Tennis

Associated Press Feb 17, 2024, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — No. 2-ranked Carlos Alcaraz was upset by Nicolas Jarry of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the semifinals of the Argentina Open on Saturday. Jarry, after the biggest win of his career, will face home crowd favorite Facundo Diaz Acosta in

Associated Press Feb 17, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOHA, Qatar — No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek won the Qatar Open for a third straight year on Saturday. Swiatek defeated No. 4 Elena Rybakina 7-6 (8), 6-2 in the final. Rybakina led 4-1 in the first set but cut her leg in her serving

Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Argentina Open semifinals after beating Andrea Vavassori of Italy 7-6 (1), 6-1 on Friday. Alcaraz will face Chile’s Nicolas Jarry or home crowd favorite Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Two Argentines will play the

Feb 16, 2024, 02:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and Barbora Krejcikova have pulled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Osaka is still trying to find her feet on tour after returning to the circuit last month following a maternity break. The Japanese player fell in the first round

Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES — Defending champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open by beating Camilo Carabelli 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday in his first clay-court match of the season. The 20-year-old Alcaraz came from 2-0 down in the second set

Feb 15, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Former world number one Simona Halep is suing the Canadian company that produced a nutritional supplement that she believes led to her being handed a four-year ban for doping that could end her career. Halep is seeking more than $10 million in damages

Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 12:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American tennis player Jenson Brooksby‘s suspension for missing three doping tests will end on March 3, 10 months earlier than the original date, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday. The ITIA said it reached an agreement with Brooksby to reduce the ban from

Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Maria Sakkari and her coach, Tom Hill, are splitting up after working together for six years that included two Grand Slam semifinal appearances and a career-best ranking of No. 3. Hill wrote on social media Thursday that the pair is “ending our professional partnership

Associated Press Feb 14, 2024, 10:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES — Three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka was broken while serving for the match and lost 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (5) to third-seeded Nicolas Jarry on Wednesday in the round of 16 at the Argentina Open. The 38-year-old Wawrinka, who is ranked No.

Associated Press Feb 14, 2024, 02:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOHA, Qatar — Rafael Nadal put off his return to the tennis tour because he isn’t yet healthy enough to play, announcing Wednesday that he will sit out next week’s Qatar Open. “I would have loved to play in Doha, where the tournament team,

Associated Press Feb 13, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES — Former champion Diego Schwartzman was eliminated in the opening round of the Argentina Open on Tuesday, losing 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 to Daniel Elahi Galán of Colombia. Schwartzman, who is from Argentina, won the clay-court tournament in Buenos Aires in 2021 and

Associated Press Feb 13, 2024, 02:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Seven-time major champion Venus Williams and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki have received wild-card entries into the BNP Paribas Open next month. The combined ATP and WTA event is March 6-17 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Williams has been

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Feb 13, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a breakthrough 2023 season, in which he reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and a career-high ranking of No. 12, Tommy Paul had big goals for himself in the new year — starting with winning more ATP titles. On Sunday, the

ESPN News Services Feb 13, 2024, 03:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Alcaraz will have the chance to win the Olympic men’s tennis tournament at Roland Garros this year, as well as the French Open crown — and while he will be gunning for both, the Spaniard said if forced to choose he would

ESPN News Services Feb 13, 2024, 02:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu said she would make changes to her tournament scheduling following her first-round defeat by world No. 30 Anhelina Kalinina at the Qatar Open on Monday. Raducanu, 21, suffered a huge dip in form the season after her

Feb 12, 2024, 08:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Naomi Osaka has lost three straight matches following her successful return from maternity break, but the former world No. 1 said ahead of the Qatar Open that the only way was up from here. The four-time Grand Slam champion, who gave birth to her daughter Shai

Associated Press Feb 11, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Second-seeded Tommy Paul won his second career ATP title, surging ahead by winning the first three games in the third set and beating unseeded Marcos Giron 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3 in an all-American final at the Dallas Open on Sunday. Neither player

Associated Press Feb 11, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MARSEILLE, France — Ugo Humbert of France won his fifth career title Sunday, beating second-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-3 in the Open 13 final. Humbert became the eighth player in the Open era to win his first five finals on the ATP