Tennis

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 07:20 PM ET SPLIT, Croatia — Defending champion Canada advanced to the Final 8 of the Davis Cup on Saturday but the United States was eliminated by Finland, which reached the quarterfinals for the first time with a 3-0 win. Otto Virtanen saved two match points in the decisive tiebreaker

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 11:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic beat unseeded American Danielle Collins 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Friday to reach the finals of the WTA Cymbiotika San Diego Open. Krejcikova will face wild-card entrant Sofia Kenin, who beat qualifier Emma Navarro, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 05:40 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray wept Friday after revealing he missed his grandmother’s funeral to play in the Davis Cup Finals. Murray came from behind to beat Leandro Riedi 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 and give Britain a winning start in its 2-1 victory

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 02:07 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Qualifier Emma Navarro of the United States upset third-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (4) on Thursday night to advance to the semifinals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. Navarro scored her first win over a top-10 opponent, as both players were

Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 03:03 PM ET SPLIT, Croatia — Frances Tiafoe was beaten for the second straight time and the United States lost to the Netherlands in the group stage of the Davis Cup finals Thursday. Tallon Griekspoor defeated Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3) to secure the Netherlands the victory in Group

Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 03:17 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Anastasia Potapova stunned seventh-ranked Ons Jabeur 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open. It was the fourth time this year the 27th-ranked Potapova beat a player ranked in the top 10. “I think it was

Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 06:04 PM ET BOLOGNA, Italy — Canada started the defense of its Davis Cup title by beating Italy 3-0 in the group stage of the finals, with the United States, Britain and the Czech Republic also winning on Wednesday. Alexis Galarneau beat Lorenzo Sonego 7-6 (8), 6-4 before Gabriel Diallo

Sep 13, 2023, 10:43 AM ET Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the penultimate WTA 1000 event of the season in Guadalajara next week to stay fit for the rest of an “intense” season, the world’s No. 2 player said Wednesday. The 22-year-old Polish player was beaten by Jelena Ostapenko in the US Open fourth round

ESPN News Services Sep 12, 2023, 11:30 AM ET Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned for four years for two separate anti-doping rule violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday. Halep, 31, who has won at Wimbledon and the French Open, has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after testing positive

Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 12:35 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Danielle Collins beat qualifier Louisa Chirico 7-5, 6-0 in singles at the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Tuesday and then joined Coco Vandeweghe of nearby Rancho Santa Fe for a 6-3, 4-6, 10-3 doubles victory against Marta Kostyuk and Alycia Parks. “The last couple

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 07:31 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Ugo Humbert beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 to help France get off to a winning start against Switzerland in the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Tuesday. Humbert’s victory gave France an unassailable lead after Adrian Mannarino defeated Dominic Stricker 3-6, 6-1,

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2023, 01:10 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In June 2003, Novak Djokovic secured his first professional title, beating Cesar Ferrer Victoria to win a small tournament in Serbia. In 2004, he earned his first win over a top-100 opponent. In 2005, he earned

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 02:01 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Katie Volynets rallied to defeat 17-year-old qualifier Clerive Ngounoue 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Monday night at the Barnes Tennis Center. Ngounoue had won two qualifying matches during the weekend and was hoping to win

Associated Press Sep 11, 2023, 01:34 PM ET NEW YORK — US Open women’s runner-up Aryna Sabalenka and men’s champion Novak Djokovic each moved up one spot to No. 1 in the world rankings Monday — Sabalenka’s first week atop the WTA and Djokovic’s record-extending 390th atop the ATP. US Open women’s champion Coco Gauff

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 11, 2023, 09:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially came to an end this weekend, with Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic winning at the US Open. It was the first of potentially many Grand Slam titles for the 19-year-old Gauff, who defeated new world No. 1 Aryna

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 10, 2023, 08:45 PM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic raised his hands in the air before falling to his knees and crouching on the ground, as nearly 24,000 people stood and roared in ovation. While his face wasn’t visible, his whole body shook as he sobbed. On Sunday, Djokovic defeated

ESPN News Services Sep 10, 2023, 07:36 PM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic emerged from an exhilarating and exhausting US Open final with a 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday night, using every ounce of his energy and some serve-and-volley guile to get past Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that

Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 09:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Katherine Hui made it two big victories for American teenagers at the US Open on Saturday, winning the junior title. Hui, an 18-year-old from San Diego who is entering her freshman year at Stanford, took the court for her final during 19-year-old Coco Gauff‘s