Tennis

3:55 PM ET Associated Press BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Novak Djokovic lost to a Serb countryman for the first time in 11 years in the quarterfinals of the Srpska Open on Friday. Dusan Lajovic won 6-4, 7-6 (6) to down a world No. 1-ranked player for the first time. “It is the biggest

7:54 AM ET The night session at the French Open will be brought forward by half an hour this year, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said on Friday. “It will start at 8 p.m. (local time) with an interactive show and the first point will be played at 8:30 p.m.,” she told a news conference. Last

1:43 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame windy conditions to advance to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday. Stefanos Tsitsipas also reached the last eight in Barcelona, defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2. Alcaraz was broken once

2:17 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev‘s tournament was ended in straight sets by Christopher O’Connell on Thursday while top-seeded Holger Rune won his opening match. Zverev had a first-round bye, and his second-round match with O’Connell was delayed a

6:16 AM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal will miss the Madrid Open next week because his recovery from a hip injury is going much slower than expected. The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been sidelined since January by a left hip flexor injury he picked up at the Australian Open. The issue has kept

11:40 PM ET Olympic champion Belinda Bencic will skip upcoming claycourt tournaments in Madrid and Rome due to “discomfort” in her hip but said she hopes to be fully fit for the French Open. Bencic said she was hampered by the issue during the WTA Tour’s U.S. swing, which included her run to the Charleston

2:47 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Coco Gauff fought off a deciding-set comeback from Veronika Kudermetova to reach the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday, and Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Jule Niemeier. Seeded fifth on the Stuttgart clay, Gauff needed nearly three hours to beat Kudermetova 6-2, 4-6, 7-6

11:25 PM ET Iga Swiatek said she has recovered from a rib injury and is ready to defend her Stuttgart Open title, though the world No. 1 concedes she may be a bit rusty following a monthlong absence. The Pole, who is also gearing up for the start of her French Open title defense next

4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Jelena Ostapenko swept past Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 at the indoor clay Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday for the British player’s second consecutive first-round loss. In a meeting of two former Grand Slam champions, the 2017 French Open winner from Latvia broke Raducanu twice in the first

3:55 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Fifth-seeded Sebastian Baez was upset by Oscar Otte in the first round of the BMW Open on Tuesday as out-of-form Dominic Thiem progressed in his match thanks to a retirement. Otte was the only one of four German players to win in front of the home crowd Tuesday