Tennis

Associated Press Sep 23, 2024, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz were named to Spain’s roster for the Davis Cup finals Monday, raising the possibility of a renewal of their “Nadalcaraz” doubles partnership from the Paris Olympics. Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion who is 38, hasn’t competed anywhere since

Sep 23, 2024, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said she has pulled out of tournaments in Beijing and Wuhan due to a back issue but is aiming to return to action before the WTA Tour’s season finale in Riyadh in November. The world number four enjoyed plenty of success

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup on Sunday. Alcaraz broke the US Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out

Sep 22, 2024, 06:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions US Open quarterfinalist Beatriz Haddad Maia overcame first-set jitters in the Korea Open final to beat top seed Daria Kasatkina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, winning the first WTA 500 singles title of her career Sunday. Haddad Maida, who lost the final in Seoul in 2017, bounced back

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — Team World just needs two more match wins to claim the Laver Cup a third straight time. Team World won three of four matches from Team Europe on Saturday to take an 8-4 points lead into the third and final day. After

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Beatriz Haddad Maia pulled double duty to beat the Kudermetova sisters in back-to-back singles matches at the Korea Open on Saturday, reaching the final to face top-seeded Daria Kasatkina. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played on the same day because rain washed out all

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 02:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Beatriz Haddad Maia advanced to the rain-delayed semifinals of the Korea Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Polina Kudermetova on Saturday. Haddad Maia was the 2017 runner-up in the Seoul WTA 500-level tournament. Persistent rain showers washed out all

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day Friday. Alcaraz and Zverev, who faced each other in the French Open final three months ago, had a

Sep 20, 2024, 06:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has pulled out of the China Open for personal reasons, the five-time Grand Slam champion said Friday. She won last year’s China Open after beating Russian Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets in the final. Swiatek, 23, withdrew from the Canadian Open

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Defending champion Italy will take on Argentina in the first round of the Davis Cup Finals in November. Thursday’s draw for the last eight in the southern Spanish city of Malaga also set up the United States against Australia, Germany against Canada

Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka will start her 2025 season at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland in January. The four-time Grand Slam singles winner returned to tennis this year after an 18-month break during which she gave birth

Sep 18, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — World No. 6 Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustrating fourth-round exit at the US Open, Gilbert said Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to the next chapter of his career. Gilbert helped to

Sep 18, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina‘s tennis season has ended, the Ukrainian said on Wednesday after she underwent surgery on her right foot to address a long-standing injury. Svitolina came back from maternity leave last year firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, but she

Sep 17, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu has progressed to the second round of the Korean Open after defeating Peyton Stearns in straight sets on Tuesday. Raducanu, playing for the first time since her first-round defeat to Sofia Kenin at the US Open, came through a difficult contest against the American,

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will become the first individual women’s athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would

Associated Press Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — US Open champion Jannik Sinner introduced a new fitness coach and physiotherapist to his team on Monday after firing his previous staff members because of a doping case. Marco Panichi takes over as fitness coach and Ulises Badio as Sinner’s physiotherapist. Both

Sep 17, 2024, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur has been forced to end her 2024 season prematurely due to a niggling shoulder injury, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up said. The 30-year-old has slipped to 22nd in the world rankings this year amid fitness struggles and pulled out of pre-US Open tournaments

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — Magdalena Frech defeated qualifier Olivia Gadecki 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Sunday to capture her first WTA title at the Guadalajara Open. Frech became the fourth Polish woman to win a singles title this century joining Magda Linette, Agnieszka Radwanska and current