Tennis

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will become the first individual women’s athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — US Open champion Jannik Sinner introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after firing his previous staff members because of a doping case. Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner’s physiotherapist. Both

Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has been forced to end her 2024 season prematurely due to a niggling shoulder injury, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up said. The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — Magdalena Frech defeated qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open. Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining Magda Linette, Agnieszka Radwanska and current

Sep 15, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Great Britain have been eliminated from the Davis Cup after Dan Evans was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by Denis Shapovalov in the first match of their final group-stage contest against Canada. Britain needed to win all three of Sunday’s games in order to progress to the knockout

Sep 14, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A second-string United States team extended its Davis Cup winning streak by dismantling Germany to top Group C in Zhuhai, China, on Saturday after both countries had secured their spots in the quarterfinals. The 32-time winners were without big names like US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz,

Associated Press Sep 14, 2024, 07:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka has announced that she is no longer working with coach Wim Fissette. Osaka had expressed frustration with her recent results after a second-round exit at the US Open just over two weeks ago. She is currently

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Olivia Gadecki continued her impressive run in Mexico on Friday by advancing to the Guadalajara Open semifinals after beating Martina Trevisan 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The 22-year-old Australian qualifier, who is ranked 152nd, converted eight of 10 break-point chances to beat Trevisan,

Sep 13, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Draper was beaten in the GB’s second singles game against Argentina on Friday. Getty Team GB were beaten 2-0 by Argentina in their second Davis Cup group tie on Friday and failed to reach the knockout stages at the first time of asking. British No.1 Jack

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, led the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s fan vote her first year on the ballot – an important part to possible selection to the hall’s next class. The organization released the voting results

Associated Press Sep 13, 2024, 06:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — The United States secured its place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals by winning both its singles matches against Slovakia on Friday, a result that also sends unbeaten Germany through from the same group. Mackenzie McDonald converted four

Associated Press Sep 12, 2024, 06:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — Maximilian Marterer and Yannick Hanfmann eased to straight-sets singles victories Thursday for a winning 2-0 lead over Chile to all but ensure Germany advances to the Davis Cup Finals in November. In a Group C match on indoor hard courts in

Sep 12, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s Laver Cup because he would not be able to play at his best as he battles to regain full fitness, the Spaniard said Thursday. Nadal last played at the Paris Olympics, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in

Associated Press Sep 12, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the US Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz against

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 11:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Second-seeded Danielle Collins lost in the second round of the Guadalajara Open on Wednesday and third seed Victoria Azarenka withdrew from her match because of injury. Qualifier Olivia Gadecki, ranked No. 152, pulled off a major upset with a 6-3, 6-3

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 08:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — The United States opened group play in the Davis Cup by winning three straight matches on deciding tiebreakers for a 3-0 victory over Chile at Zhuhai, China, on Wednesday. Brandon Nakashima beat Alejandro Tabilo 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (3) after Reilly

Associated Press Sep 11, 2024, 12:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GUADALAJARA, México — Martina Trevisan settled a score against eighth-seeded Caroline Dolehide with a 6-3, 6-2 win Tuesday to advance at the Guadalajara Open. Trevisan, who lost to Dolehide a year ago in the Guadalajara quarterfinals, will next play local favorite Renata Zarazua on

Stephania Bell Close Stephania Bell ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Certified orthopedic clinical specialist and strength and conditioning specialist Clinician, author and teacher D’Arcy Maine Sep 10, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aryna Sabalenka, the eventual 2024 US Open champion, took the court for her third-round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova on