8:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Top-seeded American Sloane Stephens outlasted Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) to advance Tuesday at the WTA’s Volvo Car Open. Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champion, needed almost 2 hours, 40 minutes to put away Tormo in the season’s first clay-court tournament. The 2016 Volvo
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10:17 AM ET The “Sunshine Double” tournaments — back-to-back Indian Wells and the Miami Open that basically span the entire month of March — are in the rearview mirror now, and both the ATP and WTA turn their eyes east, toward the upcoming European clay-court season. Here are six takeaways from a March that was
3:23 AM ET Andy Murray is back playing tennis. The three-time Grand Slam champion on Monday shared a short video of his first hit since undergoing hip surfacing surgery in January, as he looked to step up his rehabilitation from a second operation in 12 months. He captioned the video “It’s a start”, as he
6:07 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland opened play at the Volvo Car Open with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Australia’s Destanee Aiava on Monday at the WTA’s first clay-court event of the season. Other seeded players winning were 10th-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, 13th-seeded Sofia Kenin of the
7:29 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Roger Federer won his 101st career singles title at the Miami Open on Sunday. The kind of performance the Swiss champion put on makes you wonder if it wouldn’t be more accurate to say he started working on his second hundred titles here this week. There were few
3:00 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Roger Federer became tennis’ first repeat champion of 2019 when he won his 101st career title Sunday by beating defending champion John Isner in the Miami Open final, 6-1, 6-4. Federer neutralized Isner’s big serve and won 32 of 35 points on his own serve. The
8:36 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Speaking from the trophy presentation platform shortly after she overwhelmed Karolina Pliskova on Saturday to win the Miami Open, Ashleigh Barty acknowledged her support team and told them, “You make this the best career I can choose.” It wasn’t mere victory speech boilerplate. Barty, a chipper 22-year-old Australian,
3:31 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ashleigh Barty had 15 aces and became the 33rd different player to win a title in as many ATP and WTA tournaments this year when she beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Saturday in the final of the Miami Open. The 22-year-old Australian, who was
10:35 AM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — John Isner doesn’t like his chances of winning the Miami Open men’s final on Sunday (1 p.m. ET, ESPN2). It’s not that Isner lacks confidence, or ability. His serve is the most dreaded weapon in tennis. It’s just that Isner can do calculations. It’s not for nothing that
4:51 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Defending champion John Isner earned a return trip to the Miami Open final by hitting 21 aces and defeating 18-year-old Canadian qualifier Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) on Friday. Isner won his only ATP Masters title a year ago. His opponent Sunday will be the