7:37 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Top-seeded John Isner overcame extremely hot conditions and a first-set tiebreaker loss to beat fourth-seeded Ugo Humbert of France 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday and advance to the Hall of Fame Open final. The 34-year-old American will face Alexander Bublik, a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4
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10:00 AM ET France’s Alize Cornet will have the chance to defend her Swiss Open title after defeating Tamara Korpatsch in the semifinals Saturday. The defending champion booked her place in Sunday’s final with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in a match which lasted one hour and 45 minutes. “It’s crazy to go to the final
Jul 20, 2019 France’s Alize Cornet will have the chance to defend her Swiss Open title after defeating Tamara Korpatsch in the semifinals Saturday. The defending champion booked her place in Sunday’s final with a 6-3, 6-4 victory in a match which lasted one hour and 45 minutes. “It’s crazy to go to the final
3:02 AM ET Australian Bernard Tomic‘s appeal to overturn a fine for not playing to “required professional standards” at Wimbledon earlier this month has been denied in a stinging rebuke by the Grand Slam board. Tomic lost his first round match 6-2 6-1 6-4 to France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Wimbledon and was fined his entire
1:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. tennis player Anna Tatishvili will be awarded her French Open prize money. The Grand Slam Board reversed its decision to fine her under its first-round performance rule. Tatishvili lost to 29th-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-0, 6-1 in Paris. Her earnings of about $50,000 were docked
1:13 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Li Na remembers first watching a tennis match on TV, drawn to the unforgettable style of one of the players. Andre Agassi had long hair, an earring and wore denim shorts, and made an instant fan in China. “Andre Agassi is my role model,” Li said. Li
3:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The US Open total purse this year is more than $57 million, the richest in tennis history. The men’s and women’s singles champion will each receive $3.85 million, and the men’s and women’s doubles champion teams will get $740,000. Those are both the highest payouts in US
8:39 AM ET LONDON — Welcome to the secret season, the post-Wimbledon return to the clay courts — a segment embraced some years ago by both tours partly to protect the health of the players. The prospect of moving from cushiony grass to punishing hard courts immediately after Wimbledon and staying on them through the
12:12 AM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Venus Williams has committed to play in San Jose later this month, her second straight appearance in the event. She will play her opening match of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in the night session July 30 after reaching the 2018 quarterfinals. The seven-time Grand Slam
12:22 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — It was a surreal moment. Defending champion Novak Djokovic sat in his chair, leading Roger Federer 6-5 in the final set of the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday, when he thought he had better ask the umpire a question: “Is it tiebreak at 10-all?” he said. The players