Tennis

Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 01:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe both lost in the first round of the Paris Masters on Monday. The 14th-seeded Tiafoe fell 6-3, 6-4 to Alexander Bublik while Shelton, the No. 15 seed, was undone 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3 by Alejandro Davidovich

Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CANCUN, Mexico — The women’s tennis tour defended the court built for the WTA Finals as meeting its “strict performance standards” after No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka called the conditions at the season-ending championship “another level of disrespect.” At least two of the eight singles

Associated Press Oct 29, 2023, 09:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CANCUN, Mexico — Jessica Pegula improved to 48-0 in 2023 after winning the first set, grabbing 10 of the last 12 games to beat Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-2 in the opening match of round-robin singles competition at the WTA Finals on a windy Sunday

Associated Press Oct 29, 2023, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — Beatriz Haddad Maia has claimed her third career tour title by defeating seventh-seeded Zheng Qinwen 7-6 (11), 7-6 (4) to win the WTA Elite Trophy on Sunday. The eighth-seeded Brazilian needed 2 hours and 51 minutes to edge past Zheng in

Associated Press Oct 28, 2023, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — China’s top player Zheng Qinwen prevailed against compatriot Zhu Lin 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 on Saturday to become just the second Chinese player to make the final of the WTA Elite Trophy. The 18th-ranked Zheng needed 3 hours, 19 minutes to see

Associated Press Oct 27, 2023, 11:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — The All England Club’s plan to build an 8,000-seat stadium and 38 other courts at Wimbledon that would allow the Grand Slam to hold its qualifying tournament on site has won approval from a local planning council. The expansion would take

Associated Press Oct 26, 2023, 08:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — Daria Kasatkina highlighted the social media abuse she has received after becoming the first player to reach the semifinals of WTA Elite Trophy on Thursday. The sixth-seeded Kasatkina beat 11th-seeded Magda Linette 6-3, 6-4. She then posted on X to say

Associated Press Oct 25, 2023, 08:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — Second-seeded Madison Keys has been eliminated from the WTA Elite Trophy after losing her second round-robin match, a 6-3, 7-6 (3) defeat to Caroline Garcia on Wednesday. After being upset in her opening match against eighth-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia on Tuesday,

Associated Press Oct 24, 2023, 06:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American tennis player Jenson Brooksby was given an 18-month suspension Tuesday after an independent tribunal determined he missed three drug tests within the span of a year. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Brooksby accepted that his “whereabouts failures” for two of the missed

Associated Press Oct 24, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn the four-year ban she received for doping violations. The court said Tuesday it has registered Halep’s appeal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s decision in