12:48 PM ET Associated Press Li Na could become the first player from Asia elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The two-time major champion from China is one of eight Grand Slam title winners who are candidates for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019, a list that includes Goran Ivanisevic,
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2:39 PM ET Sloane Stephens is in uncharted territory. It’s one month before the start of the US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York, and Stephens, the defending champ, is in Atlanta to play Madison Keys in an exhibition match to kick off the ATP’s Atlanta Open. Thing is, it’s Georgia in the summer, and
1:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Roger Federer and Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will headline the team from Europe next month in the Laver Cup. The rosters for the exhibition matches in Chicago were announced Tuesday. A six-player team from Europe will face a team of players from the rest of the world
1:13 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams was seeded No. 17 for the US Open, nine spots higher than her current ranking of No. 26. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the seedings for the main draws of women’s and men’s singles on Tuesday. Williams was put one place behind her older sister, Venus. The draw
8:00 AM ET Michael Steinberger This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Aug. 20 College Football 2018 Issue. Subscribe today! Other than playing Rafael Nadal on clay, the scariest task in men’s tennis is facing Roger Federer pretty much anywhere. No one blends power, touch and creativity like he does, and playing the 37-year-old these
6:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former top-10 player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of the US Open because of an injured left knee. The Frenchman’s withdrawal was announced Monday by the U.S. Tennis Association. He’ll be replaced in the field by James Duckworth of Australia. It’s the third consecutive Grand Slam tournament
4:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Top-ranked Simona Halep has withdrawn from the Connecticut Open, citing a sore right Achilles tendon. The Romanian was scheduled to play Tuesday in New Haven, but says in a statement her Achilles is sore from “two weeks of many matches and I need to recover in
6:50 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic finally mastered the one tournament that’s eluded him, beating nemesis Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for his first Western & Southern Open championship. He got the better of a nostalgic rematch — they hadn’t played in two years because of injuries — and broke
5:27 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Kiki Bertens served a 109 mph ace, flipped her racket away, fell to her knees and raised both arms. Moments later, she covered her face for a joyous cry, wiping the tears away with her sweat-soaked blue wristband. One point away from another loss, she had pulled
8:52 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic is once again so close to the one title that eludes him. And the same nemesis is standing in his way, all over again. It’s a moment in time: Djokovic vs. Federer for a title. Djokovic closed in on a Western & Southern Open title