Tennis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 20, 2023, 09:42 AM ET NEW YORK — As Coco Gauff received her $3 million check after winning the US Open title earlier this month, she glanced to the far side of the stage and couldn’t hide her gratitude. “Thank you Billie, for fighting for this,” she said as she looked

Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 06:46 AM ET NEW YORK — Billie Jean King’s victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women pushed for equality on the playing field and beyond. On the 50th anniversary of that match against Bobby Riggs — still the most-watched in tennis history — King

Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 11:21 AM ET LONDON — Finland’s reward for beating the United States and Croatia to reach the knockout stage of the Davis Cup is a quarterfinal match against defending champion Canada. Finland has never reached this stage before in the top team event in men’s tennis. The draw for the

Sep 18, 2023, 03:02 PM ET Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia has withdrawn from this week’s Guadalajara Open after injuring her hands when the shower door at her hotel shattered Sunday Haddad Maia, 27, said she needed stitches on both hands. “Other than that, apart from the scare, I’m fine,” she said in a translated Instagram

Associated Press Sep 18, 2023, 10:31 AM ET GUANGZHOU, China — British qualifier Harriet Dart beat Jule Niemeier of Germany 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Guangzhou Open as elite women’s tennis returned to China on Monday four years after the event was last held. Tournaments were canceled in China due to COVID-19

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 06:28 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Britain secured its place in the Final 8 of the Davis Cup with a tense 2-1 win over France on Sunday, when Italy also advanced to the quarterfinals. Dan Evans got Britain off to a winning start by rallying to beat Arthur Fils 3-6,

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 08:27 AM ET OSAKA, Japan — American Ashlyn Krueger capped a perfect week to win her first tour title by stunning top-seeded Zhu Lin of China 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the final of the Japan Open. Krueger hadn’t dropped a set at the tournament leading into Sunday’s final, and the

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 11:51 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Barbora Krejcikova of Czechia (widely known in English as the Czech Republic) beat Sofia Kenin of the United States 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the San Diego Open for her second victory of the year and seventh on the WTA Tour. Played in

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 07:20 PM ET SPLIT, Croatia — Defending champion Canada advanced to the Final 8 of the Davis Cup on Saturday but the United States was eliminated by Finland, which reached the quarterfinals for the first time with a 3-0 win. Otto Virtanen saved two match points in the decisive tiebreaker

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 11:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic beat unseeded American Danielle Collins 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Friday to reach the finals of the WTA Cymbiotika San Diego Open. Krejcikova will face wild-card entrant Sofia Kenin, who beat qualifier Emma Navarro, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the