8:18 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Serena Williams retired from her third-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday because of a viral illness. Williams raced to a 3-0 lead over two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza before dropping six straight games and the first set, 6-3. During the changeover between sets,
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10:11 PM ET ESPN staff Indian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran stunned world no. 18 Nikoloz Basilashvili to achieve the biggest win of his career so far, advancing to the third round of the Indian Wells ATP Masters event on Saturday. In a match lasting two hours and 31 minutes, Prajnesh secured a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7 (6),
6:54 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber dropped just two games in winning her second-round match at the BNP Paribas Open. Kerber beat Yulia Putintseva 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday, breaking serve to open the match on her way to winning the first 10 games in a row. Angelique Kerber
3:29 AM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka, both ranked No. 1 in the world, cruised to straight-set victories at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday night. Djokovic beat Bjorn Fratangelo 7-6 (5), 6-2 in pursuit of a record sixth title in the desert. It was Djokovic’s 50th match
9:04 AM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Long before Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka took their first on-court swings Friday night, their second-round matchup at the BNP Paribas Open had the makings of a memorable affair. Not only did the match mark the first time the longtime rivals and friends would face each other since
11:43 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in just over two hours in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night. Both players returned from maternity leave a year ago at the desert tournament. Since then, Williams has reached two Grand Slam finals
5:41 AM ET ESPN staff Indian qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out world no. 69 Benoit Paire for one of the biggest wins of his career to advance to the second round of the Indian Wells ATP Masters event on Thursday. Playing his maiden singles main draw match at the Masters level, the Indian left-hander shocked
8:02 PM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Thursday morning, the ATP announced its board of directors had voted not to renew executive chairman and president Chris Kermode’s contract after it expires at the end of 2019. The decision came two days after the ATP’s 10-member player council met for more than six hours and voted
6:49 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Playing just her seventh match of the year, Venus Williams rallied to beat Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. The match featured two former top-10 players who have fallen in the rankings. Williams is No. 36
3:40 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Chris Kermode will leave his job as executive chairman and president of the men’s professional tennis tour when his current term finishes at the end of this year. The ATP announced Thursday that Kermode’s tenure would come to a close. Chris Kermode’s tenure ends after the