2:40 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 to win his third Madrid Open title Sunday, tying Rafael Nadal for most Masters 1000 trophies with 33. It was the second title of the season for the top-ranked Djokovic, adding to his triumph in the Australian Open. He hadn’t won
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4:19 AM ET ESPN staff Serena Williams, speaking about an open letter she wrote to her mother in 2017, said: “Looking at my daughter and looking at my mom, how she went through the negative [feedback] of myself and my body, I don’t know how she did it.” We all know how big a role
4:22 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Kiki Bertens beat two-time Madrid Open champion Simona Halep 6-4, 6-4 to take the women’s title on Saturday. Last year’s runner-up Bertens defeated Halep for her second title of the year, adding to her victory in St. Petersburg, Russia. The seventh-ranked Dutch became the first woman to win
8:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — For the third consecutive tournament this season, Rafael Nadal won’t be fighting for a title on his favorite surface. Nadal, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, continued his slump on clay Saturday at the Madrid Open with a third straight semifinal elimination, adding to his worst
4:17 PM ET He had been so close, yet suddenly found himself so far. That was Roger Federer‘s quandary at the end of the second set of his quarterfinal match with Dominic Thiem on Friday at the Madrid Masters. So close to making a very Federer-esque statement in his closely watched return to the Euroclay
2:05 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Roger Federer wasted two match points in a 3-6, 7-6 (11), 6-4 loss to Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open on Friday. The fifth-seeded Thiem outlasted Federer in the second-set tiebreaker and broke him twice in the third set to close out the match in
8:29 AM ET World No. 1 Novak Djokovic automatically progressed to the Madrid Open semifinals after his quarterfinal opponent Marin Cilic was forced to withdraw because of food poisoning on Friday. “Dear fans, Madrid Open organisers, Novak Djokovic, I am sorry to announce that I must withdraw from today’s match,” said the Croatian on Twitter.
3:23 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Facing match point and on a second serve, Roger Federer decided it was time for a “panic move.” So he went into all-out attacking mode, charging to the net to try to avoid a disappointing end to his first clay-court tournament since 2016. It worked. A lucky volley,
6:17 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — David Ferrer‘s career came to an end with a 6-4, 6-1 loss to Alexander Zverev in the second round at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Spaniard had announced earlier that this would be his last tournament because he didn’t feel he was fit enough to keep
12:22 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Rafael Nadal reached the third round of the Madrid Open with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime on Wednesday. Nadal lost only four points on his serve in the first set and broke Auger-Aliassime three times in the second to close out the match at