4:46 PM ET Top seeds Adrian Mannarino and Damir Dzumhur eased their way into the Antalya Cup quarterfinals. Second seed Dzumhur fought from a set down to defeat Marius Copil 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and the Bosnian will now face Pierre-Hugues Herbert for a place in the semifinals. For as dominant as he’s been on clay,
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12:58 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” In
8:23 AM ET Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has withdrawn from the Eastbourne grass-court championships with a hamstring injury, organisers said Wednesday. The third seed was due to play to play a third-round match against Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska. Serena Williams, who was unseeded at the French Open after her world ranking tumbled during her pregnancy
2:43 PM ET Jiri Vesely claimed an impressive two-set victory over Fernando Verdasco on day four of the ATP Antalya Cup in Turkey. Vesely, who has fallen to world No. 102 since his highest-ever ranking of No. 35 three years ago, beat Verdasco 6-3, 7-5. Verdasco is the tournament’s third seed and he was playing
2:20 PM ET Associated Press Petra Kvitova continued to impress with a straight-sets victory over Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday. The third-seeded Kvitova, who won her fifth title of the season on Sunday in Birmingham, triumphed 7-5, 6-3 and looks in impervious form ahead of her bid to
6:02 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” There
3:00 PM ET ESPN staff Andy Murray impressed at the Nature Valley International on Monday with a stunning win against Stan Wawrinka – his first since returning from a hip injury. The 31-year-old Scot defeated the former World No. 3 6-1, 6-3 after seeing off several aggressive shots in the first set deep in the
4:36 PM ET Associated Press Marin Cilic saved a match point on his way to defeating Novak Djokovic 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Sunday as he claimed a second Queen’s Club title. The top-seeded Croat first won the Wimbledon warmup event in 2012, but was the runner-up in 2013 and also lost to Feliciano Lopez
12:40 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England — Petra Kvitova fought back from a set down to beat Magdalena Rybarikova and retain her Birmingham Classic title on Sunday as the Czech player continued her impressive form ahead of Wimbledon. Kvitova hadn’t dropped a set in Birmingham prior to Sunday’s final but was tested by Rybarikova
9:42 AM ET Former finalist Tomas Berdych has been forced to withdraw from next month’s Wimbledon with a back injury. The 32-year-old Czech reached his only Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2010, losing to Rafael Nadal, and has been a semi-finalist for the last two years at the championships that begin on July 2.