3:08 PM ET American Taylor Fritz claimed his maiden ATP title in Eastbourne, beating compatriot Sam Querrey 6-3 6-4 in the final on Saturday. Playing only his second final, Fritz made a solid start to break Querrey to love in his first return game. Fritz went on to dominate the majority of the baseline rallies,
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Jun 28, 2019 Simon Cambers LONDON — A few days before Andy Murray made his much-anticipated return to competitive tennis at the Fever-Tree Championships in London last week, BBC Television showed a special program that documented the Scot’s finest moment: his first Wimbledon title in 2013. Titled “When Andy Won Wimbledon,” the program originally aired
12:55 PM ET Simon Cambers Naomi Osaka admits she struggled with the weight of expectation after becoming world No. 1. Japan’s Osaka, who won the US Open and Australian Open and became world No. 1 earlier this year, was knocked off top spot by Australia’s Ash Barty this week and said she was much happier
12:08 PM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — Ever since he returned to the tour playing men’s doubles at Queen’s Club earlier this month, less than five months after hip surgery, Andy Murray has been on the lookout for a mixed doubles partner at Wimbledon. Unusually, it has been to no avail so far, as French
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9:40 AM ET Karolina Pliskova will play reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber in the final of the Nature Valley International in Eastbourne. 1 Related The Czech world No. 3 raced through her semifinal against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands, winning 6-1, 6-2 in under an hour on Friday to take her place in the final.
7:23 AM ET Nick Kyrgios’s potential second-round showdown with Rafael Nadal is the talk of Wimbledon. While world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty must negotiate her own treacherous path through the women’s field, it was Kyrgios’s possible grudge match that dominated discussion after Friday’s draw in London. Barty will launch her title assault against world No.
6:18 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been set up for a potential semifinal matchup at Wimbledon. With defending champion Novak Djokovic in the top half of the men’s bracket, the No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 3-seeded Nadal ended up placed together in the bottom half during Friday’s
3:48 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Coco Gauff, a 15-year-old American, has become the youngest player to reach Wimbledon’s main draw for women’s singles via qualifying in the Open era. Gauff made it into the tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 victory that lasted just 55 minutes in the final round of qualifying Thursday
1:58 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Fed Cup is following the Davis Cup with a new tournament format. Starting next year, the women’s tennis event will be a six-day final tournament in April with 12 teams playing for an $18 million prize on clay courts in Budapest, Hungary, the International Tennis Federation said