Tennis

Sep 24, 2023, 02:12 AM ET Team World took a big step toward retaining its Laver Cup title Saturday, extending its advantage over Team Europe to 10-2 with Americans Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe leading the charge. John McEnroe’s team needs one win from its four matches on Sunday to reach the 13-point mark and

Sep 23, 2023, 07:52 AM ET China’s Wang Xiyu captured her first WTA Tour title Saturday as the world No. 88 powered past Magda Linette 6-0, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou Open, the first elite women’s tournament in the country since 2019. The 22-year-old Wang’s victory marked the fourth time that a Chinese

Associated Press Sep 22, 2023, 08:35 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Team World made it two in a row Friday night, with Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo claiming wins at the Laver Cup. Shelton defeated Arthur Fils 7-6 (4), 6-1 as Team World took an early lead over Team Europe at the Laver Cup

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 22, 2023, 09:42 AM ET It began with almost no fanfare. Before play got underway at the spectator-less, pandemic-restricted 2020 US Open, No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic and fellow ATP player Vasek Pospisil announced the creation of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), first with a letter to their ATP peers, and

Associated Press Sep 22, 2023, 11:26 AM ET GUANGZHOU, China — Top-seeded Magda Linette and local favorite Wang Xiyu advanced to the final of the Guangzhou Open after straight-set wins in the semifinals on Friday. The 31-year-old Linette, a semifinalist at the Australian Open earlier this year, beat Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-3. The Pole was

Associated Press Sep 21, 2023, 10:42 AM ET ZHUHAI, China — Returning to China for the first time in four years, Andy Murray won his first-round match at the Zhuhai Championships on Thursday, beating local wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5, 6-3. Murray, bidding for his fifth tour title in China and the first there

Sep 21, 2023, 01:25 AM ET Roger Federer said he enjoys being a part of the tennis community after his retirement last year and expressed an interest in captaining Team Europe at the Laver Cup, though the team has no immediate plans to replace Bjorn Borg. Federer, who helped Team Europe claim three Laver Cup

Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 12:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Looking for an “inexpensive” way into the lucrative sports memorabilia market? One of Roger Federer‘s match-worn outfits might be your ticket. Not just any shirt and shorts, of course. An online auction that starts Wednesday is offering a Federer outfit from his winning run

Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 06:46 AM ET NEW YORK — Billie Jean King’s victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby Riggs — still the most-watched in tennis history — King

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 20, 2023, 09:42 AM ET NEW YORK — As Coco Gauff received her $3 million check after winning the US Open title earlier this month, she glanced to the far side of the stage and couldn’t hide her gratitude. “Thank you Billie, for fighting for this,” she said as she looked

ESPN News Services Sep 20, 2023, 07:04 AM ET Rafael Nadal‘s most recent Grand Slam win came at the French Open in 2022, and with Novak Djokovic having overtaken his mark for most major titles in men’s tennis, the Spanish player conceded that his rival is the best player in history. Djokovic’s recent win at

Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 11:21 AM ET LONDON — Finland’s reward for beating the United States and Croatia to reach the knockout stage of the Davis Cup is a quarterfinal match against defending champion Canada. Finland has never reached this stage before in the top team event in men’s tennis. The draw for the

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Sep 19, 2023, 05:24 AM ET Tennis legend Rafa Nadal has said he would like to succeed Florentino Pérez as Real Madrid president one day but admitted he might not meet the criteria for the job. The 22-time Grand Slam winner — a Madrid fan and honorary club member — played

Sep 18, 2023, 03:02 PM ET Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia has withdrawn from this week’s Guadalajara Open after injuring her hands when the shower door at her hotel shattered Sunday Haddad Maia, 27, said she needed stitches on both hands. “Other than that, apart from the scare, I’m fine,” she said in a translated Instagram

Associated Press Sep 18, 2023, 10:31 AM ET GUANGZHOU, China — British qualifier Harriet Dart beat Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Guangzhou Open as elite women’s tennis returned to China on Monday four years after the event was last held. Tournaments were canceled in China due to COVID-19

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 06:28 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Britain secured its place in the Final 8 of the Davis Cup with a tense 2-1 win over France on Sunday, when Italy also advanced to the quarterfinals. Dan Evans got Britain off to a winning start by rallying to beat Arthur Fils 3-6,

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 08:27 AM ET OSAKA, Japan — American Ashlyn Krueger capped a perfect week to win her first tour title by stunning top-seeded Zhu Lin of China 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the final of the Japan Open. Krueger hadn’t dropped a set at the tournament leading into Sunday’s final, and the

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 11:51 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia (widely known in English as the Czech Republic) beat Sofia Kenin of the United States 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the San Diego Open for her second victory of the year and seventh on the WTA Tour. Played in