Tennis

Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 04:11 PM ET PRAGUE — Jaqueline Cristian upset top-seeded Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to eliminate the defending champion in the first round of the Prague Open on Monday. The unseeded Romanian beat the Czech player for the fist time in their four encounters. Another unseeded player, Viktoria Hruncakova of

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 31, 2023, 01:48 PM ET Venus Williams will play in the upcoming Western & Southern Open after receiving a wild card, the tournament announced Monday. It is the second hardcourt event Williams will be playing this summer ahead of the US Open, where she also is expected to receive a wild

Associated Press Jul 30, 2023, 07:11 PM ET ATLANTA — Taylor Fritz won his sixth career title Sunday, beating Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4 at the Atlanta Open. The top seed and highest-ranked American at No. 9 tuned up for the U.S. Open with his second victory of the season on hard

Associated Press Jul 30, 2023, 03:56 PM ET WARSAW, Poland — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek won her fourth title of the year and her first at home by routing Laura Siegemund 6-0, 6-1 in the final of the Poland Open on Sunday. The French Open champion didn’t lose a set over the course of the tournament.

Associated Press Jul 30, 2023, 12:41 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Alexander Zverev won the Hamburg European Open for the first time on Sunday by beating Laslo Djere 7-5, 6-3. It’s the 26-year-old Zverev’s first title since winning in Turin, Italy, in November 2021 and he achieved it without dropping a set at his hometown

Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 10:29 AM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Experienced Dutch player Arantxa Rus defeated German teenager Noma Noha Akugue 6-0, 7-6 (3) in the final of the Hamburg European Open on Saturday for her first WTA tour title. It was the first final for both players. The 19-year-old Noha Akugue was making

Associated Press Jul 28, 2023, 05:19 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — German teenager Noma Noha Akugue reached the final on her first time in the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament on Friday, continuing a meteoric rise for a player ranked 207th in the world. Noha Akugue won 6-3, 6-3 against another 19-year-old, Russian

Jul 28, 2023, 08:46 AM ET PRAGUE — Czech police stopped a Russian tennis player from entering the country ahead of the WTA Prague Open tournament, organizers said on Friday, as a new government resolution banning athletes from Russia or Belarus caused the event to scratch other competitors. The Prague Open starts on Monday and

Brianna Williams, ESPNJul 27, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Nick Kyrgios‘ Pokémon fandom has reached new heights. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The 28-year-old tennis star showed off a massive tattoo that covers his entire back and acknowledges his affinity for the Japanese media franchise. Charizard, Blastoise, Gyarados, Dragonite, Snorlax, Gengar and Mewtwo are among the characters

ESPN News Services Jul 27, 2023, 05:08 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Bernarda Pera, the defending champion at the Hamburg European Open, was upset Thursday by Russian Diana Shnaider. After dropping the first set to Shnaider 1-6, Pera was able to get on track in the second, breaking Shnaider twice en route to taking the

Jul 27, 2023, 02:11 AM ET World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev and Australia’s Nick Kyrgios have withdrawn from the US Open tune-up tournament in Washington due to injury, Citi Open organizers said Wednesday. Medvedev, who won the US Open in 2021, has five titles this year with triumphs in Rotterdam, Doha, Dubai, Miami and Rome.

Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 05:31 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Andrey Rublev saved three match points in a deciding-set tiebreaker to beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round of the clay-court Hamburg European Open on Wednesday, as top-seeded Casper Ruud also won in three sets. Rublev won 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7) after recovering

Associated Press Jul 26, 2023, 12:07 PM ET LONDON — Tennis coach and former top-10 player Mark Philippoussis has been fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for breaching betting sponsorship rules. The ITIA said Wednesday that the Australian was also given a four-month suspended ban “after receiving payment for providing a voiceover to

Associated Press Jul 25, 2023, 09:33 PM ET ATLANTA — Kei Nishikori won Tuesday in his first ATP Tour event in two years, beating Jordan Thompson 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the Atlanta Open. The 2014 US Open runner-up from Japan hadn’t played on tour since Indian Wells in October 2021. He then underwent hip

Associated Press Jul 25, 2023, 03:43 PM ET HAMBURG, Germany — Both the men’s and women’s defending champions recorded wins at the Hamburg European Open on Tuesday as Lorenzo Musetti beat Elias Ymer in the men’s first round and American Bernarda Pera booked her spot in the women’s quarterfinals, while top-seeded Donna Vekić was upset

Associated Press Jul 24, 2023, 02:57 PM ET HAMBURG — Alexander Zverev has again denied allegations of assault after the public prosecutor’s office in Berlin applied for a penalty order to be made against the German tennis star. “From my side, I completely reject the allegations. My lawyers will take care of the matter. I

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2023, 06:31 PM ET Novak Djokovic will not play at next month’s National Bank Open in Toronto because of fatigue, it was announced on Sunday. The 36-year-old from Serbia lost a thrilling five-set Wimbledon final to world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz a week ago. “I have always enjoyed my time

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2023, 07:00 PM ET Russian Andrey Rublev defeated Norwegian top seed Casper Ruud 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 in the final of the Swedish Open to claim his second clay-court title of the year on Sunday in Bastad. The 25-year-old, who won the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in April, took home the 14th