Tennis

4:45 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev reached the Monte Carlo Masters final for the second time after rallying to beat eighth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 in a rain-interrupted contest on Saturday. The Russian player, who lost in the final two years ago, goes for his 13th career title and

7:30 AM ET WITH THE LOVE of her life by her side, Olympic tennis gold medalist Monica Puig boards a plane in New York on Nov. 7, 2022. She’s bound for her home, a 1,600-mile flight to Puerto Rico. A day earlier, Puig had bounded through the streets of New York City’s five boroughs, a

10:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff enjoyed playing in front of family and friends in a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in her hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday, teaming with Jessica Pegula — who also lives nearby — to give the United States a 2-0 lead over Austria. The No. 6-ranked

5:18 PM ET Associated Press After helping the Czech Republic to a 2-0 lead over Ukraine in their Billie Jean King Cup qualifier, Barbora Krejcikova announced Friday that she would be donating her prize money to help earthquake relief efforts in the host country. The matches were held in Antalya, Turkey. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake

8:59 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — American Taylor Fritz upset two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals Friday. Second-seeded Tsitsipas was on a 12-match winning streak on the French Cote d’Azur, where he claimed his two Masters 1000 titles. “I stuck to the strategy of pulling the

6:17 AM ET Rafael Nadal will miss next week’s Barcelona Open as he continues building his match fitness following a hip injury suffered at the Australian Open in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said Friday. Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami as well as the ongoing Monte Carlo Masters after suffering the

8:39 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Jan-Lennard Struff reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday with a 6-1, 7-6 (6) win over fourth-seeded Casper Ruud as the German qualifier took another step in his comeback from an injury. Previously ranked 29th, Struff dropped as low as No. 168 after suffering a

9:25 AM ET Associated Press The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. WTA chairman and

3:24 AM ET The war in Ukraine and the plight of its tennis players must be at the forefront of discussions at Wimbledon, not the Grand Slam’s decision to reverse its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, former world No. 1 Andy Murray said. Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam to ban competitors from Russia

11:51 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Fourth-seeded Casper Ruud extended his winning streak on clay to nine matches to reach the third round at the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. The 2022 French Open runner-up was made to work hard by Botic Van De Zandschulp in his opening match at the Country Club before

1:18 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic looked rusty as he started his clay-court season with a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win against qualifier Ivan Gakhov at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. The two-time Monte Carlo champion had not played since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships

5:23 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur won the championship rematch with Belinda Bencic at the Charleston Open on Sunday 7-6 (6), 6-4 for her third career WTA title. Jabeur, seeded second in the season’s first clay-court event, defeated the fourth-seeded Bencic of Switzerland, who had won the event title a

5:28 PM ET Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco — Roberto Carballes Baena rallied to win the Grand Prix Hassan II on Sunday, beating Alexandre Muller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in a three-hour final. “I am so tired, but I am very, very happy,” the Spaniard said. “It was a very, very tough match.” Neither player was

4:22 PM ET Associated Press ESTORIL, Portugal — Top-seeded Casper Ruud won his 10th ATP title by beating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the final of the Estoril Open on Sunday. Ruud did not drop serve to secure his first trophy of the season. “It’s my first time in Estoril and first time lucky,

3:43 PM ET Associated Press MONACO — Tenth-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland was two points away from defeat before rallying to beat Laslo Djere 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday. Djere served for the match at 5-4 and led 30-15 but Hurkacz broke

8:13 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Second-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to the Charleston Open final for the second straight year, beating No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 7-5 in a rain-delayed match Saturday. Jabeur, who lost this championship a year ago to Belinda Bencic, will either play No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula or

3:52 PM ET Associated Press ESTORIL, Portugal — Top-seeded Casper Ruud will play for his 10th ATP title against Serbian friend Miomir Kecmanovic in the final of the Estoril Open. They had contrasting semifinals on Saturday. Ruud barely beat Quentin Halys of France 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) after more than two hours. Halys served 16

7:54 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Second-seeded Ons Jabeur led the top seeds into the semifinals at the Charleston Open on Friday. No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina and No. 4 seed Belinda Bencic, the defending champion, also advanced to the last four with quarterfinal victories at the season’s first clay-court tournament. Jabeur, who