Tennis

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Casper Ruud finally got the better of Novak Djokovic, beating the top-ranked Serb 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 on Saturday to set up a Monte Carlo Masters final against two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas won the earlier semifinal against a tiring Jannik Sinner 6-4,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Apr 12, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The sport of tennis might be on the verge of some major changes. Over the past several years, players have become increasingly vocal about their concerns, ranging from equal pay to challenging travel and tournament conditions to economic hardships for lower-ranked players. Now,

Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Novak Djokovic is back in the semifinals at the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time since 2015. Nine years after he won the last of his two titles at the clay-court tournament, the top-ranked Serb secured a spot in the last

Associated Press Apr 11, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Karen Khachanov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time with a 6-3, 7-5 win over fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev on Thursday. Khachanov will next play two-time Monte Carlo champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who beat Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-6 (3)

Apr 10, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Defending champion Andrey Rublev was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters in a 6-4 6-4 second-round loss to Australian Alexei Popyrin on Wednesday, and world No. 2 Jannik Sinner eased through his first test. Popyrin broke in the third game of the first

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Apr 9, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A new week, a new surface, another title for red-hot Danielle Collins. After winning her first 1000-level title in Miami on the hard court last week, Collins secured the trophy on the green clay at Charleston on Sunday with a dominant 6-2, 6-1

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Novak Djokovic made light work of his return to clay and did not face a break point when beating Roman Safiullin 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Serving for the match, Djokovic won on

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortes has been given a 15-year ban for match-fixing and other offenses. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Cortes, 29, admitted 35 breaches of the tennis anti-corruption program between 2016 and 2018. The ITIA said that

Zenia D’Cunha Apr 9, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This time last year, Sumit Nagal was trudging his way through qualifiers at the clay court ATP Challengers in Europe, losing in the first qualifying round in the first two weeks of April, 2023. This April, he started with a first-round win at an

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic has surpassed another tennis record once held by Roger Federer, becoming the oldest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Tour’s computerized rankings. Djokovic is 36 — he turns 37 next month — and is now older than

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters after Laslo Djere of Serbia retired with an injury during the second set on Monday. The 12th-seeded Tsitsipas was leading 6-3, 3-2 when his unseeded opponent pulled out

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 10:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Former tennis player Luis Horna, who is now Peru’s Davis Cup captain, has been fined $10,000 for promoting a betting operator, the sport’s integrity agency said Monday. Horna accepted the sanction, which also included a suspended six-month ban, the International Tennis Integrity

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton, 21, had 11 aces on the way to becoming the youngest player to win

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Danielle Collins is loaded with confidence and belief in what she can accomplish in her final season after following her Miami Open title with the Charleston Open championship on Sunday. Collins powered past 11th-ranked Daria Kasatkina for a 6-2, 6-1 victory

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Defending champion Frances Tiafoe and top-seeded Ben Shelton will play for the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship title after winning semifinal matches on Saturday. Tiafoe, ranked 21st, defeated Luciano Darderi 6-2, 7-6 (2) and looks to become the event’s first repeat champion

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Miami Open champion Danielle Collins won her 12th straight match and will play for a second straight title, defeating Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-3 in the Charleston Open semifinals on Saturday. Collins will go for lucky No. 13 in Sunday’s final against

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 7-6 (9) on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. “Definitely not an easy matchup today with the way Brandon was serving and playing,” Shelton said. “He made things

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) Friday to reach the Charleston Open semifinals. Pegula squandered four match points of her own, up 5-4 in the final set against