Tennis

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

Jul 17, 2024, 08:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Billie Jean King Cup finals in November have been switched from Seville to Malaga, organizers the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday, causing an overlap with the Davis Cup which will be held at the same venue. The tournament will kick off at the

Associated Press Jul 16, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Rafael Nadal was on the US Open entry list released Tuesday via a protected ranking, although that doesn’t necessarily mean he will compete in the year’s last Grand Slam tournament. Nadal has been dealing with injuries the past two seasons and

Associated Press Jul 16, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASTAD, Sweden — Rafael Nadal returned to singles action with a 6-3, 6-4 victory on clay over Leo Borg, the 21-year-old son of Swedish great Bjorn Borg, in the first round of the Nordea Open in Bastad on Tuesday. “For me it has been

Associated Press Jul 15, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal returned to the clay courts in Bastad, Sweden, for the first time in 19 years by teaming up with Casper Ruud to win a first-round doubles match at the Nordea Open on Monday. Nadal won the singles title in southern Sweden as

Associated Press Jul 15, 2024, 07:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returned to the WTA’s top 10 for the first time in six months on Monday, and runner-up Jasmine Paolini rose to a career-best No. 5. Krejcikova’s run to her second Grand Slam title, capped by a 6-2, 2-6,

ESPN News Services Jul 14, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Former tennis player Mardy Fish won the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament for the second time Sunday, holding off NHL player Joe Pavelski by four points. The 42-year-old Fish had a 26-point round at Edgewood Tahoe under

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 14, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Every four years (or so), tennis gives us a fifth major. Well, sort of. Tennis at the Olympics sometimes provides titanic heavyweight matchups — and sometimes delivers surprises. Editor’s Picks 2 Related It

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 03:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Nicolai Budkov Kjaer became the first Norwegian man to win a Grand Slam singles title at either the junior or professional level by beating Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-3 Sunday in the boys’ final at Wimbledon. The 17-year-old Budkov

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Hsieh Su-Wei is leaving Wimbledon with a trophy for the fourth time in her last four appearances. After her winning streak in the women’s doubles ended in the semifinals, Hsieh teamed up with Jan Zielinski to win the mixed doubles final on

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 14, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — For years, many in men’s tennis wondered who could replace the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal atop the sport once they inevitably retire. Together, they have collectively dominated on and off the court, with 66

ESPN News Services Jul 14, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A dominant Carlos Alcaraz swept Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the men’s final on Centre Court on Sunday to claim a second straight Wimbledon title. After breaking his opponent twice in each of the first two sets, Alcaraz broke in the