12:01 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.” The
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12:15 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — All 17 US Open courts used for singles, doubles and mixed doubles will have electronic line-calling and video review available in 2018, the USTA announced Friday. It will be the first time that every match at the year’s last Grand Slam tournament will have the technology.
3:19 PM ET Associated Press Marco Cecchinato of Italy is the only seeded male player left in the Eastbourne International after Kyle Edmund and Denis Shapovalov were both eliminated in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Second-seeded Edmund lost 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Edmund fought back from a break down to take the
8:10 AM ET Andy Murray believes there is “no risk” to his fitness should he decide to play at Wimbledon next week. Murray, 31, has lost two of three competitive matches he has played since returning from an 11-month injury layoff, including Wednesday’s defeat to fellow Briton Kyle Edmund in Eastbourne. The two-time SW19 champion
11:28 AM ET Michael Steinberger This year marks the 10th anniversary of what is universally regarded as the greatest tennis match ever played: the 2008 Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Over the next few days, there will be lots of stories looking back at that historic match. This is not one of
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,
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8:23 AM ET Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has withdrawn from the Eastbourne grass-court championships with a hamstring injury, organisers said Wednesday.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