Tennis

Associated Press Feb 10, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Second-seeded Tommy Paul and unseeded Marcos Giron won in straight sets Saturday to set up an all-American final in the Dallas Open. Paul beat No. 3 seed Ben Shelton of the U.S., 6-2, 6-4, and Giron rolled over a seeded opponent again,

Associated Press Feb 10, 2024, 04:43 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former Florida women’s tennis coach Andy Brandi, whose teams compiled a .914 winning percentage over 17 seasons and won three national championships, has died. He was 72. The Gators said Brandi died Thursday in Boca Raton following an illness. Under Brandi’s direction, Florida won

Associated Press Feb 9, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Frances Tiafoe can attend his own bobblehead night at the Washington Wizards game if he wants. The No. 1 seed in the Dallas Open was hoping for a conflict. Unseeded Marcos Giron stunned Tiafoe early and rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 victory

Feb 9, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Former Wimbledon and French Open champion Simona Halep was confident she would soon return to tennis after exiting sport’s top court Friday after three days of proceedings to appeal a doping suspension that could end her career. “I had the chance to show

Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 10:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Top-seeded Frances Tiafoe advanced to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over 19-year-old fellow American Alex Michelsen on Thursday night. Tiafoe gave himself three match points with a backspinning drop volley that landed so close to the

Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 10:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Ben Shelton cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michael Mmoh behind a dominant serve Wednesday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open. The third-seeded American lost just three points on his serve while breaking Mmoh early in both sets.

Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Novak Djokovic is returning to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in five years in pursuit of a record sixth title in the Southern California desert. The world’s top-ranked male player last competed at Indian Wells in 2019,

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Christopher Eubanks and Jordan Thompson rolled to straight-set victories to reach the round of 16 at the Dallas Open on Tuesday. Eubanks, the fifth-seeded American, and No. 6 seed Thompson of Australia were the highest seeds to play first-round matches in the

Feb 6, 2024, 12:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Six-time major winner Boris Becker said he has stepped down as coach of Denmark’s world No. 7 Holger Rune, effective immediately, due to “private and professional responsibilities.” Becker returned to the tennis circuit last October to coach Rune, who went on to compete in the eight-player

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Former top-ranked tennis player Simona Halep will go to sports’ highest court on Wednesday to challenge her four-year ban in a doping case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday that Halep plans to attend in person when the appeal

Feb 6, 2024, 06:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World number four Jessica Pegula has ended her five-year coaching partnership with David Witt who said the split had come as a complete surprise. American Pegula exited the Australian Open in the second round after losing to Frenchwoman Clara Burel and withdrew from the doubles event

Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Max Purcell won a tiebreaker in the deciding set after letting two match points get away, beating Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Dallas Open on Monday night. The sixth-seeded Australian won six consecutive points in

Associated Press Feb 4, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROSARIO, Argentina — Argentina reached the Davis Cup finals group stage by eliminating Kazakhstan 3-2 in the best-of-five-match qualifying round when Sebastian Baez erased two match points and came back to edge Dmitry Popko 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) on Sunday. Belgium, the Czech Republic

Associated Press Feb 4, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTPELLIER, France — Alexander Bublik again lost the first set before rallying to beat Borna Coric 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 and win the Open Sud de France on Sunday for his fourth career title. The second-seeded Kazakh dropped the first set in every match he

Associated Press Feb 4, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HUA HIN, Thailand — Rising Russian star Diana Shnaider bounced back from a turbulent second set to upend defending champion Zhu Lin of China 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 for her first title at the WTA Thailand Open on Sunday. The No. 108-ranked NC State student

Associated Press Feb 3, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HELSINGBORG, Sweden — Thiago Monteiro led Brazil its first spot in the Davis Cup finals group stage in September, beating Sweden’s Elias Ymer 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday for a 3-1 team victory. “I’m just happy to help the team,” Monteiro said. “Everyone had

Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VILNIUS, Lithuania — Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek secured a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup finals group round by winning the doubles match against Ukraine on Friday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series. Ram and Krajicek

Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek clinched a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round by winning the doubles match against Ukraine on Friday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ram