11:39 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — The ATP says all top 10-ranked players, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, have committed to play in the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia in January. The organization said Saturday that the top 18-ranked countries and Australia, as the host-country wild card, will be among the
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11:12 AM ET The rescheduled Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan will be tentatively held on November 29 or 30 in Islamabad subject to another security review, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) said on Friday. The tie was earlier scheduled to be held in Islamabad on September 14-15 but was postponed to November
3:43 AM ET Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has sacked her second coach in seven months, splitting with Jermaine Jenkins in the wake of her disappointing US Open title defence. Jenkins, a long-time hitting partner of Venus Williams, replaced Sascha Bajin in February, weeks after Osaka’s Australian Open triumph. “I’m super grateful for the
11:12 PM ET Associated Press HONG KONG — Local organizers and the Women’s Tennis Association say the Hong Kong Open has been postponed indefinitely due to widespread protests in recent months. It was scheduled to be played Oct. 5-13 on outdoor hard courts at Victoria Park. In a statement Friday, tournament organizers said it would
12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Two-time major champion Simona Halep says she is reuniting with coach Darren Cahill after a year apart. Halep said in a video posted Thursday on Twitter that “Darren will be back by my side next season” and that she “can’t wait to finish what we started.” Even though you’ve
8:51 AM ET ESPN News Services Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters is planning another comeback. A mother of three, the Belgian who retired after the 2012 US Open wants a new challenge, she told the WTA in an interview on its website Thursday. She plans to compete on the professional tour again in 2020.
12:45 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Talk about a quick recovery. Only three days after her shocking loss in the U.S. Open final, Serena Williams went from the court to the runway to present the latest collection of her fashion label, S by Serena Williams. And she brought her baby daughter along for
5:03 PM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson will take the rest of the 2019 season off as he continues to recover from a right knee injury, he said Tuesday on social media. The hard-serving South African hasn’t played in a tournament since losing in the third round of Wimbledon
9:55 AM ET NEW YORK — The spotlight on American women at the US Open this year was relentless, shifting from 15-year-old sensation Coco Gauff to 37-year-old Serena Williams to iconoclastic stylist Taylor Townsend, pausing now and then to give us a glimpse of a Madison Keys, Sofia Kenin or Caty McNally. Lurking in the
6:57 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — The chief executive of Wimbledon says he will step down after eight years in the role. Richard Lewis will leave after next year’s grass-court Grand Slam event at the All England Club. The departure of Lewis, who joined as CEO in 2012, coincides with the handover of