Tennis

ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 09:16 PM ET ROME — Elena Rybakina is discovering that her big serve and heavy groundstrokes can do damage on clay courts, too. The Wimbledon champion was dominating 21-9 with winners when Ukrainian opponent Anhelina Kalinina retired due to a left thigh injury early in the second set of

Associated Press May 20, 2023, 05:33 PM ET ROME — Holger Rune‘s run at the Italian Open has already been extraordinary. And it’s not done yet. The 20-year-old Dane recorded his second victory over Novak Djokovic in little more than six months in the quarterfinals. Then he rallied past Casper Ruud 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2

May 19, 2023, 04:17 PM ET Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been charged with a second breach of doping rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday. The additional charge relates to irregularities in Halep’s Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), based on an assessment of her profile by an independent ABP Expert Panel. Editor’s

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 01:12 PM ET ROME — Ukraine’s Anhelina Kalinina beat Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Friday to reach the biggest final of her career and dedicated the victory to her war-torn country. The half-filled Campo Centrale supported Kalinina, whose family home was destroyed in a

Associated Press May 18, 2023, 11:33 AM ET ROME — Daniil Medvedev‘s clay-court game keeps improving. First came a run to the French Open quarterfinals in 2021. Then an appearance in the fourth round at Roland Garros a year ago. Now, the third-ranked Russian is making big strides at the Italian Open. Medvedev beat German

Associated Press May 18, 2023, 01:42 PM ET ROME — The right thigh injury that forced top-ranked Iga Swiatek to retire during her Italian Open quarterfinal “shouldn’t be anything serious,” the Polish player said Thursday. Swiatek had to stop playing during the third set against Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina in a match that started late

ESPN News Services May 18, 2023, 10:14 AM ET Rafael Nadal announced Thursday that he is pulling out of the French Open because of a lingering hip injury that has sidelined him since January and that he expects 2024 to be the final season of his career. The owner of a record 14 championships at

Associated Press May 17, 2023, 07:21 PM ET ROME — Two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek retired in the third set of her Italian Open quarterfinal against Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina because of a right thigh injury. It was 2-2 in the third when the top-ranked Swiatek retired after more than two hours of play. She

May 17, 2023, 10:25 PM ET Nick Kyrgios was forced to miss the French Open due to a foot injury sustained during the theft of his car and not because of a knee problem, his agent said on Thursday. The Wimbledon finalist’s mother was held up at gunpoint by a Canberra suspect near his house

Associated Press May 17, 2023, 03:55 PM ET BORDEAUX, France — Far from the Grand Slam stages on which both have starred, Stan Wawrinka beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-0 on Wednesday in what is believed to be the first ATP Challenger Tour matchup between two past major champions in more than 40 years. Each man