11:53 AM ET ESPN News Services Chair umpire Carlos Ramos will not officiate matches involving Serena Williams or her older sister, Venus, at this year’s US Open following the confrontation that overshadowed last year’s final. “We’ve decided that there are over 900 other matches, and Carlos, for 2019, will not be in the chair for
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9:23 AM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Duckhee Lee tossed the ball into the air for his first serve in an ATP tournament match and blasted it past his opponent with a loud pop. The 21-year-old South Korean never heard it. He was born deaf. The tour’s first deaf professional player says he doesn’t
8:41 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Chilean tennis player Juan Carlos Saez has been banned for eight years for match-fixing. The Tennis Integrity Unit says Saez refused to cooperate with its investigation and also failed to report “a corrupt approach” at a tournament. Saez originally attracted the TIU’s attention because of evidence of unusual
3:47 AM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray, continuing his comeback from hip surgery, fell 7-6(8), 7-5 to Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina. The match was delayed by rain for several hours before Murray battled hard to save three set points in the tiebreak before Sandgren
10:03 PM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @ESPN_Alyssa on Twitter). Amanda Anisimova has withdrawn from the U.S. Open after Konstantin Anisimov, her father and longtime coach,
11:43 AM ET Sloane Stephens announced Monday that she has parted with coach Sven Groeneveld after working with him since May. Stephens, 26, ranked No. 11 in the world, made the announcement on Twitter. After much thought, @sventennis & I have decided to go our separate ways. Change is never easy, but I’m so appreciative
8:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Russia’s Daniil Medvedev won his first Cincinnati title on Sunday, concluding a tournament that brought more questions than clarity to the upcoming U.S. Open. Will stumbles in the men’s bracket at the Western & Southern Open carry over to New York? And is Medvedev capable of carrying his newfound
4:21 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Madison Keys rallied late in both sets and beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6 (5) for her first Cincinnati championship Sunday, sending her into the U.S. Open on a one-week upswing. By winning her first hard-court final since the 2017 U.S. Open, she’ll be No. 10 when she
9:22 PM ET ESPN News Services MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic overcame concerns about his right elbow but couldn’t prevail over Daniil Medvedev‘s 14 aces, as the Russian pulled out a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 stunning victory over the world No. 1 in the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open. Djokovic got the muscles around
10:51 PM ET The 2018 US Open women’s final was billed as the chance to watch Serena Williams tie Margaret Court’s Grand Slam singles record title at 24. The 36-year-old was a heavy favorite against Naomi Osaka, a 20-year-old upstart from Japan whose idol growing up just happened to be Williams. One hour and 19