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Maria Lawson Close Maria Lawson is a reporter in the ESPN investigative and enterprise unit. She is an ESPN-American University investigative fellow from Frisco, Texas. Jan 31, 2025, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame tennis player Pam Shriver said Friday that her major trophies were returned earlier this week to the Marina
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ESPN News Services Jan 31, 2025, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Michelsen gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Taiwan in his Davis Cup debut Friday, while Jacob Fearnley also impressed in his first appearance in the competition to pull Britain level with Japan. Another player making his Davis Cup debut, Marcos
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Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Six more current or former tennis players linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium were given suspensions of varying lengths — one was barred for 15 years — and fined, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday. That brings the total to
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Associated Press Jan 29, 2025, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The US Open is expanding to 15 days this year, shifting to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era that began in 1968. Fans who subscribed for ticket information from the USTA were informed of the change for the season’s
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D’Arcy Maine Jan 29, 2025, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Tennis Players Association is launching the Athlete Counsel & Equity Program, a pro-bono legal initiative to help players in anti-doping and anti-corruption cases. Partnering with two law firms, King & Spalding LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, the program that was
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Jan 29, 2025, 09:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Newly crowned Australian Open champion Madison Keys would have expected to receive invitations to more tournaments in the coming months, but the ATX Open in Austin was forced to drop the American after she climbed into the top 10 in the rankings. Keys beat the top
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ESPN News Services Jan 29, 2025, 12:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic withdrew from Serbia’s Davis Cup first-round qualifier due to injury, the country’s tennis federation said Tuesday. Djokovic, the world’s No. 6 player who was set to represent Serbia in its meeting with Denmark in Copenhagen beginning Friday through Monday, retired due
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Jan 28, 2025, 04:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Harriet Dart was beaten in straight-sets in the opening round of the Singapore Open. Photo by Robert Prange/Getty Images British No. 4 Harriet Dart has been knocked out in the opening round of the Singapore Open after a straight-set defeat to Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann. The pair have
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