Tennis

Associated Press Dec 6, 2023, 07:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki has been awarded one of the first wild cards for the 2024 Australian Open, and she is planning on bringing her two young children to the scene of her biggest Grand Slam triumph. Wozniacki, who is the 2018 Australian

Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Rafael Nadal has lower expectations for when he returns to the tour in January after a year out. Nadal announced Friday that he will play at the Brisbane International in Australia in January. The 37-year-old Spaniard has not appeared on tour since

Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic earned the year-end No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for the eighth time Monday, adding to a record he already held. Djokovic won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments — the Australian Open in January, French Open in June and

Associated Press Dec 2, 2023, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Hamad Medjedovic squandered two match points before he finally upset the top-seeded Arthur Fils and won the Next Gen Finals championship match on Saturday. It was the first five-set final in six editions of the tournament. Medjedovic missed the chance

Associated Press Dec 1, 2023, 04:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — The Next Gen Finals championship match will feature one of the players being relied on to revive French tennis against the player that Serbia hopes can keep its flag at the top of the sport after Novak Djokovic. Top-seeded Arthur

Dec 1, 2023, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former tennis world No. 1 Rafael Nadal will return at the Brisbane International warm up event for the Australian Open in January, the Spaniard said on Friday. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has not played a competitive match since bowing out in the second round of

Associated Press Nov 30, 2023, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Arthur Fils and Hamad Medjedovic maintained their perfect starts to the Next Gen Finals on Thursday to reach the semifinals. The top-seeded Fils beat Dominic Stricker 4-2, 3-4 (3), 4-2, 4-3 (5) to make it three straight wins in the

Associated Press Nov 29, 2023, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Arthur Fils and Hamad Medjedovic maintained their winning starts in the round-robin stage of the Next Gen Finals on Wednesday. The top-seeded, 19-year-old French player Fils defeated Italian player Flavio Cobolli 4-1, 4-2, 4-2, and Medjedovic defeated Fils’ compatriot Luca

Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche both started their pushes for the Next Gen Finals title with wins in the round-robin stage as the tournament opened Tuesday at its new home in Saudi Arabia. The top-seeded, 19-year-old French player Fils

Nov 28, 2023, 01:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The WTA said that while it does not support an exhibition event being held in Russia this weekend, players who take part in it will not be sanctioned. The men’s ATP Tour said it also would not penalize its players for taking part in the second