Tennis

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 04:29 PM ET LONDON — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz reached his first ATP semifinals on grass when he defeated former champion Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4 at the Queen’s Club Championships on Friday. Dimitrov, the 2014 winner who came through qualifying this year, was his own worst enemy. He had a better

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 08:20 AM ET HALLE, Germany — Jannik Sinner‘s preparations for Wimbledon were disrupted Friday when the Italian player retired from his match against Alexander Bublik in the Halle Open quarterfinals with an adductor muscle injury. Organizers said Sinner, ranked ninth in the world, strained his adductor while sliding to reach

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 05:28 PM ET HALLE, Germany — Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner reached the quarterfinals of the Halle Open on Thursday as defending champion Hubert Hurkacz was eliminated after a dramatic final-set tiebreaker. Rublev won his second-round match against German wild card Yannick Hanfmann 7-6 (6), 6-3 after turning around a

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 12:49 PM ET LONDON — So much for Carlos Alcaraz being a novice on the grass. The new big thing in men’s tennis looked quite at home on the lush green surface at the Queen’s Club Championships in beating Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3 to reach the

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 11:46 AM ET BERLIN — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and seventh-ranked Coco Gauff had upset losses to Russian players in the second round of the Berlin Open on Thursday. Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion from Belarus, was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (2) by Veronika Kudermetova despite improving after an error-strewn start. Gauff

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 02:30 PM ET GAIBA, Italy — Yanina Wickmayer will face top-seeded Tatjana Maria in the quarterfinals of the Veneto Open after rallying to beat former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. Kenin appeared headed for victory when she raced to a 4-2 advantage in the third

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 02:09 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — A finalist at the Birmingham Classic last year, Zhang Shuai of China was eliminated in the first round of the grass-court tournament Wednesday as one of four seeded players to go out. The seventh-seeded Zhang was beaten 6-4, 6-3 by 150th-ranked Emina Bektas of

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 07:18 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Wimbledon will use AI-generated commentary for the first time at this year’s championship. The All England Club will

Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 04:47 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — Britain’s Katie Boulter couldn’t bring along her title-winning form to the Birmingham Classic. Two days after winning her first WTA title at the Nottingham Open, Boulter lost in the first round of another grass-court event on home soil, falling 7-5, 7-5 to Lin Zhu

Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 04:28 PM ET HALLE, Germany — Hubert Hurkacz withstood a strong challenge from American Christopher Eubanks before starting his Halle Open title defense with a 6-4, 6-7 (11), 6-3 win on Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Polish player hit 22 aces and needed more than two hours to overcome the 77th-ranked Eubanks.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 20, 2023, 09:40 AM ET It’s been a good nine months for Frances Tiafoe. Since reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open in September, the 25-year-old made a finals appearance at the Japan Open, led the American squad to a United Cup victory, reached the semifinals at Indian

Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 08:04 PM ET NEW YORK — Martina Navratilova says she is clear of cancer. The tennis Hall of Famer announced the news Monday on Twitter after what she said was a full day of tests at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “I got the all clear!

ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2023, 04:07 PM ET GAIBA, Italy — Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Veneto Open on Monday. Kenin raced to a 5-0 advantage in the first set, then lost four straight games before closing it out and running away

Jun 19, 2023, 07:31 AM ET Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the tournament in Halle, Germany, due to an ongoing problem with his knee, the ATP Tour said Monday, as the Australian’s hopes of participating in the grass-court Grand Slam took a blow. Kyrgios, 28, had surgery on a left knee injury

Jun 19, 2023, 02:53 AM ET Two-time defending champion Matteo Berrettini has pulled out of the Queen’s Club Championships. Editor’s Picks The 2021 Wimbledon runner-up withdrew from the Monte-Carlo Masters, Madrid Open and French Open because of a recurring abdominal injury before returning at the Stuttgart Open, where he suffered a first-round loss to fellow

Associated Press Jun 18, 2023, 12:54 PM ET STUTTGART, Germany — There will be two American men’s tennis players ranked in the top 10 for the first time in more than a decade after Frances Tiafoe beat Jan-Lennard Struff on Sunday to win the Stuttgart Open for his first grass-court title. Tiafoe won 4-6, 7-6

ESPN News Services Jun 18, 2023, 10:38 AM ET Katie Boulter beat compatriot Jodie Burrage in the women’s final at the Nottingham Open on Sunday to retain her status as the British No. 1. Boulter needed 1 hour, 13 minutes to claim a dominant 6-3, 6-3 victory in the first all-British WTA final since 1977.

Associated Press Jun 17, 2023, 12:33 PM ET DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Ekaterina Alexandrova will defend her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova after both reached the final on Saturday without dropping a set all week. The No. 4-seeded Alexandrova defeated No. 7 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-1, 7-6 (1)