3:25 PM ET Wimbledon was lavishly praised in mid-October when All-England Club chairman Philip Brook announced that the tournament would become just the second of the four Grand Slam events — the US Open was first — to use a tiebreaker to decide final sets. But lost in all the toasts and praise for famously
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5:29 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Patrick Galbraith is the new board chairman and president of the U.S. Tennis Association. The USTA announced the election of Galbraith on Tuesday. He succeeds Katrina Adams, who served an unprecedented two consecutive terms. Adams was the first African-American and first former professional tennis player to
3:43 PM ET Associated Press With Novak Djokovic at No. 1, Rafael Nadal at No. 2 and Roger Federer at No. 3 on Monday, that trio of tennis greats leads the season’s final ATP rankings for the seventh time. This is the first time, though, that each of those three men spent some time at
11:52 AM ET This has been year of significant changes in men’s tennis. Novak Djokovic was excellent, while others struggled as the ATP is experiencing change — from its stars to formats to grumblings about payouts. The ATP Tour announced a new team competition, the ATP Cup, and several players weren’t very happy about it.
6:48 AM ET Young guns Ashleigh Barty and Alex de Minaur have been named as joint winners of the Newcombe Medal on a historic night for Australian tennis. Judges were unable to split Barty and de Minaur after both enjoyed stellar seasons, ensuring Australian tennis’ highest individual honour was shared for the first time in
9:42 AM ET Marin Cilic clinched Croatia’s second Davis Cup title as he beat France’s Lucas Pouille 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3 to give his side a decisive 3-1 lead in the final at Lille’s Stade Pierre Mauroy on Sunday. The powerful world No.7 was relentless as he snuffed out any hope of a famous French fightback
4:43 PM ET Jo Wilfried Tsonga defied doctor’s orders to continue his match against Marin Cilic in the Davis Cup final on Friday, although it was all in vain as he slumped to a straight-sets defeat. His 6-3 7-5 6-4 loss left France staring at defeat after Jeremy Chardy had earlier been beaten by Borna
8:25 AM ET France captain Yannick Noah sprang a surprise at Thursday’s Davis Cup final draw ceremony when he named Jeremy Chardy and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as his singles players for the opening day’s action in Lille. Already without the likes of Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils for the final against Croatia, Noah decided to leave
11:54 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Two Italian tennis players who previously were ranked in the top 50 have been banned for match-fixing at an ATP event in Barcelona in 2011. Daniele Bracciali, who is still an active player, was banned for life and fined $250,000. Potito Starace, who has retired, was banned from
8:51 AM ET France Davis Cup coach Loic Courteau has moved to allay fears Jo Wilfried-Tsonga will miss this weekend’s Davis Cup final after a shoulder injury forced the 33-year-old to cut short training on Tuesday. Former world No. 5 Tsonga was seen with strapping on his shoulder following the session, which took place ahead