Tennis

Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 06:59 PM ET NEWPORT, R.I. — Teenager Alex Michelsen beat four-time tournament champion John Isner 7-6 (6), 6-4 in an all-American semifinal at the Hall of Fame Open on Saturday. The 18-year-old Michelsen, playing in his second career ATP tournament after winning a challenger tour event in Chicago last week,

Jul 22, 2023, 09:06 AM ET WARSAW — Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was blocked on Friday from entering Poland for reasons of state security and public safety, the Polish interior ministry said on Saturday. The 38-year old, a bronze medalist at 2008 Olympics in Beijing, was on the list of players of the BNP

Associated Press Jul 21, 2023, 08:19 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Top-ranked Daria Kasatkina is out of the Palermo Open after losing to home favorite Jasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals on Friday. The fifth-seeded Paolini found herself 3-1 down in the deciding set and facing three break points but managed to rally and didn’t let

Associated Press Jul 21, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Esther Vergeer had few role models in wheelchair tennis and limited opportunities when she took up the sport. Those aren’t problems any more, and she’s a big reason why. “That was also what I liked about my career, is that I know I was the one that

ESPN News Services Jul 21, 2023, 08:27 AM ET Amarissa Toth has apologized for erasing a ball mark during her Hungarian Grand Prix match against Zhang Shuai, with the disputed line call leading to Zhang retiring from the contest in tears. On Tuesday, second-seeded Zhang hit a crosscourt forehand that appeared to land on the

ESPN News Services Jul 20, 2023, 07:32 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Top-seeded Daria Kasatkina eased into the quarterfinals of the Palermo Open with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over Russian compatriot Tatiana Prozorova on Thursday. Kasatkina will likely face a sterner test against fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini, who she meets in the quarterfinals after the

Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 07:47 PM ET PALERMO, Italy — Second-seeded Zheng Qinwen beat Diane Parry on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Palermo Open. Zheng found it tougher than her 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sara Errani in the opening round but eventually prevailed 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. She will next face seventh-seeded Emma

Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 09:39 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Chinese tennis player Zhang Shuai quit a match after her opponent rubbed out a ball mark with her foot following a disputed line call at the Budapest Grand Prix. The second-seeded Zhang retired from the match while trailing 6-5 in the first set against

Associated Press Jul 18, 2023, 08:44 PM ET PALERMO, Italy — Top-seeded Daria Kasatkina struggled at times before beating Martina Trevisan on Tuesday in the opening round of the Palermo Open. Kasatkina prevailed 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-0, restricting her Italian opponent to just seven points in the deciding set. She will next face Russian compatriot

Associated Press Jul 18, 2023, 11:47 AM ET BASTAD, Sweden — More than 40 years later, there is another Borg on the list of ATP match winners. Leo Borg, son of 11-time Grand Slam champion Björn Borg, won a main-draw match on the ATP Tour for the first time Tuesday. The 20-year-old Borg put his

Jul 18, 2023, 06:38 AM ET Sweden’s Mikael Ymer has been suspended from professional tennis for 18 months after the International Tennis Federation appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport when he was initially cleared of three whereabout failures. Ymer said he had been charged with a potential anti-doping rule violation in January 2022

Jul 18, 2023, 05:21 AM ET Novak Djokovic has been fined $8,000 for smashing his racket against the net post during his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s singles final. The 36-year-old reacted angrily after he failed to break Alcaraz and lost his own service game during the fifth set of the match.

Associated Press Jul 17, 2023, 05:48 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Second-seeded Qinwen Zheng eased past Sara Errani with a double bagel in the opening round of the Palermo Open on Monday. Zheng beat the Italian 6-0, 6-0. The Chinese player will next face France’s Diane Parry, who eliminated another Italian in qualifier Aurora Zantedeschi

Jul 17, 2023, 03:42 PM ET New Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, who broke into the women’s top 10 Monday, plans to celebrate her win by getting a matching strawberry tattoo alongside her coach. The 24-year-old Czech player rose 32 places to 10th in the new WTA rankings after winning her first Grand Slam title with

Associated Press Jul 17, 2023, 07:40 AM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Carlos Alcaraz held onto No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday by virtue of his victory over No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, and Marketa Vondrousova‘s first Grand Slam title pushed her all the way up to a career-high No. 10

Jul 17, 2023, 06:42 AM ET Two first-time Wimbledon champions were crowned over the weekend: Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to ever win, while Carlos Alcaraz upset seven-time Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic for the title. After an exciting two weeks, is it too early to look ahead to the next major? No way.

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJul 16, 2023, 01:52 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). LONDON — In a brilliant, gutsy performance Sunday in the Wimbledon final, world No. 1

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 16, 2023, 02:19 PM ET LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz was not supposed to win Wimbledon. Not yet anyway. Despite Alcaraz being the No. 1 seed, it was Novak Djokovic, the seven-time champion and winner of the past four at the All England Club, who had been all but declared the victor