Tennis

Jan 13, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Australian Open tournament is underway! We’re just two weeks away from crowning a men’s and women’s champion – can anyone dethrone the king of Melbourne Park, Novak Djokovic? What about on the women’s side – will Aryna Sabalenka go back-to-back? Or can Naomi Osaka

Open Extended Reactions A FEW DAYS before Christmas, and a few days before Ben Shelton boarded a plane for the start of the 2024 tennis season and its first major at the Australian Open, he went over to his parents’ house in Gainesville, Florida, to grab something from his old bedroom. While he was rummaging

Associated Press Jan 13, 2024, 05:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Australia in January suits Jiri Lehecka. Last year, he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. On Saturday, the seventh-seeded Czech beat unseeded Briton Jack Draper 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in Adelaide International final to win his first ATP Tour title. Sixth-seeded

Jan 12, 2024, 10:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND — Alejandro Tabilo will head into the Australian Open on a high after winning his first ATP Tour title with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Japan’s Taro Daniel in the Auckland Classic final on Saturday. The 26-year-old Chilean, who is ranked 82 in the world

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 12, 2024, 06:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT WAS DEC. 1 when everything seemed to come together — again — for Naomi Osaka. She had been working tirelessly for the previous seven weeks with her team on and off the court at a private residence in Sherman Oaks, California, and

ESPN News Services Jan 12, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Jiri Lehecka defeated third-seeded Sebastian Korda 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the Adelaide International final. The Czech player, who has dropped only one set in the tournament, will face either Alexander Bublik or Jack Draper in Saturday’s final

Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The BNP Paribas Open is increasing its total prize money by over $1.4 million to $19 million for the two-week combined men’s and women’s tournament in the Southern California desert. Over $1 million in additional prize money will be added

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 11, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It might be cold or even snowing where you live, but it’s summertime in the Southern Hemisphere and that means just one thing: It’s time to get ready for long nights and overcaffeinated mornings because the 2024 Australian Open is upon us. And

Jan 11, 2024, 04:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions John Millman has choked back tears thanking his loyal fans after the self-confessed tennis “battler” played the final match of his storied 18-year professional career. The one-time US Open quarter-finalist and fan favourite lost 6-4 6-3 to Slovakia’s Alex Molcan in the second round of Australian

Associated Press Jan 10, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber or Danielle Collins in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title. Defending champion Novak

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Associated Press Jan 10, 2024, 03:45 AM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Playing true to their rankings, defending champion Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will be the top seeds at the Australian Open in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park. The men’s seedings mirror the ATP

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 9, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After several players voiced their concerns in 2023, the WTA and ATP announced new rules Tuesday to reduce the number of late-night matches at tour events. Citing an increase in the average match length, the organizations said matches finishing after midnight had “risen

Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 10:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Two-time champion Roberto Bautista Agut was knocked out of the ASB Classic in the first round Tuesday, beaten 6-4, 6-3 by fellow Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena. Bautista Agut won the Auckland title in 2016, beating John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Associated Press Jan 9, 2024, 03:13 AM ET ADELAIDE, Australia — Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Adelaide International on Tuesday citing a right hip injury, five days before the Australian Open starts in Melbourne. The No. 7-ranked Vondrousova pulled out of the tournament hours before her scheduled first-round match against Russian qualifier Aliaksandra

Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 03:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova and Beatriz Haddad Maia lost their first-round matches Monday at the Adelaide International. Qualifier Anna Kalinskaya beat 2021 Roland Garros winner and No. 4-seeded Krejcikova 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. Kalinskaya had three match points on Krejcikova’s

Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Christopher Eubanks struggled with a muscle injury before being eliminated from the ATP Auckland Classic in the first round on Monday. The fifth-seeded Eubanks needed court-side treatment for a glute muscle injury and went down 7-6 (5), 6-2 to Botic

Associated Press Jan 7, 2024, 05:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BRISBANE, Australia — Elena Rybakina claimed her sixth career title with a 6-0, 6-3 rout of top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka to win the Brisbane International in a perfect tune-up for the first major of 2024. In the men’s event, Grigor Dimitrov defeated top-seeded Holger Rune