11:09 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Steve Johnson edged fellow American Tennys Sandgren 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Monday night in the first round of the New York Open. It was Sandgren’s first match since falling to Roger Federer in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Sandgren had seven match points but couldn’t put
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8:58 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Chicago will return to World TeamTennis this summer, with 2017 U.S. Open women’s champion Sloane Stephens leading the expansion Smash. Stephens’ coach, Chicago native Kamau Murray, will coach the team that will play its home matches at Credit Union 1 Arena on the campus of the University of
9:17 AM ET Exactly one week after hoisting the women’s singles trophy at the Australian Open, Sofia Kenin again stood in triumph with cheers cascading over her from an appreciative crowd. This time, Kenin was not alone. On Saturday at a Fed Cup event in Everett, Washington, Kenin celebrated with her doubles partner, Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
12:50 PM ET Top seed Gael Monfils captured his third title at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Sunday with a clinical 7-5, 6-3 win over Canada’s Vasek Pospisil in the final. The 33-year-old, who also lifted the trophy in 2010 and 2014, saved all four break points he faced and converted two
6:39 AM ET Top seed Gael Monfils beat Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic 7-6(4), 6-2 on Saturday to set up a final showdown with Vasek Pospisil at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier. Monfils, the champion in 2010 and 2014, fired 12 aces and won 39 out of 48 points on his first serve to charge
9:06 PM ET Associated Press EVERETT, Wash. — Jelena Ostapenko defeated Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in three sets on Saturday, as Latvia pulled within 2-1 of the United States in its Fed Cup qualifying match. Ostapenko beat Kenin 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to give Latvia its first point against the Americans. Ostapenko broke Kenin four
9:06 PM ET Associated Press EVERETT, Wash. — Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin helped put the United States into the Fed Cup finals after falling short earlier Saturday night. Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands teamed up for a 6-4, 6-0 doubles victory over Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova to give the U.S. a 3-2 win over
4:22 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of the New York Open because of a shoulder injury. Kyrgios had moved back into the top 20 of the ATP rankings this week for the first time since August 2018 after a fourth-round appearance in the Australian Open, where he lost
12:56 AM ET Associated Press EVERETT, Wash. — Nearly five years passed since Serena Williams last played singles in a Fed Cup competition. Even though she struggled for stretches Friday night, Williams remained perfect. Williams improved to 14-0 in Fed Cup singles matches, defeating Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets to give the United States a
5:39 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer wasn’t going to lose this one to Rafael Nadal. Not on what felt like a homecoming for Federer, who beat his great rival 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-set exhibition match at a soccer stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday. It was Federer’s first match in