9:14 AM ET The ATP and WTA pros have rounded the final turn and are entering the home stretch of the Grand Slam season with the US Open looming at the finish line. There’s still a way to go, though — the robust (12-event) hard-court season began this week in Atlanta. This segment can be
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1:28 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of the Citi Open because of visa issues. The 34-year-old Russian announced the problem on Twitter on Thursday and apologized to fans for not being able to make it to the U.S. Open tuneup. Kuznetsova won the U.S. Open in 2004
6:46 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The International Tennis Federation says Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test. The ITF says the 99th-ranked Haddad Maia had traces of two banned anabolic agents known as SARMs in a doping sample provided on June 4 at the Croatia
3:58 AM ET Andy Murray will partner his brother Jamie Murray at the Citi Open in Washington next week, in the former’s first hard court appearance since returning from hip surgery. Murray missed five months of the ATP Tour this season after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery in January following his Australian Open first-round defeat to
7:25 PM ET PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND — Former Australian Davis Cup tennis star Peter McNamara has died from cancer aged 64. McNamara, who reached a career-high No. 7 in the world in 1983, beat all-time greats Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl to win two of his five singles titles. But he is perhaps best remembered
10:51 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Peter McNamara, who won three Grand Slam doubles titles with fellow Australian Paul McNamee and reached a career-high No. 7 in singles, has died. He was 64. His death at his home in Germany from prostate cancer was confirmed by David Law, a family friend and tennis
4:47 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Top-seeded John Isner used his blistering serve to overcome scorching conditions and win a title for the fourth time on Newport’s grass courts, beating No. 7 seed Alexander Bublik 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Sunday at the Hall of Fame Open. It was the 34-year-old American’s 15th ATP
11:14 AM ET Kevin WangESPN.com NEWPORT, R.I. — Speaking to an expectant audience Saturday night at her 2019 International Tennis Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Li Na kept her speech succinct but full of gratitude. “Tennis has taken me around the world to explore different countries. And because of this great sport, I have learned
Jul 21, 2019 Fiona Ferro claimed her first WTA singles title after beating French compatriot Alize Cornet in the Swiss Open final Sunday. World No. 98 Ferro overcame defending champion Cornet 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 in one hour and 40 minutes. It was the first all-French WTA final in 10 years and Ferro clinched the title
10:03 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Li Na has broken new ground at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The 37-year-old former Chinese star became the first Asian-born player to be inducted on Saturday. She was enshrined along with Mary Pierce of France and Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov during a lengthy on-court ceremony that