5:50 AM ET Associated Press Brazilian player Diego Matos was banned for life from professional tennis Monday after being found guilty of match-fixing. Matos, 31, was also fined $125,000 and ordered to repay illicit winnings of $12,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit. The TIU said he contrived the outcome of 10 matches in 2018 at
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Sep 10, 2019 ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print US Open mixed doubles champion Bethanie Mattek-Sands and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki have enrolled at the Harvard Business School. Matteck-Sands, 34, announced via Twitter on Monday that she had enrolled at the Harvard Business School, just days after successfully defending her US
11:06 AM ET Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has reclaimed her world No. 1 status in the WTA rankings less than a month after losing it, while US Open champion Bianca Andreescu moved up to a career-high fifth after her maiden Grand Slam win in New York. Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in Saturday’s final to
1:41 AM ET NEW YORK — After winning his US Open semifinal on Friday, Rafael Nadal was asked if he was eager to win the tournament in order to extend the remarkable streak of Grand Slam success by tennis’s Big Four. Puzzled by the question, Nadal replied: “We don’t need to hold this era anymore.
11:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Imagine this a week ago: US Open fans going crazy for Daniil Medvedev. The guy they loved to boo, who defiantly told them the more they jeered him, the more he would win, was suddenly hearing cheers Sunday. Medvedev earned them with the way he played. And
11:34 PM ET ESPN staff Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in five sets on Sunday to win the men’s singles title at the 2019 US Open. Here are some of the notable statistics from Nadal’s fourth US Open title: 19 Nadal’s Grand Slam title count, placing him second on the all-time list in
3:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka have won the US Open women’s doubles championship. The duo defeated Victoria Azarenka and Ash Barty 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Mertens and Sabalenka lost only one set in the tournament and won their first Grand Slam
9:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN NEW YORK — Earlier this week, Bianca Andreescu told the media that as a 15-year-old, she wrote herself a fake check in the amount of the prize money of the US Open, $3.85 million. She still has it, but she can now replace it with the real thing. 2 Related
6:26 PM ET ESPN staff The 2019 US Open women’s singles final between Bianca Andreescu and Serena Williams had a little bit of everything. History on the line for both players — Andreescu trying to become the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title and Serena vying for a record-tying 24th Slam title. After
5:59 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — For Bianca Andreescu, the first time was her time. And for Serena Williams, the wait for a record-tying major continues. Andreescu, the 19-year-old Canadian, beat Williams 6-3, 7-5 to win the US Open on Saturday for her first Grand Slam title in her first career appearance