9:16 AM ET Barely an hour after Roger Federer suffered that heartbreaking loss to rival Novak Djokovic in July’s epic Wimbledon final, he was asked how he would process and rebound from failing to convert two match points and losing the historic match. “[It will be] similar to getting broken when serving for the match,”
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5:02 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Andy Murray continued to make progress in his comeback from injury by winning his first-round match at the Shanghai Masters on Monday. The former No. 1 defeated Juan Ignacio Londero 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his fifth tour-level victory since undergoing right hip surgery in January. The three-time Grand
12:37 PM ET SHANGHAI — It took a successful complex hip resurfacing operation to return Andy Murray to a pain-free existence with the possibility of restoring his tennis career. Interestingly, it was only with that occurrence the three-time Grand Slam champion — and former world No. 1 — understood he didn’t need to play tennis
11:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem beat Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to win the China Open on Sunday. Fifth-ranked Thiem, 26, recorded his fourth title in a season in which he has defeated both Roger Federer and top-ranked Novak Djokovic. He called the match against the third-seeded Tsitsipas one
5:42 AM ET TOKYO — John Millman has finished short of claiming his first ATP title after losing the final of the Japan Open in straight sets to Novak Djokovic. The Australian was no match for the world No. 1, going down 6-3 6-2. Still, it was an excellent week for Millman who is expected
7:21 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print BEIJING — Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty went through to the final of the China Open with a three-set victory over Kiki Bertens on Saturday. The French Open champion traded breaks of serve in the final set before scraping past her Dutch opponent 6-3, 3-6,
7:21 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Top seeds Dominic Thiem and Ashleigh Barty are through to the finals of the China Open in Beijing. Austrian Thiem will face Germany’s second-seeded Alexander Zverev or Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final, while Australian Barty meets two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan, who downed defending
7:16 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic has been in dominant form at the Japan Open. That bodes well for the top-ranked Serb’s chances of winning the gold medal at next year’s Olympics. Playing on the same court that will host the tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, Djokovic beat third-seeded David Goffin
8:30 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Andy Murray‘s run at the China Open is over. The former No. 1, who had won consecutive singles matches for the first time since undergoing hip surgery in January, lost to top-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-2, 7-6 (3) Friday in the quarterfinals. Thiem broke the 32-year-old Murray in the
2:53 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Shanghai Masters because of a left hand injury, the ATP said Friday. Nadal is a two-time finalist in Shanghai — in 2009 and 2017 — and was looking to extend an 11-match winning streak. He pulled out of his final match