12:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all ended up in the same half of the French Open men’s field in the draw Thursday, meaning no more than one of them can reach the final. The Big Three top the leaderboard for Grand Slam men’s singles titles. Federer and
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11:09 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Expanding the Davis Cup Finals to more venues will help attract more fans and avoid some of the late finishes that hurt the revamped event’s first edition, organizers said Thursday. Madrid was the sole host of the inaugural edition of the restructured Davis Cup Finals in 2019. This
6:49 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka will not be participating in any news conferences during the upcoming French Open, she announced in a post on social media on Wednesday. Osaka, a four-time major champion and the No. 2-ranked women’s player in the world, said her decision was motivated by her mental health. “I’ve often
1:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The US Open will use Hawk-Eye Live electronic line-calling on all competition courts during this year’s tournament for the first time, the USTA said in a statement on Monday. Seven of the nine US Open Series events leading into the year’s final major, including the Western & Southern Open and
12:59 PM ET Associated Press The Winston-Salem Open men’s tennis tournament will be back in August with full spectator capacity and full prize money after the 2020 edition was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The hard-court tournament announced Monday it will be played Aug. 21-28, in its usual spot on the ATP calendar right
10:59 AM ET Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his seventh ATP title after beating Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Lyon Open on Sunday. Tsitsipas, who dropped only one set in the entire tournament, wrapped up the match in 69 minutes to add a second title in the claycourt swing after
1:12 AM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The top-seeded Florida men rallied to beat Baylor 4-1, and the second-seeded Texas women topped Pepperdine 4-3, to claim team national titles on Saturday night. No. 2 seed Baylor took a 1-0 lead when Constantin Frantzen/Sven Lah beat Florida’s Duarte Vale/Johannes Ingildsen 6-2 and the Bears’ Finn
1:13 PM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff stormed to her second career singles title as she comfortably dispatched Wang Qiang 6-1, 6-3 at the Emilia-Romagna Open in her first clay-court final Saturday. The 17-year-old Gauff needed just 74 minutes to beat her Chinese opponent in Parma. She won more than three-quarters of
2:38 PM ET Third seed Casper Ruud claimed his second career title on the ATP Tour after beating Denis Shapovalov 7-6(6), 6-4 in the final of the claycourt Geneva Open on Saturday. Norwegian Ruud did not concede a single break point to the Canadian second seed to prevail in the battle of the 22-year-olds and
1:19 PM ET Associated Press PARMA, Italy — Coco Gauff reached her first clay-court final by beating Katerina Siniakova 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 on Friday at the Emilia-Romagna Open. It’s a second career WTA final for the 17-year-old American, who reached her first semifinal on clay last week at the Italian Open. She is gearing up