Tennis

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Taylor Fritz told his Wimbledon opponent, Arthur Rinderknech, to “have a nice flight home” after beating him in a second-round match Thursday. The pair got into a bit of a back-and-forth at the net after the 13th-seeded American’s 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Simon Cambers Jul 4, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Andy Murray left the court briefly, moments after his last-ever men’s doubles match on Thursday. When he returned, he gave his brother, Jamie, a long, warm hug. And the crowd, already on its feet, erupted, moved by the emotions of the

Jul 4, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray‘s Wimbledon farewell got off to a difficult start on Thursday as he was knocked out of the men’s doubles in the first round alongside his older brother Jamie with a 7-6(6), 6-4 loss to Australian pair Rinky Hijikata and John Peers. Clearly having his

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray all were included on the entry list for tennis at the Paris Olympics released by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday, as was Daniil Medvedev, who will be competing as a neutral athlete rather than

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 3, 2024, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EMMA RADUCANU’S SMILE still hadn’t faded. She was minutes removed from her dominant 6-1, 6-2 second-round victory over Elise Mertens at Wimbledon and seemed to be taking in every moment. As she stood to the side of No. 1 Court for her post-match

ESPN News Services Jul 3, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fifth seed Daniil Medvedev was being pushed so hard by Frenchman Alexandre Muller in their Wimbledon second-round clash on Wednesday that he completely lost track of the score. After losing a point to trail 6-3 in a tiebreak, the Russian sat down in

Associated Press Jul 3, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu will team up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon. The news arrived Wednesday, a day after Murray withdrew from singles a little more than a week after having surgery to remove a cyst from his spine. Murray is

ESPN News Services Jul 2, 2024, 12:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic wore a gray sleeve on his surgically repaired right knee while winning his first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday without too much of a test. Playing his first match since tearing the meniscus in his knee at the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 2, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A year ago, Marketa Vondrousova surprised the tennis world as she defeated one higher-ranked player after another to ultimately become the 2023 Wimbledon champion. The unlikely victor stunned Ons Jabeur, the clear favorite by both oddsmakers and fans, in the final and became

Andy Murray has withdrawn from his first-round match at Wimbledon against Tomas Machac and confirmed he has played his final singles match at the championships. Murray, 37, is still in the draw for the doubles, where he will play alongside brother Jamie but, having had a procedure on a spinal cyst on June 22, Murray

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 1, 2024, 09:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHRIS EUBANKS WASN’T feeling optimistic about the state of his game when the grass season began in 2023. He found himself unable to escape his negative thoughts about the surface, from his movement to the slower speed of the ball. After losing in

Jul 1, 2024, 06:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Russian 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova has pulled out of Wimbledon ahead of her opening-round match with Emma Raducanu on Monday due to illness. The 29-year-old, whose best performance at the All England Club came last year when she reached the fourth round, was replaced by lucky

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray underwent a spinal cyst procedure last week. Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images Andy Murray has said “it’s impossible” to know yet whether he will be able to compete at Wimbledon, even if he is “feeling better every day” as he recovers from

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 edition of Wimbledon begins on Monday, with plenty of storylines taking center stage at the All England Club in London. Perhaps the biggest storyline heading into this week is the status of seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, who underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus on June 6. Meanwhile, Jannik Sinner

Jun 29, 2024, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic is vying for his eighth Wimbledon title. John Walton/PA via AP Novak Djokovic has said he has tested his troublesome knee to the maximum since arriving in London and is confident he will be ready for his opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The 37-year-old

Associated Press Jun 29, 2024, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALLORCA, Spain — Alejandro Tabilo became the first Chilean man to win a grass-court title in the Open era at the Mallorca Championships on Saturday. Tabilo, seeded fourth, defeated the unseeded Sebastian Ofner of Austria 6-3, 6-4 in the final. A single break decided

Associated Press Jun 29, 2024, 01:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Taylor Fritz of the U.S. became the first three-time men’s champion of the Eastbourne International on Saturday. Fritz beat Australian qualifier Max Purcell 6-4, 6-3 in the final, capturing his eighth career title without dropping a set. He also won Eastbourne in 2019 and

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 29, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AFTER FOUR HOURS and 42 minutes of battle, Carlos Alcaraz fell to the grass and rolled over in celebration as the crowd roared. He had just done the previously unthinkable. He’d handed Novak Djokovic his first loss at Wimbledon since 2017 and won