Tennis

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, saying his body is not yet ready for competition. Nadal, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost a year

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — An Italian tennis official has been suspended for 5½ years for multiple corruption breaches, the sport’s integrity agency said Thursday. Manuel Guion, a national-level official who has also served as a line judge at ATP challenger level, admitted to five breaches of

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 08:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million, a 70% increase from 2023. The event

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton advanced to his first clay court quarterfinal on the ATP tour with a win over Zizou Bergs on Wednesday night in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton won 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to face fellow American Brandon

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Daria Kasatkina rallied after getting shut out in the second set for a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over Ashlyn Krueger at the rain-delayed Charleston Open on Wednesday night. Kasatkina, seeded fourth, does not play the season’s opening clay-court tournament often —

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The men’s ATP tour will try to shake up doubles tennis by trialing changes including a 15-second serve clock and reserving slots for teams to enter tournaments using their singles rankings. The ATP announced on Wednesday that the new format will be

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — American Aleksandar Kovacevic outlasted Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on Tuesday night to reach the second round of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship, winning 7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 6-4 in a match that lasted 3 hours, 16 minutes. “Go for it. That’s the

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula rallied from a set down and beat fellow American Amanda Anisimova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in a second-round match at the Charleston Open on Tuesday night. Pegula had seven aces in the match and won despite capitalizing on

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Apr 2, 2024, 07:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In January, Danielle Collins announced that 2024 would be her final season on tour following a second-round loss at the Australian Open. On Saturday, less than three months later, she won the biggest title of her career. Playing in her home state of

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Rinky Hijikata defeated fifth-seed Christopher Eubanks in his first career clay-court match at an ATP Tour event in the first round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Monday night. Hijikata won 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner‘s strong 2024 continued as he won the Miami Open with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. In a flawless display on a 79-degree afternoon, Sinner, the reigning Australian Open champion, moved to 22-1 on

Associated Press Mar 30, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova. The 30-year-old Collins

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 05:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner is starting to dominate. Sinner overwhelmed third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 on Friday in the semifinals of the Miami Open to improve to 21-1 this year. His only loss was to Carlos Alcaraz in the Indian Wells final.

Mar 29, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray will miss the Monte Carlo Masters and Munich Open next month as he recovers from a severe ankle injury sustained during his exit from the Miami Open, his team announced on Friday. The 36-year-old rolled his ankle in the deciding set of his 5-7,

Mar 28, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions German fourth seed Alexander Zverev overcame tricky conditions to beat Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday and reach the Miami Open semifinals. Zverev attacked Marozsan’s serve and converted three of his seven break-point chances, swatted aside the two break points he faced and won 80%

Associated Press Mar 28, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina defeated No. 27 seed Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in Thursday’s semifinals of the Miami Open. Rybakina, ranked fourth on the WTA Tour, will face No. 14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova or unseeded Danielle Collins in Saturday’s

Associated Press Mar 28, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.H. — Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College in June, the Ivy League school said Thursday. Federer will address graduates and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the June 9 ceremony in Hanover.

Associated Press Mar 27, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday. Sinner, seeded second, will