6:55 AM ET Roger Federer confirmed his participation for this year’s Madrid Open on Wednesday, marking his return to the European clay court season after two years away. The 20-times Grand Slam champion has not played this year since his Australian Open round of 16 defeat to Greek youngster Stefanos Tsitsipas in January. The US
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5:15 AM ET The US organisation Athlete Ally, which aims to support the rights of LGBT sportspeople, has cut ties with tennis champion Martina Navratilova, saying comments she made in a British newspaper were transphobic. Navratilova — an 18-time Grand Slam winner — argued it was “cheating” to allow transgender women to compete in female
9:51 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Defending champion Frances Tiafoe squandered an early lead and lost Tuesday to Britain’s Daniel Evans in the first round of the Delray Beach Open, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5. Tiafoe, seeded No. 3, lost his third match in a row. He won the first five games on
2:57 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Naomi Osaka lost her first match since moving up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings — and first since splitting from her coach. The two-time major champion had trouble with her serve and lost 6-3, 6-3 to Kristina Mladenovic at the Dubai Championships in
7:30 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print RIO DE JANEIRO — Heavy rain ensured there were no completed matches Monday at the Rio Open. Only two matches started, but neither got through the first set before the weather set in. Seventh-seeded Malek Jaziri was trailing Federico Delbonis 5-3, and eighth-seeded
12:15 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Serena Williams has returned to the top 10 in the tennis rankings for the first time since taking a break to have her first child in September 2017. Williams dropped as low as 491st upon her return to competition in March 2018 but is up to No. 10
10:20 AM ET Daniil Medvedev might tower over most of his Next Gen peers at 6-foot-6, but he’s been surprisingly easy to overlook. This despite his increasingly secret weapon. That weapon isn’t his serve, which is big if not preemptive. Nor is it Medvedev’s movement, which is excellent for a player of his size. It’s
5:24 AM ET World No. 1 Naomi Osaka is adamant her shock split with coach Sascha Bajin had nothing to do with money and happened because she was determined her career would not be about putting “success over happiness”. Bajin had guided the Japanese player to back-to-back Grand Slam titles and to the summit of
7:03 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Reilly Opelka won his first ATP Tour title Sunday, beating qualifier Brayden Schnur 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7) in the New York Open. The 6-foot-11 Opelka hit 43 aces for the second straight match, the final one to finally end things after an overturned call had helped
11:47 AM ET Gael Monfils resisted a second-set fightback from Stan Wawrinka to win the Rotterdam Open 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday and lift his second ATP title of 2019. Frenchman Monfils started quickly to take a comfortable lead but was pegged back by three-times Grand Slam champion Wawrinka, who was appearing in his first