Tennis

Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bianca Andreescu will delay the start of her 2025 season after undergoing an appendectomy. The 2019 US Open champion said Thursday in an Instagram story post that she had planned to compete in the Merida Open later this month until this complication arose. “I

Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 11:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Gonzalo Oliveira, a Portuguese-born player who represents Venezuela, was provisionally suspended for doping on Wednesday. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the 29-year-old Oliveira was tested on Nov. 25 while competing at an ATP Challenger event in Manzanillo, Mexico and the A sample was

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension. “I don’t know if it’s with sadness

Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Tennis star Coco Gauff donated $100,000 to UNCF to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities. UNCF will administer the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which was announced Tuesday. “My family has a deep-rooted history with HBCUs,

Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 11:12 AM ET The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced the suspension of Swedish tennis player Dragoș Mădăraș from four years and six months to two years. Mădăraș had been suspended under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program for breaching rules. Mădăraș reached a career-high world ranking of 191 in

Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The ATP Tour will return to Estoril, Portugal, in 2026 but won’t be making a stop in Metz, France. Those were the major changes in the ATP Tour schedule released Monday. Estoril had been a regular part of the ATP circuit but

ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2025, 01:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Alcaraz said he has no doubt that top-ranked Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world currently as the two young players continue to lay the foundations for an epic rivalry. Alcaraz, the 21-year-old world No. 3, won the French Open

ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2025, 12:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Abu Dhabi Open has apologized to Daria Kasatkina for an administrative mistake that listed her as a player from Spain at the tournament’s draw ceremony on Sunday. The mistake sparked speculation that the Russian Kasatkina, ranked No. 11 in the world, had

Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HASSELT, Belgium — Belgium advanced to the second round of Davis Cup qualifying in bizarre fashion Sunday after Chile tennis player Cristian Garin was accidentally knocked over by his opponent. Belgium’s Zizou Bergs was celebrating winning a game in the third set that left

Feb 1, 2025, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Japan fought back from 2-1 down to beat Britain 3-2 in their Davis Cup qualifier on Saturday to advance to the second round, while the United States sealed a 4-0 victory over Taiwan. With the score tied at 1-1 after Friday’s singles rubbers, Britain’s Joe Salisbury