Methodology Who was truly elite in 2018? Our Dominant 20 answers that by pitting the year’s best against their top rivals with cold, hard math. We started by grading athletes by the strongest performance measures available in their sport over their most recently completed season (except F1 numbers, which are through Nov. 11, and NFL
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3:43 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Sascha Bajin has been chosen as the first winner of the WTA Coach of the Year award after helping Naomi Osaka collect the US Open title. The women’s tennis tour announced its annual honors Monday. The first season as a team for Bajin and Osaka
2:14 PM ET It’s time to say farewell to the little four. For more than a decade, the quartet — David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Richard Gasquet — struggled in the long shadows cast by the iconic champions of our time. They were nearly as consistent as the vaunted Big Four, locking down
10:27 PM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Mike and Bob Bryan are set to reunite as a doubles combination next month in New Zealand when the brothers begin their 21st season on the ATP Tour. Bob Bryan has been sidelined since injuring his hip in the lead-up to the French Open, and Mike
12:37 PM ET Great tennis matches occur every year, burned into our memory for any number of reasons. But for each there are also some that have a pivotal impact. This is not to say these three matches were the most memorable, the most dramatic or even the best. But the fallout provided turning points
1:48 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Amelie Mauresmo won’t be captaining France’s Davis Cup team after all, because the two-time major winner is going back to coaching to help Lucas Pouille. The French Tennis Federation announced Thursday it was searching for a new captain, who will also look after the national team at the
10:04 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open officials say the world’s top 102 women and top 101 men have confirmed they will compete at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2019. World No. 1 Simona Halep heads up the women’s field and Novak Djokovic, seeking his record seventh Australian Open title,
4:43 PM ET John Isner is standing by one of his coaches and Tennis Channel analyst Justin Gimelstob, who was arrested on suspicion of felony battery on Oct. 31. According to The Telegraph, Gimelstob, 41, allegedly attacked and beat a male friend of his estranged wife, Cary. Gimelstob will appear in court on Dec. 12
9:36 AM ET Former tennis world No.1 Andy Murray has hit out at the “unreal” level of sexism in sport after Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg was asked if she knew how to twerk moments after winning the Ballon D’Or in Paris on Monday. Hegerberg, who won the inaugural award as the world’s best women’s player
1:45 PM ET Novak Djokovic‘s status as the man to beat in 2019 is indisputable. But when it comes to those other men who have long dominated their peers in the ATP — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka — things are not as clear. In fact, they’re murkier than they’ve been