6:59 PM ET Associated Press TURIN, Italy — Croatia became the first team to reach the Davis Cup semifinals after seeing off Italy 2-1 on Monday. With the singles squared, the top-ranked doubles team of Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic had no trouble beating Fabio Fognini and Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4 in the decider. Sinner
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7:40 PM ET Associated Press U.S. captain Mardy Fish hinted at a lack of passion within his team after the record 32-time champion Americans were eliminated from the Davis Cup Finals by following up a lopsided loss to host Italy with a humbling defeat to Colombia on Sunday. The Americans left Turin 0-2 when Reilly
2:47 PM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — Emma Raducanu was about to enter the arena at the Royal Albert Hall, but first came a speech. Andrew Castle, a former British No. 1 himself, was hosting the long-running Champions Tennis event, and he tried to sum up what had happened since Raducanu last played in London.
9:46 AM ET Connor O’Halloran LONDON — US Open champion Emma Raducanu capped her remarkable debut season with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse in a light-hearted exhibition match at the Champions Tennis event at the famed Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. Britain’s Raducanu, who turned 19 years old earlier this month, was
11:03 PM ET Associated Press Steve Simon, the head of the WTA, says he remains “deeply concerned” about the whereabouts of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai and her ability to “communicate freely, openly and directly” after allegations that a powerful politician forced her to have sex. Peng, a three-time Olympian and former top-ranked doubles player,
7:18 PM ET Associated Press Not even Novak Djokovic playing back-to-back could help Serbia avoid losing to Germany in the Davis Cup finals group phase on Saturday. After Djokovic helped Serbia pull even at 1-1 by beating Jan-Lennard Struff, the world’s top-ranked male player immediately joined Nikola Cacic in doubles. But German pair Tim Puetz
3:34 PM ET Associated Press Top-ranked Novak Djokovic secured a victory for Serbia, 40-year-old Feliciano Lopez got defending champion Spain off to a solid start, and a young Italian team rolled past the 32-time champion United States in the Davis Cup finals on Friday. Djokovic beat Dennis Novak 6-3, 6-2 to give Serbia a 2-0
4:50 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Before any matches were played, Elias Ymer didn’t hesitate to say Sweden could succeed at the Davis Cup Finals despite being one of the lowest-ranked nations in the competition. He backed up his words with a great opening win on Thursday, then cheered on his brother Mikael in
3:02 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — A member of Spain’s Davis Cup team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was put in isolation a day before its first match, the International Tennis Federation said Thursday. The ITF did not say who tested positive in the Spanish squad, which is made up of Carlos
10:01 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The ATP Cup team event will kick off the slate of tuneup tournaments ahead of the Australian Open in January. Tennis Australia on Thursday said the Jan. 1-9 ATP Cup will be held in Sydney and will be followed by the new Sydney Tennis Classic, a combined