9:40 AM ET Associated Press France and Belarus reached the Fed Cup semifinals after sweeping their first-round series on Sunday. In Liege, Caroline Garcia clinched a 3-0 victory for France over host Belgium after easing past Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-3 to set up a semifinal against defending champion the Czech Republic or Romania. The Czechs
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2:35 PM ET Big-hitting Daniil Medvedev stole the show at the Sofia Open on Saturday as he punched his way to an emphatic 6-2, 6-4 victory over former world No. 6 Gael Monfils to set up a final clash against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. The Russian delighted the crowd in Arena Armeets with a barrage of
2:34 PM ET French No. 7 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert downed Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-5 to set up an all-French final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Saturday. Herbert breezed through the opening set but Berdych offered more resistance in the second, only for the former world No. 4
5:45 PM ET ESPN staff Tomas Berdych reached the Open Sud de France semifinals after saving two match points in a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 win against Filip Krajinovic on Friday. Berdych, a former champion here, was meeting the Serb for the first time on the ATP tour and the pair made it one
5:46 PM ET SOFIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece’s emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The experienced Frenchman, who has slipped to
6:00 PM ET Marcos Baghdatis knocked defending champion and top seed Lucas Pouille out of the Open Sud de France after a dramatic last-16 clash in Montpellier on Thursday. World No. 128 Baghdatis outlasted Frenchman Pouille in 2 hours, 40 minutes to secure a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on Court Patrice Dominguez. The
5:06 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Defending champion Kevin Anderson has withdrawn from the New York Open because of a right elbow injury. Frances Tiafoe, the American who reached the Australian Open quarterfinals before falling to runner-up Rafael Nadal, was added to the field Thursday. The tournament begins Sunday. Anderson, ranked fifth, was
2:56 PM ET No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas eased into the Sofia Open quarterfinals with a straight-sets win over Jan-Lennard Struff. Greece’s Tsitsipas continued his recent good form with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over German Struff to seal a spot in the last eight, where he will face No. 7 seed Gael Monfils. Frenchman
5:08 PM ET Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated compatriot Gilles Simon in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Wednesday. Former world No. 5 Tsonga, who is currently ranked 210 after a spell out due to knee surgery, overcame No. 4 seed Simon 6-2, 7-6 (3) in one hour,
5:17 PM ET Russian top seed Karen Khachanov suffered a shock 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 defeat by unheralded Italian Matteo Berrettini in the second round of the Sofia Open on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Khachanov was in devastating form at the start as he dropped only two points in his first four service games. After bagging the