Tennis

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Novak Djokovic made light work of his return to clay and did not face a break point when beating Roman Safiullin 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Serving for the match, Djokovic won on

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortes has been given a 15-year ban for match-fixing and other offenses. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Cortes, 29, admitted 35 breaches of the tennis anti-corruption program between 2016 and 2018. The ITIA said that

Zenia D’Cunha Apr 9, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This time last year, Sumit Nagal was trudging his way through qualifiers at the clay court ATP Challengers in Europe, losing in the first qualifying round in the first two weeks of April, 2023. This April, he started with a first-round win at an

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic has surpassed another tennis record once held by Roger Federer, becoming the oldest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Tour’s computerized rankings. Djokovic is 36 — he turns 37 next month — and is now older than

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters after Laslo Djere of Serbia retired with an injury during the second set on Monday. The 12th-seeded Tsitsipas was leading 6-3, 3-2 when his unseeded opponent pulled out

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 10:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Former tennis player Luis Horna, who is now Peru’s Davis Cup captain, has been fined $10,000 for promoting a betting operator, the sport’s integrity agency said Monday. Horna accepted the sanction, which also included a suspended six-month ban, the International Tennis Integrity

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton, 21, had 11 aces on the way to becoming the youngest player to win

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Danielle Collins is loaded with confidence and belief in what she can accomplish in her final season after following her Miami Open title with the Charleston Open championship on Sunday. Collins powered past 11th-ranked Daria Kasatkina for a 6-2, 6-1 victory

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Unseeded players Borna Coric of Croatia and Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday. Musetti downed 13th-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 and was clinical in converting four of his five break points in the

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Defending champion Frances Tiafoe and top-seeded Ben Shelton will play for the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship title after winning semifinal matches on Saturday. Tiafoe, ranked 21st, defeated Luciano Darderi 6-2, 7-6 (2) and looks to become the event’s first repeat champion

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Miami Open champion Danielle Collins won her 12th straight match and will play for a second straight title, defeating Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-3 in the Charleston Open semifinals on Saturday. Collins will go for lucky No. 13 in Sunday’s final against

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 7-6 (9) on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. “Definitely not an easy matchup today with the way Brandon was serving and playing,” Shelton said. “He made things

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) Friday to reach the Charleston Open semifinals. Pegula squandered four match points of her own, up 5-4 in the final set against

Shwetha Surendran, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 07:22 AM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Open Extended Reactions The 25-year sentence for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last week ended one criminal chapter in the implosion of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. But several civil lawsuits — including three that

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Miami Open champion Danielle Collins continued an amazing run by winning two matches Thursday, beating Ons Jabeur and Sloane Stephens to reach the quarterfinals of the rain-delayed Charleston Open. Collins, who has said this will be her final season on tour,

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