Tennis

Associated Press Apr 11, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Karen Khachanov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time with a 6-3, 7-5 win over fellow Russian Daniil Medvedev on Thursday. Khachanov will next play two-time Monte Carlo champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who beat Alexander Zverev 7-5, 7-6 (3)

Apr 10, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Defending champion Andrey Rublev was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters in a 6-4 6-4 second-round loss to Australian Alexei Popyrin on Wednesday, and world No. 2 Jannik Sinner eased through his first test. Popyrin broke in the third game of the first

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Apr 9, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A new week, a new surface, another title for red-hot Danielle Collins. After winning her first 1000-level title in Miami on the hard court last week, Collins secured the trophy on the green clay at Charleston on Sunday with a dominant 6-2, 6-1

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Novak Djokovic made light work of his return to clay and did not face a break point when beating Roman Safiullin 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Serving for the match, Djokovic won on

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortes has been given a 15-year ban for match-fixing and other offenses. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Cortes, 29, admitted 35 breaches of the tennis anti-corruption program between 2016 and 2018. The ITIA said that

Zenia D’Cunha Apr 9, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This time last year, Sumit Nagal was trudging his way through qualifiers at the clay court ATP Challengers in Europe, losing in the first qualifying round in the first two weeks of April, 2023. This April, he started with a first-round win at an

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic has surpassed another tennis record once held by Roger Federer, becoming the oldest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Tour’s computerized rankings. Djokovic is 36 — he turns 37 next month — and is now older than

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Two-time champion Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters after Laslo Djere of Serbia retired with an injury during the second set on Monday. The 12th-seeded Tsitsipas was leading 6-3, 3-2 when his unseeded opponent pulled out

Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 10:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Former tennis player Luis Horna, who is now Peru’s Davis Cup captain, has been fined $10,000 for promoting a betting operator, the sport’s integrity agency said Monday. Horna accepted the sanction, which also included a suspended six-month ban, the International Tennis Integrity

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton, 21, had 11 aces on the way to becoming the youngest player to win