Tennis

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 7-6 (9) on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. “Definitely not an easy matchup today with the way Brandon was serving and playing,” Shelton said. “He made things

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) Friday to reach the Charleston Open semifinals. Pegula squandered four match points of her own, up 5-4 in the final set against

Shwetha Surendran, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 07:22 AM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Open Extended Reactions The 25-year sentence for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last week ended one criminal chapter in the implosion of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. But several civil lawsuits — including three that

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Miami Open champion Danielle Collins continued an amazing run by winning two matches Thursday, beating Ons Jabeur and Sloane Stephens to reach the quarterfinals of the rain-delayed Charleston Open. Collins, who has said this will be her final season on tour,

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, saying his body is not yet ready for competition. Nadal, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost a year

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — An Italian tennis official has been suspended for 5½ years for multiple corruption breaches, the sport’s integrity agency said Thursday. Manuel Guion, a national-level official who has also served as a line judge at ATP challenger level, admitted to five breaches of

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 08:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million, a 70% increase from 2023. The event

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton advanced to his first clay court quarterfinal on the ATP tour with a win over Zizou Bergs on Wednesday night in the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton won 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to face fellow American Brandon

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Daria Kasatkina rallied after getting shut out in the second set for a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over Ashlyn Krueger at the rain-delayed Charleston Open on Wednesday night. Kasatkina, seeded fourth, does not play the season’s opening clay-court tournament often —

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The men’s ATP tour will try to shake up doubles tennis by trialing changes including a 15-second serve clock and reserving slots for teams to enter tournaments using their singles rankings. The ATP announced on Wednesday that the new format will be