9:17 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Lucas Pouille will lead France in the Davis Cup final against Croatia this month as the hosts bid to win successive titles. Pouille was picked by captain Yannick Noah on Tuesday alongside Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jeremy Chardy, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert. Pouille wrapped up France’s 10th Davis Cup
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5:45 PM ET Simon Cambers There is good news and bad news for Roger Federer as he prepares for his second round-robin match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Tuesday. The good news? Victory will get him back on track after his opening-match defeat by Kei Nishikori. And the bad news: His opponent, Dominic Thiem,
11:37 AM ET Alexander Zverev won two tiebreaks as he opened his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a straight-sets win over Marin Cilic in London on Monday. The German No. 3 seed, who also defeated Cilic in their opening match of last year’s season-ending tournament, was down a break of serve in both sets
11:37 AM ET Novak Djokovic made a superb opening campaign at the ATP Finals, defeating American John Isner in straight sets. The World No.1 and favourite for a sixth London title was a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 winner over 6ft 10in Isner at the O2 Arena, London. With Cristiano Ronaldo watching from the crowd, Djokovic secured
9:18 AM ET As John Isner‘s 2018 campaign comes to a close, there is little to suggest it hasn’t been a career year — or the happiest time of his life. This from a player who began the season with a dreadful slump. “I feel good physically,” Isner recently told ESPN.com. ” I’ve had a
9:01 PM ET LONDON — At the official launch party for the world’s top eight players at the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday evening, Roger Federer joked he had been losing to everyone in practice. Maybe he saw some truth in the quip. If his first match at the ATP World Tour Finals
10:19 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Katerina Siniakova won the first reverse singles on Sunday to lead the Czech Republic to its sixth Fed Cup title in eight years. Siniakova defeated Sofia Kenin 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 to give the Czechs an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the defending champion United States in the best-of-five final.
5:02 PM ET Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alex de Minaur to claim the Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan Saturday. The young Greek star, and number one seed, completed a perfect run through the tournament with a 2-4, 4-1, 4-3(3), 4-3(3) victory over the 19-year-old de Minaur. Earlier, Andrey Rublev and Jaume Munar battled it
2:34 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Barbora Strycova and Katerina Siniakova won their singles for the Czech Republic to take a commanding 2-0 lead over the defending champion United States in the Fed Cup final on Saturday. Strycova rallied from a set down to defeat Sofia Kenin 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4. Siniakova stretched the
10:28 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Former French Open finalist Lucie Safarova will retire after the Australian Open in January due to health concerns and will not play in any tournaments before then. The 31-year-old Safarova announced her decision Saturday in Prague ahead of the start of the Fed Cup final between the Czech