5:57 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Nick Kyrgios‘ latest outburst of unruly behavior has other players split on whether the temperamental Australian should be handed a long-term ban. Kyrgios walked off the court and threw a chair onto the red clay during a fit of rage during his second-round match at the Italian Open
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10:34 AM ET Nick Kyrgios was defaulted from his second round Italian Open clash against Norway’s Casper Ruud on Thursday after the hot-headed Australian hurled a chair on to the court. World No. 36 Kyrgios was given a code violation for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’ after being broken early in the third set. Having already been handed
12:05 AM ET Tennis fans will be keeping a close eye on the draw for next week’s French Open after Nick Kyrgios launched a spectacular attack on some of the biggest names in the game. Kyrgios used a podcast at the Rome Masters as the platform to reveal his disdain for Novak Djokovic‘s “cringeworthy” post-match
4:22 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Two-time French Open champion Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the year’s second Grand Slam tournament because of her injured right shoulder. Sharapova announced her withdrawal on Instagram on Wednesday. She wrote: “Sometimes the right decisions aren’t always the easiest ones.” Sharapova said she has returned to practice
12:40 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print ROME — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal‘s opening matches at the Italian Open are being delayed by rain. Federer is slated to meet Joao Sousa while eight-time Rome champion Nadal is scheduled to play Jeremy Chardy. Also, top-ranked Naomi Osaka was to play
5:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Former top-10 player Nicolas Lapentti and former ATP executive Weller Evans are the finalists to replace Justin Gimelstob on the ATP board. The 10 voting members of the player council chose them from a list of six candidates on Tuesday at the Italian Open. There originally had been
12:45 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Nick Kyrgios took full advantage of his crafty game to eliminate Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open Tuesday. For his first win on clay this year, Kyrgios was full of smiles as he fired aces and passing shots seemingly at will.
11:48 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Italian Open ahead of her second-round match against sister Venus due to an old left knee injury. Tournament organizers made the announcement on Tuesday, a day after Serena opened her clay-court season with a straight-sets win over Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson. It’s
4:48 PM ET Associated Press American tennis player Nicole Gibbs says she will miss the French Open because of surgery for salivary gland cancer. Gibbs, 26, wrote on Twitter that the procedure is scheduled for Friday and her goal is to return for Wimbledon qualifying in late June. Gibbs, who was born in Ohio and
3:14 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Serena Williams looked sharper than in her previous match in March as she opened her clay-court season at the Italian Open with a routine 6-4, 6-2 win over Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson Monday. In March at the Miami Open, Williams needed three sets to beat Peterson. “It’s been