Tennis

Associated Press Mar 2, 2024, 12:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula beat Anna Blinkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the San Diego Open. Pegula, ranked No. 5 in the world, will face Marta Kostyuk on Saturday. Kostyuk dropped the opening set to Anastasia

Associated Press Mar 2, 2024, 01:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ACAPULCO, Mexico — Defending champion Alex de Minaur advanced to the final of the Mexican Open when Jack Draper retired in the third set Friday. The third-seeded Australian won the first set 6-3, dropped the second 6-2 and was leading 4-0 in the third

ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2024, 12:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andrey Rublev was defaulted from his semifinal at the Dubai Championships on Friday for yelling in the face of a line judge, allowing Alexander Bublik to advance to the final. The second-seeded Rublev erupted after Bublik won a point to take a 6-5

Associated Press Mar 1, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — The head of the Czech tennis federation has been detained as part of a fraud investigation into misuse of state funds that saw its headquarters raided by police this week. The federation on Friday appointed sport director Jan Stoces as interim head

Associated Press Mar 1, 2024, 12:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Emma Navarro beat Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Thursday night, her 14th win of the year, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. It marked the No. 3 seed’s second win over the Czech in a matter

Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 09:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ACAPULCO, Mexico — Defending champion Alex De Minaur battled past Stefanos Tsitsipas 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to book a second straight spot in the semifinals of the Mexican Open. De Minaur, the ATP’s ninth-ranked player, struggled in the first set and lost it

Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 12:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev stayed on course toward a potential rematch for the title at the Dubai Championships after the Russians won their quarterfinal matches Thursday. Medvedev, the defending champion and No. 1 seed, defeated eighth-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-3 to set

Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 01:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine, Daria Saville of Australia and Katie Boulter of England advanced to the quarterfinals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Wednesday. Kostyuk continues to build on the form that saw her reach her first major quarterfinal last

Associated Press Feb 28, 2024, 11:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ACAPULCO, México — Defending champion Alex De Minaur beat Sebastian Ofner 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Mexican Open. The third-seeded de Minaur will face fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas, who advanced to the quarters of the ATP 500 event with a

Feb 28, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray has said he is unlikely to play professional tennis beyond this summer after losing in the second round of the Dubai Championships. Murray, 36, has yet to win back-to-back matches in 2024, and already this week said he was probably in the final months

Associated Press Feb 28, 2024, 02:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Croatia’s Donna Vekic and Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska were among those moving into the second round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Tuesday. Vekic, a finalist here in 2022, beat local wildcard Katherine Hui, 7-5, 6-2, in her WTA Tour singles

Associated Press Feb 27, 2024, 11:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ACAPULCO, Mexico — Second-seeded Holger Rune eased past American Michael Mmoh 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday and advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open. Rune, ranked seventh in the ATP, needed 92 minutes to dispatch Mmoh, who made his way into the main

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Feb 27, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering Dubai, 28-year-old Jasmine Paolini had won just one WTA title on tour, at the 250-level Slovenia Open in 2021. She had never advanced past the quarterfinals at a 1000-level tournament. And even that she had done only once during her career. What

Associated Press Feb 26, 2024, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Katie Boulter of Britain and Daria Saville of Australia scored decisive wins Monday in the rain-interrupted opening round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. Boulter earned her first win over Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in four career matchups, 6-3, 6-1, in one

Feb 26, 2024, 11:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray said that he may only have a few months left of his career after beating Denis Shapovalov in Dubai on Monday. Speaking after the win, Murray, 36, said: “I probably don’t have too long left but I’ll do as best as I can these

Eric Gomez, Mexico writerFeb 26, 2024, 07:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When the first serve is delivered Monday at the 2024 Mexican Open in Acapulco, it will come exactly four months and a day after it seemed certain the tennis tournament would not come to pass. In a 12-hour-period beginning on the evening of

Associated Press Feb 25, 2024, 06:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Sebastian Baez won his fifth and biggest title Sunday with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against his Argentine compatriot Mariano Navone at the Rio Open. The fifth-seeded Baez wasn’t seriously challenged by the 22-year-old Navone, a qualifier, in the final of

Associated Press Feb 24, 2024, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Fifth-seeded Sebastián Báez beat his Argentine compatriot Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets on Saturday to reach the final of the Rio Open. The 30th-ranked Báez won 7-5, 6-0 in Rio de Janeiro. He will face either defending champion Cameron Norrie