After two comfortable victories, Carlos Alcaraz was put to the test at the Madrid Open. The two-time defending champion who is coming off a right forearm injury needed nearly three hours to defeat 24th-ranked Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) in

Associated Press Apr 29, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Rafael Nadal‘s body withstood its toughest test yet at the Madrid Open as he needed three sets and more than three hours to get past 91st-ranked Pedro Cachin on Monday. In the women’s draw, meanwhile, top-ranked Iga Swiatek remained on track for

ESPN News Services Apr 29, 2024, 02:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz said he is playing pain-free at the Madrid Open following an arm injury that derailed the start of his clay-court season, but the defending champion still has some lingering doubts about his forehand. The 20-year-old successfully defended his Indian

Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion, cruised past Thiago Seyboth Wild in the third round on Sunday to earn another comfortable win at the Madrid Open. Alcaraz won 6-3, 6-3 for his second straight victory in his first tournament after skipping Monte

Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID – Rafael Nadal tore his headband off, thrust his arms in the air, and soaked up the cheers. It was only a second-round win, but coming from where Nadal had been just a few weeks ago when he couldn’t even get on the

Associated Press Apr 26, 2024, 01:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz didn’t need to put his tender right arm to the test to ease to a victory in his opening match at the Madrid Open on Friday. The two-time defending champion was playing for the first time in nearly a month

ESPN News Services Apr 25, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal didn’t need much effort as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over American teenager Darwin Blanch in the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Nadal looked in good form in what was only his third match since returning

Apr 25, 2024, 08:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Billie Jean King Cup finals will take place over nine days with a knockout round replacing the group stage, organizers the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Thursday. The tournament will kick off in Seville, Spain, on Nov. 12 and end on Nov. 20, with