12:45 AM ET ESPN News Services SYDNEY — Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys fueled a critical day for Team USA on Monday, posting victories over Germany at the United Cup mixed teams event, securing the Americans a berth in the tennis tournament’s quarterfinals. The competition vs. Germany continues Tuesday, when Jessica Pegula faces Laura Siegemund
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12:12 PM ET Britain stormed into the knockout stage of the United Cup mixed team tournament on Sunday as Dan Evans came through a gruelling match against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win that gave his team an unassailable 3-1 lead. Britain began the day with a 2-0 advantage in the tie
7:04 AM ET Wimbledon’s decision to ban Belarusian players from last year’s tournament “changed nothing,” world No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka said on Sunday, adding that she hoped to return to the grass-court Grand Slam in 2023, having missed its fans and atmosphere. Wimbledon organisers banned players from Russia and Belarus last year after Moscow’s invasion
1:54 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Casper Ruud has taken up in 2023 where he left off in 2022, beating Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 6-2 in the first men’s singles match of the New Year to boost Norway at the United Cup mixed teams championship in Brisbane. Ruud had a successful 2022, rising as
9:18 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Jiri Lehecka has scored a 6-4, 6-2 upset win over world No. 12 Alexander Zverev to give the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Germany at the United Cup on Saturday. The 21-year-old Lehecka, ranked No. 81, broke four times in the Group C match at Ken Rosewall
10:29 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — It wasn’t the way Frances Tiafoe would have preferred to clinch a match at the United Cup mixed teams tennis tournament. The United States defeated Czech Republic when Tiafoe’s opponent Tomas Machac retired due to a right ankle injury in the second set of their singles match Friday.
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem was given a wild card into the main draw of next month’s Australian Open after his successful return from a right wrist injury, it was announced. Tournament officials said Friday that Thiem, an Australian Open finalist in 2020, received a
6:16 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Novak Djokovic is reiterating that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation in January ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament. Djokovic was deported almost 12 months ago after arriving unvaccinated against COVID-19 at a time when
Dec 28, 2022 Associated Press SYDNEY — Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Czech Republic at the new United Cup mixed teams tournament Thursday. Fritz broke Jiri Lehecka‘s serve in the ninth game of the second set and went on to beat the Czech player 6-3, 6-4. Keys
1:25 AM ET Novak Djokovic and the rest of the world’s premier tennis players will compete for more than AUD$100 million (USD$67.35 million) in prize money over the Australian summer. The historic high mark comes from a record AUD$76.5 million (USD$51.52 million) Australian Open purse and the addition of the lucrative new United Cup mixed