Tennis

Associated Press Feb 9, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Frances Tiafoe can attend his own bobblehead night at the Washington Wizards game if he wants. The No. 1 seed in the Dallas Open was hoping for a conflict. Unseeded Marcos Giron stunned Tiafoe early and rolled to a 6-1, 6-4 victory

Feb 9, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Former Wimbledon and French Open champion Simona Halep was confident she would soon return to tennis after exiting sport’s top court Friday after three days of proceedings to appeal a doping suspension that could end her career. “I had the chance to show

Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 10:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Top-seeded Frances Tiafoe advanced to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over 19-year-old fellow American Alex Michelsen on Thursday night. Tiafoe gave himself three match points with a backspinning drop volley that landed so close to the

Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 10:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Ben Shelton cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michael Mmoh behind a dominant serve Wednesday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open. The third-seeded American lost just three points on his serve while breaking Mmoh early in both sets.

Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Novak Djokovic is returning to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in five years in pursuit of a record sixth title in the Southern California desert. The world’s top-ranked male player last competed at Indian Wells in 2019,

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Christopher Eubanks and Jordan Thompson rolled to straight-set victories to reach the round of 16 at the Dallas Open on Tuesday. Eubanks, the fifth-seeded American, and No. 6 seed Thompson of Australia were the highest seeds to play first-round matches in the

Feb 6, 2024, 12:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Six-time major winner Boris Becker said he has stepped down as coach of Denmark’s world No. 7 Holger Rune, effective immediately, due to “private and professional responsibilities.” Becker returned to the tennis circuit last October to coach Rune, who went on to compete in the eight-player

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Former top-ranked tennis player Simona Halep will go to sports’ highest court on Wednesday to challenge her four-year ban in a doping case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday that Halep plans to attend in person when the appeal

Feb 6, 2024, 06:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World number four Jessica Pegula has ended her five-year coaching partnership with David Witt who said the split had come as a complete surprise. American Pegula exited the Australian Open in the second round after losing to Frenchwoman Clara Burel and withdrew from the doubles event

Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Max Purcell won a tiebreaker in the deciding set after letting two match points get away, beating Mitchell Krueger 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Dallas Open on Monday night. The sixth-seeded Australian won six consecutive points in