Tennis

10:00 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. To say the 2022 Oscars got off to a strong start would be putting it mildly. Before

4:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Paula Badosa was midway through an on-court interview after another victory at the Miami Open when a thought crossed her mind. And given where she is right now, it made a lot of sense. “Why am I speaking English?” she asked. “I think there’s much

3:45 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance. The top-seeded Medvedev opened his quest at trying to reclaim the world’s No. 1 ranking Saturday by topping Murray 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Miami Open. Medvedev never faced a break point in any of

11:36 AM ET Emma Raducanu has defended her commitment to the sport and hit back at “unfair” criticism following her shock second round defeat in the Miami Open. Following a mammoth three-hour match against Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova, Raducanu was knocked out of the tournament on Thursday. After the result, Raducanu faced some criticism on

4:40 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Iga Swiatek started her week by deciding that she wanted to set her sights on becoming the No. 1 player in the world, without knowing how long that quest would take. A few days and one surprising retirement later, mission accomplished. Women’s tennis has a new

4:40 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Seeded women continue to have major struggles at the Miami Open, but Coco Gauff is one of the few exceptions. The 14th-seeded American, whose home is about a 45-minute drive north from where she’s playing this event, got past Qiang Wang of China 7-5, 6-4 on

3:49 AM ET Britain’s Emma Raducanu was knocked out at the second round of the Miami Open on Thursday after a mammoth three-hour match against Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova. The U.S. Open champion, who was won just two of her seven matches this season, was a set and a break up in the second set,

5:20 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Two days, two wins and making it look easy. Naomi Osaka sure seems like herself again. The former world No. 1 is through to the third round at the Miami Open, easily handling 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday. It was every bit

1:18 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Ashleigh Barty had just won the 2019 French Open and was standing on the court waiting for her team to join her. It was her first major title, and the realization of every young tennis player’s dream. Her longtime coach Craig Tyzzer rushed to be by her side, preparing an

2:39 PM ET Simona Halep withdrew from the Miami Open before her second-round match Thursday because of a leg injury that the former world No. 1 said will keep her out of action for three weeks. World No. 19 Halep, who reached the semifinals at Indian Wells last week and had a first-round bye in

11:43 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com In her first news conference since announcing her immediate retirement from professional tennis, three-time major champion and current world No. 1 Ash Barty called her decision “scary but exciting” and said she was looking forward to working with Australian junior players in the near future, as well as spending time

2:17 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Naomi Osaka was greeted by some cheers when she walked onto the court, then got significantly louder ones when her work for the day was done. Maybe the comforts of home helped. Flashing the level of play that vaulted her to No. 1 in the world

11:54 PM ET ASH BARTY MADE no attempt to hide the outpouring of emotion after she whipped a forehand past Danielle Collins to clinch the Australian Open title in January. At the time, her gargantuan roar and the tears that streamed down her cheeks appeared to be the byproduct of finally having the weight of

6:47 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Ashleigh Barty shocked the world when she announced her retirement on Wednesday just months after winning the Australian Open. But the world No. 1 women’s tennis player isn’t the first elite sportsperson to call time on their careers despite being at the peak of their game. Here is a (non-comprehensive)

10:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Australia’s Ash Barty, the No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 25. Barty said in an emotional video posted Wednesday local time on social media: “I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the

10:56 PM ET World No.1 Ash Barty’s shock retirement from tennis at only 25 has sent Australian social media spinning, with some of the biggest names in Australian sport reacting to the sudden news. Barty most recently ended the nation’s Australian Open drought, becoming the first Australian woman to lift the trophy in 44 years,

11:05 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a rib injury, putting his preparations for the French Open in two months in jeopardy. Nadal said Tuesday he underwent exams after arriving in Spain from the United States and results showed he has a stress

7:52 AM ET German tennis great Boris Becker “acted dishonestly” by failing to hand over assets including his Wimbledon singles trophies before and after he was declared bankrupt in 2017, a London court heard on Monday. The 54-year-old six time Grand Slam winner, who attended the opening day of his trial at Southwark Crown Court,