Tennis

3:28 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — The Ymer brothers keep coming through for Sweden in the Davis Cup Finals. A year after leading the Swedes to a surprising run to the quarterfinals, Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer got off to a good start and led their nation to victory over Argentina in the opening

8:52 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — It was a quick turnaround for tennis’ new No. 1. Hours after celebrating his first Grand Slam title at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz arrived back home to try to help Spain in the Davis Cup finals. “I’m very proud to arrive as No. 1 and do my

3:10 AM ET Emma Raducanu won her first match since her US Open exit as she beat Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the Slovenia Open. Yastremska was forced to retire with top seed Raducanu 6-2, 5-3 up and two points away from victory. 1 Related Raducanu crashed out of the US Open

9:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially ended this weekend, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek each winning their first US Open titles. 1 Related It was the first of likely many Grand Slam trophies for Alcaraz, 19, and the third for the 21-year-old Swiatek. Both are now the

Sep 11, 2022 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Walking out for his first Grand Slam final at age 19, Carlos Alcaraz bumped fists with fans leaning over a railing along the path leading to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Moments later, after the coin toss, Alcaraz turned to sprint to the baseline for the

Sep 11, 2022 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The US Open broke its record for attendance, drawing 776,120 fans for the two-week tournament. The previous best was 737,872, set in 2019, the year before the coronavirus pandemic began. Every session was sold out for the first time in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which opened 25

9:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz Lerma always told his grandson that to win tennis matches and to become the best player in the world, it would take “head, heart and courage.” And in the course of the US Open men’s singles final on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz had to draw on those three

7:01 AM ET There’s more than a US Open title on the line Sunday in New York: The man who wins the final will also become the world’s No. 1 player. Will it be Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old phenom who will look to join Pete Sampras as the only teenage males to win the US

6:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — As good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the US Open unsure of what to expect. She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than men do at Flushing Meadows, where she’d never been past the fourth round. She was trying to

Sep 10, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — After Ons Jabeur‘s forehand sailed out of bounds, Iga Swiatek immediately dropped to the ground and covered her eyes with her hands. Polish flags waved and “Iga” chants erupted around Arthur Ashe Stadium. Swiatek had just won the US Open, her third career major title and second

2:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe pulled out of the United States team that will play group stage matches in the Davis Cup next week in Glasgow, Scotland. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tiafoe’s withdrawal Saturday. Tiafoe, a 24-year-old from Maryland who was seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows,

8:00 AM ET On Saturday, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland will take on No. 5 Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. If Jabeur wins, she will become the first African woman in the Open era to earn a Grand Slam singles title. If Swiatek prevails, it will be her third major title, having won two French

12:04 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz and Frances Tiafoe engaged in a high-level, high-energy spectacle of a back-and-forth semifinal at the US Open — no point over when it seemed to be, no ball out of reach, no angle too audacious. One sequence was so stuffed with “What?! How?!” moments

6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Casper Ruud claimed a 55-shot point to end the first set of his US Open semifinal while building a big lead against Karen Khachanov and held on for a 7-6 (5), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 victory Friday that put him in his second Grand Slam title match

8:15 AM ET NEW YORK — The wristband on Frances Tiafoe‘s racket hand reads “Believe. Why Not Me.” After defeating Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev in front of packed stadiums, many more have begun to believe that his time might be now. Perhaps Tiafoe will be the one who ends the 19-year drought for a

8:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ons Jabeur reached a second consecutive Grand Slam title match without needing to produce her best tennis Thursday night, taking full advantage of a shaky showing by Caroline Garcia to win their US Open semifinal match 6-1, 6-3. The No. 5-seeded Jabeur, a 28-year-old from Tunisia, was

12:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish will miss the group stage matches in Glasgow, Scotland, next week because he got COVID-19, and Bob Bryan will fill in as acting captain. “I’m gutted to not be able to be there after putting a ton of work into this

7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur were both 16 years old when they first played against one another at a Grand Slam event. A year later they met again with a spot in a major junior final on the line. As heralded young players who frequently made deep