11:59 AM ET Associated Press Justin Gimelstob has announced his resignation from the ATP board of directors, a little more than a week after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault for attacking a former friend. The former professional tennis player, who also has worked as a coach and broadcaster, posted a lengthy statement Wednesday on
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9:13 AM ET The Euroclay season is the most intensely concentrated competitive period of the year in tennis, at least for the ATP. No other segment has three Masters 1000 events jammed into a span of barely six weeks — followed just a week later by a Grand Slam event. The two most closely watched
9:55 AM ET Wimbledon prize money will see an increase of 11.8 percent and total £38 million ($49 million) for this year’s championships, the All England Club announced on Tuesday. The men’s and women’s singles champions will receive £2.35 million ($3.06 million) each — £100,000 more than in the previous year. Continuing a theme of
6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Talk about matchmaking: 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and American soccer player Jozy Altidore are engaged. Both tweeted the news Monday, posting a photo and brief message. In addition to winning a Grand Slam title 1½ years ago, Stephens was the 2018 French Open runner-up and was a
11:20 AM ET It took four months and 18 tournaments, but when the WTA finally produced a repeat tournament winner on Sunday, Petra Kvitova accomplished the job with class. She remained calm and confident in Stuttgart, Germany, as she outhit powerful Anett Kontaveit to break the hex at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Roger Federer
5:37 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Third-seeded Petra Kvitova beat No. 8 Anett Kontaveit 6-3, 7-6 (2) to win the Porsche Grand Prix final on Sunday. The 29-year-old Czech clinched her second title of the year. She also won Sydney in January. Kvitova, playing in her fourth final of the year, saved two
1:12 PM ET World no. 5 Dominic Thiem captured his second title of the year after thrashing Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-0 in the Barcelona Open final on Sunday. 1 Related The Austrian had been beaten by Rafael Nadal in his previous appearance in the Barcelona final in 2017 but after knocking out the 11-times
8:38 AM ET Former world no. 1 Andy Murray said he is under no pressure to return to competitive tennis after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery earlier this year but he would attempt to make a comeback if his body allowed it. 1 Related The three-times Grand Slam champion said at this year’s Australian Open that
5:45 AM ET Ankita Raina, India’s top-ranked women’s singles player, isn’t entirely sure how she ended up crying after beating 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur of Australia at the ITF Challenger on the clay courts of Anning, China last Wednesday. “It was like time paused and I was just trying to take in what
1:17 PM ET Dominic Thiem celebrates his win over 11-times champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Barcelona Open Pau Barrena/AFP/Getty Images Dominic Thiem knocked favourite and 11-times champion Rafael Nadal out of the Barcelona Open with a stunning 6-4 6-4 victory in Saturday’s semifinal, avenging his defeat by the Spaniard in last year’s French