Tennis

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 02:01 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Katie Volynets rallied to defeat 17-year-old qualifier Clerive Ngounoue 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Cymbiotika San Diego Open on Monday night at the Barnes Tennis Center. Ngounoue had won two qualifying matches during the weekend and was hoping to win

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 11, 2023, 09:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially came to an end this weekend, with Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic winning at the US Open. It was the first of potentially many Grand Slam titles for the 19-year-old Gauff, who defeated new world No. 1 Aryna

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 10, 2023, 08:45 PM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic raised his hands in the air before falling to his knees and crouching on the ground, as nearly 24,000 people stood and roared in ovation. While his face wasn’t visible, his whole body shook as he sobbed. On Sunday, Djokovic defeated

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 10, 2023, 09:22 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic altered the tennis record books again Sunday, winning his fourth

Sep 10, 2023, 04:26 PM ET NEW YORK — Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealander Erin Routliffe defeated former champions Laura Siegemund of Germany and Russia’s Vera Zvonareva 7-6(9) 6-3 to win the US Open women’s doubles final on Sunday. Dabrowski and Routliffe, who began their partnership just last month, saved eight of the nine

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 9, 2023, 08:00 PM ET NEW YORK — The first time Coco Gauff played on Arthur Ashe Stadium ended in tears. It was 2019 and she had arrived in New York fresh off of her star-making run at Wimbledon as a 15-year-old qualifier. Suddenly everyone knew who she was, and fans

Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 09:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Katherine Hui made it two big victories for American teenagers at the US Open on Saturday, winning the junior title. Hui, an 18-year-old from San Diego who is entering her freshman year at Stanford, took the court for her final during 19-year-old Coco Gauff‘s

ESPN News Services Sep 8, 2023, 10:49 PM ET NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev predicted he would need to play “11 out of 10” to get past defending champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open. How did Medvedev rate his performance against Alcaraz in the semifinals Friday night? “I played 12 out of

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2023, 12:52 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — From the moment world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz lifted the Wimbledon trophy

Sep 8, 2023, 02:47 PM ET American Coco Gauff has her chance at her first Grand Slam title in front of a home crowd, while Aryna Sabalenka — the soon-to-be new world No. 1 — will look to win her second major of the year. Who will win? We asked our experts: What can Gauff