Tennis

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 02:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Katie Boulter has overcome a series of mediocre results on the WTA Tour’s Asian swing to advance to the Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Bianca Andreescu on Friday. The 28-year-old British player lost in recent weeks in

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 06:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Felix Auger-Aliassime‘s bid for a third consecutive Swiss Indoors title ended Thursday when he lost to Mpetshi Perricard fired 22 aces past Auger-Aliassime and will face anotherbig-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-1, 7-6 (6). Canadian, Denis Shapovalov, in the quarterfinals. Ben Shelton

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 24, 2024, 08:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Five-time major champion and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova and Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful men’s doubles pairing in history, were named to the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 on Thursday. They will be inducted Aug. 23

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Stan Wawrinka became the oldest match winner in the Swiss Indoors tournament history when he outlasted Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. Playing in front of a home crowd, Wawrinka, 39, earned his first win over Mannarino after having lost

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — Alexander Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the Erste Bank Open by beating Marcos Giron 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday for the German’s personal-best 61st win of the year. The third-ranked Zverev, who is the top seed at the indoor hard-court tournament in the

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Defending champion Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from the Paris Masters, organizers said Wednesday. Djokovic, 37, played at the Six Kings Slam exhibition last week. Organizers did not give a reason for Djokovic’s withdrawal. Djokovic has won a record seven titles at the

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune kept alive their slim hopes of reaching the ATP Finals with wins at the Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday. Tsitsipas, ranked No. 11, outlasted Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), while 14th-ranked Rune beat Nicolas

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 22, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have played in some epic matches over the years. There was the 2012 Australian Open final, in which Djokovic needed almost six hours to defeat Nadal in five mind-blowing sets. And of course the French Open semifinals the

Oct 22, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Poland’s Iga Swiatek will play in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Malaga in November, where they face hosts Spain in the opening match, the world number two said on Tuesday Swiatek has not played since her U.S. Open quarterfinal defeat to Jessica Pegula in

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin extended her perfect record against Wang Xinyu, beating the 10th-seeded Chinese player 6-1, 6-4 in a first-round match at the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday. The 25-year-old American, who won the Australian Open in 2020 and

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev was sympathetic for Joel Schwaerzler after hammering the 18-year-old wild card in his hometown debut at the Erste Bank Open on Monday. Zverev won by a quick 6-2, 6-2 then gave 347th-ranked Schwaerzler, appearing in his second ATP

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 12:22 PM ET John Curry, a former chairman of the All England Club who led the Wimbledon tennis tournament through a period of expansion in the 1990s, has died. He was 86. The All England Club said Curry died on Saturday. No cause of death was given. “John Curry will

ESPN News Services Oct 21, 2024, 01:23 AM ET Japan’s Naomi Osaka said she will skip next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain as she recovers from injuries that have kept her out of key tournaments during the WTA’s Asian swing. With that, Osaka’s season will come to a close as she looks

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tommy Paul capped a dominant week by winning the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for a second time Sunday. The American, who hadn’t dropped a set this week, beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in the 85-minute final. It was a third tour-level trophy of

Oct 20, 2024, 08:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Daria Kasatkina defeated Russian compatriot Mirra Andreeva 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Ningbo Open final in China on Sunday and her second title of the season. Eastbourne champion Kasatkina, who has lost four finals this year, breezed through the opening set as the 17-year-old Andreeva

Associated Press Oct 19, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Jannik Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 for the championship in the Six Kings Slam exhibition Saturday after Novak Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the third-place match. While Sinner and Alcaraz probably have plenty of

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 18, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal has said he will not push to play in singles at his farewell

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 17, 2024, 10:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Danielle Collins said Thursday she will return to the WTA Tour next year, a decision that comes nine months after she announced she would retire at the end of the 2024 season. In an Instagram post Thursday, the world No. 9 said explained