Tennis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 22, 2024, 09:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tears ran down Elina Svitolina‘s face as she left the court at Margaret Court Arena on Monday. She had to retire from her Australian Open fourth-round match against Linda Noskova after just three games because of what she later described as a back

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 22, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions

Jan 21, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The top half of the women’s draw has opened up at the 2024 Australian Open, with Qinwen Zheng and two-time champion in Melbourne, Victoria Azarenka the highest seeds in action today. For the men, Daniil Medvedev will look to book a spot in the quarterfinals, as

Associated Press Jan 21, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was ruthless in a 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino on Sunday, reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals and matching Roger Federer‘s all-time Grand Slam record. In a rare daytime appearance at Rod Laver Arena, the 10-time Australian Open

Jan 21, 2024, 02:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Cruz Hewitt hasn’t quite made the same grand entrance to tennis as his former world No. 1 father, crashing out in the first round of the Australian Open boys’ singles. Twenty-seven years after Hewitt famously became the youngest qualifier to make the Open main draw at

Jan 20, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The fourth-round action at the Australian Open gets underway on Day 8. Men’s world No. 1 Novak Djokovic returns to the court in a rare afternoon appearance at Rod Laver Arena. Women’s No. 4 Coco Gauff takes on Magdalena Frech, while later, Australia’s home grown hope

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 20, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a monumental US Open, expectations were high for the Americans entering the first major of 2024. With 19 women and 12 men in the singles main draws at the Australian Open, deep runs at the event seemed well within reach for many.

Matt Walsh, Assistant EditorJan 20, 2024, 09:01 AM ET Close Matt Walsh is a Melbourne-based sports journalist who willingly travels far and wide to watch any sport. Not only has he seen NFL in Dallas, football in London, baseball in Arlington and hockey in Boston, he’s covered F1, AFL, Wimbledon and the Australian Open for

ESPN News Services Jan 20, 2024, 01:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the fourth round of the Australian Open when his opponent, Shang Juncheng, retired early in the third set of their third-round encounter Saturday. Alcaraz, the No. 2 seed, was leading the 18-year-old 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 when

Jan 19, 2024, 05:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex de Minaur isn’t satisfied with becoming the first local man in almost two decades to make the second week of the Australian Open in three successive years. Now he’s looking to carve out his own slice of history. De Minaur was in a different league

Jan 19, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova has weathered a three-set war with Storm Hunter to end the local doubles queen’s Australian Open run. Following on from 3.39am finish for Daniil Medvedev’s comeback win over Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, the bleary-eyed Rod Laver Arena crowd were treated to

Matt Walsh, Assistant EditorJan 18, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Close Matt Walsh is a Melbourne-based sports journalist who willingly travels far and wide to watch any sport. Not only has he seen NFL in Dallas, football in London, baseball in Arlington and hockey in Boston, he’s covered F1, AFL, Wimbledon and the Australian Open for

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 18, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Amanda Anisimova shook her clenched fists, smiled and let out a deep breath. While the 6-3, 6-4 score might not have indicated it, nor her dominant play, the 22-year-old American had just won her first major match in over 17 months. As the

ESPN News Services Jan 18, 2024, 07:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Anna Blinkova needed 10 match points before finally finishing an upset of 2023 finalist Elena Rybakina in a half-hour tiebreaker to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Blinkova was a break up in all three sets, but the third-ranked Rybakina rallied

Jan 17, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Second-round action continues from the Australian Open, with women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek headlining the day session on Rod Laver Arena. Men’s world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz is also in action, while seeds Daniil Medvedev, Elena Rybakina, and Jessica Pegula are all seeking a third-round

ESPN News Services Jan 17, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic invited a heckling spectator to confront him face-to-face Wednesday at the Australian Open. During the fourth set of his second-round match against local favorite Alexei Popyrin, Djokovic walked to the back of the court and yelled at the

ESPN News Services Jan 17, 2024, 08:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the second straight match at the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic dropped the second set to his unranked foe. This time, against Australian Alexei Popyrin, Djokovic was also pushed to the brink in the third. But the 24-time Grand Slam champion regrouped, fending

Jan 16, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s a damp start to the second round of the 2024 Australian Open, with rain setting in around Melbourne Park. Nevertheless, with a roof over three courts, we will see action, with Ons Jabeur, Alex De Minaur, Coco Gauff, and Jannik Sinner all in action. Follow