Tennis

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebden, and Nadal faces Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, with the winners of those matches meeting in Round

Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the reigning U.S. Open champion and the current No. 2 women’s tennis player globally, Coco Gauff was already going to be fairly

Jul 25, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Third seed Elena Rybakina became the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Olympic tennis competition Thursday, hours after the draw was made at Roland Garros. Kazakhstan’s former Wimbledon champion has pulled out of the singles and mixed doubles in which she was due to partner

Jul 25, 2024, 06:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The focus on gender equity at the Paris Olympics is the latest win in a terrific run of progress for women’s sports, tennis champion and pioneer Billie Jean King told Reuters, as organizers trumpet the progress made for women at the Games. The Paris

Jul 25, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rio Olympic silver medalist Angelique Kerber, who won three different Grand Slam titles, will retire from tennis after the Paris Games, the German said Thursday. Former world No. 1 Kerber, 36, finished runner-up to Puerto Rican Monica Puig at Rio in 2016 and won the Australian

Jul 24, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Holger Rune has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics due to a wrist injury, the Dane said on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Rune, who is 16th in the world rankings, was set to make his Olympics debut in Paris. “I am really sorry that I will be unable

Jul 24, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics because of tonsillitis, the Italian said on Wednesday. “I am saddened to inform you that unfortunately I will not be able to participate in the Paris Olympic Games,” Sinner wrote in a post

Jul 23, 2024, 09:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We spent last week counting down our list of the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, and two women’s tennis players made the list, starting with Serena Williams at No. 2 overall. We also voted on an overall top 10 for women’s tennis. Who else

Jul 23, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We have spent the past week counting down our list of the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, and four men’s tennis players made the list, starting with Roger Federer at No. 6. We also voted on an overall top 10 for men’s tennis. Who

Connor O’Halloran Jul 23, 2024, 03:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has announced he will retire from tennis after the Paris Olympics, bringing an end to his 19-year career. Murray, 37, withdrew from the Wimbledon singles championship earlier this month after failing to recover in time from a spinal

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2024, 01:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australia’s Alex De Minaur said he is ready to fulfill his Olympic dream after shaking off a hip injury that cut short his Wimbledon campaign and threatened his participation at the Paris Games. The world No. 6 pulled out of his Wimbledon quarterfinal

Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Tokyo Olympics tennis silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Games on Monday because of a hand injury. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic won Wimbledon last year despite being unseeded and was the runner-up at the French Open — played

Jul 22, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning Olympic champion Alexander Zverev is hopeful the knee injury he suffered at Wimbledon will not impact his chances of gold in Paris, but he said it is not yet healed. The German slipped and hurt his knee during a third-round victory over Cameron Norrie at

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BASTAD, Sweden — Rafael Nadal‘s winning run at the clay-court Nordea Open ended Sunday when the Spaniard was beaten by Nuno Borges 6-3, 6-2 in the final Sunday. The seventh-seeded Portuguese player broke the Nadal serve five times on his way to a first

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BASTAD, Sweden — Rafael Nadal reached his first final since the 2022 French Open by rallying to beat Duje Ajdukovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday at the clay-court Nordea Open. After needing four hours to beat 36th-ranked Mariano Navone in Friday’s quarterfinals, Nadal had a

Associated Press Jul 19, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASTAD, Sweden — Rafael Nadal advanced to his first semifinal in two years after a four-hour quarterfinal at the Nordea Open on Friday. Nadal fought past 36th-ranked Mariano Navone of Argentina 6-7 (2), 7-5, 7-5. Nadal led 5-2 in the deciding set. “I lost

Jul 19, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tennis great Novak Djokovic has been helping Mercedes Formula One driver George Russell prepare for sporting longevity. The 26-year-old Briton told Reuters at the Hungarian Grand Prix that he first met the 37-year-old Serbian in Monaco some years ago and admired his professionalism and dedication to

Associated Press Jul 17, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — The International Tennis Hall of Fame will move its enshrinement ceremony to August starting next year to better capture the attention of the tennis world on the eve of the US Open. The Newport facility also announced it will host a