Tennis

Jerry Jiang Mar 26, 2024, 07:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions While competing in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open Tuesday, Victoria Azarenka and Yulia Putintseva had a longer break than they would’ve hoped for. Editor’s Picks A Hawk-Eye power outage occurred while Putintseva was leading Azarenka 2-1, with the score at 30-0. Regaining power

Associated Press Mar 26, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Defending Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev won his 350th career match to move into the quarterfinals for a fourth straight year, beating Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (5), 6-0 on Tuesday. After a tight opening set, No. 3 seed Medvedev pulled away

Associated Press Mar 25, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — US Open champion Coco Gauff is out of the Miami Open, the third seed beaten in three sets by No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Monday. Garcia defeated her second straight Grand Slam champion to reach Miami’s quarterfinals.

ESPN News Services Mar 25, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Andy Murray will be sidelined for an “extended period,” he posted Monday on social media, after suffering a significant ankle injury during his third-round exit from the Miami Open on Sunday. In what was likely his last ever appearance at the Miami Open, Murray lost to

Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Third-ranked Coco Gauff came from behind in the first set to beat Océane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 and advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open for the second time in her career. Gauff won 10 straight games after Dodin

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner advanced to the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over fellow Italian Andrea Vavassori on Saturday. The third-ranked Sinner, the Australian Open champion and last year’s Miami Open runner-up, had to wait overnight

Associated Press Mar 22, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Playing four days after the death of a former hockey player she dated, Aryna Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-3 on Friday in the rain-soaked Miami Open. Sabalenka has asked for privacy for herself and the family of Konstantin Koltsov,

Mar 22, 2024, 09:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Masters 1000 events in Canada and Cincinnati will be expanded to 12-day events next year, while there will be 16 ATP 500 tournaments, the ATP Tour said Friday. Seven of the nine Masters tournaments will now be held across 12 days each. The Italian Open, Madrid

Associated Press Mar 21, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Anhelina Kalinina was down and almost out Thursday with former top-ranked player Caroline Wozniacki one point away from winning in straight sets at the Miami Open. But the Ukrainian saved that match point and won the last five games of

Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Andy Murray won another lengthy match with Matteo Berrettini, who appeared weary and leaned on his racket to keep his balance during Murray’s 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory Wednesday at the Miami Open. Playing his first match on the ATP Tour

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Mar 20, 2024, 06:58 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Aryna Sabalenka on Wednesday addressed the death of her former partner Konstantin Koltsov with a statement posted to her Instagram story and released by her agent. “Konstantin’s death is an unthinkable tragedy, and while we were no longer together, my heart is

Mar 20, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The WTA has begun a review of its rules that could see players cleared of doping offenses or have their bans reduced return to the circuit with “special rankings” in future, the governing body of women’s tennis told Reuters on Wednesday. The rule change is being

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Mar 19, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA — Simona Halep had just lost to Paula Badosa 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Miami Open on Tuesday, but she couldn’t help but smile and flash a thumbs up to the crowd as she walked off

ESPN News Services Mar 19, 2024, 12:47 PM ET MIAMI — The death of Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro hockey player and boyfriend of professional tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has been ruled an apparent suicide, the Miami-Dade Police Department said Tuesday. Koltsov was 42. Police said in a statement sent to Reuters that Bal

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Mar 19, 2024, 10:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz are each halfway to achieving the 2024 Sunshine Double. On Sunday, in front of a star-studded crowd that included Zendaya, Tom Holland and Charlize Theron, Swiatek defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-0 in just 68

Mar 19, 2024, 12:06 AM ET Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro ice hockey player and boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42, Russian club Salavat Yulaev said in a statement on Tuesday. Koltsov played for the Belarus national team in the 2002 and 2010 Olympics and spent parts

ESPN News Services Mar 18, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Britain’s Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Miami Open on the eve of her first-round match due to a lower back injury, according to multiple reports. The former US Open champion missed most of last season after undergoing surgeries on her ankle and

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Mar 18, 2024, 10:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DARIA KASATKINA WAS seconds away from walking onto the court for her fourth-round match at the 2023 US Open. She had looked impressive in her opening three matches, and was now one victory from reaching the quarterfinals at a major for the first