4:55 PM ET Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Alexander Zverev was fined $40,000 by the men’s professional tennis tour and will forfeit more than $30,000 in prize money and all rankings points from the Mexican Open after hitting the chair umpire’s stand with his racket following a loss in doubles. In
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12:30 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic will fall from No. 1 in the ATP rankings and be replaced by Daniil Medvedev after losing 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships on Thursday. Djokovic’s latest stay in the top spot began on
8:14 AM ET Alexander Zverev deserved to be expelled from the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco for his expletive-filled tantrum after a doubles defeat, Rafa Nadal said on Thursday. Upset over a line call earlier during Wednesday’s match, world No.3 Zverev shouted expletives and smashed his racket repeatedly against the umpire’s chair, coming perilously close
4:06 AM ET Nick Kyrgios has revealed his battle with serious depression and substance abuse in a raw social media post about mental health. The Australian tennis entertainer has opened up about one of the “darkest periods” in his life around the time of the 2019 Australian Open. The 26-year-old said he was struggling so
1:13 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic won his second match — and first tiebreaker — of the year when he beat Karen Khachanov 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships. Djokovic couldn’t defend his Australian Open title last month because he
12:40 PM ET Andy Murray has said the difference in prize money at the Dubai Championships is a “big step backwards,” with the men’s singles winner set to receive five times more the amount as compared to the women’s champion. Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko took home $104,180 after winning the women’s WTA 500 event by beating
3:41 AM ET US Open champion Emma Raducanu was forced to retire with a left hip injury in the deciding set of her opening match against Australia’s Daria Saville on Tuesday in the WTA 250 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico. The 19-year-old from south London was playing her first match since last month’s painful exit in
3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Second-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Daniel Evans 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Dubai Championships on Tuesday, just two days after winning his ninth tour title. The Russian, who defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final at the Open 13 tennis tournament in Marseille,
7:23 AM ET Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Stefan Kozlov overcame leg cramps and upset Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (8), 5-7, 6-2 to move into a second-round match against Rafael Nadal at the Mexican Open. The No. 130-ranked Kozlov got a spot in main draw as lucky loser after Maxime Cressy withdrew because of injury. Kozlov
4:53 PM ET ESPN News Services DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic won his first match of the year when he defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-3 to open the Dubai Championships on Monday. Djokovic couldn’t defend his Australian Open title last month because he was deported from the country for being unvaccinated. The United
6:22 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz beat Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-2 to win the Rio Open on Sunday. The 18-year-old Alcaraz overcame third-seeded Schwartzman in the final to the delight of Brazilian fans at the clay-court tournament. The seventh-seeded Spaniard won his first professional match in Rio
5:58 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Cameron Norrie‘s year started off slowly, with four consecutive losses. He seems to have found his stride. Norrie won the third ATP Tour title of his career Sunday, with the No. 1 seed beating second-seeded Reilly Opelka 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4) in the Delray Beach Open.
12:25 PM ET Associated Press MARSEILLE, France — Second-seeded Andrey Rublev beat No. 3 Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6 (4) to win the Open 13 tournament Sunday, clinching his ninth career title and first in almost a year. Since winning in Rotterdam in March last year, Rublev had lost three finals. He improved to 5-0 in
12:09 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic said on Sunday that despite weeks away from competition and emotional distress over his recent detention and deportation, he feels he’s at his “peak” as he returns to the tour. The world’s top male tennis player sounded an upbeat note
12:22 AM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman and Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the final of the Rio Open clay-court tournament Sunday. The third-seeded Schwartzman beat countryman Francisco Cerundolo late Saturday. Eighteen-old and seventh-seeded Alcaraz eliminated Italy’s Fabio Fognini in the first hour of Sunday. Schwartzman, ranked No.
11:37 PM ET ESPN News Services DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Top-seeded Cameron Norrie and second-seeded Reilly Opelka will meet in the final of the Delray Beach Open on Sunday. Norrie beat fourth-seeded Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-3 in one semifinal Saturday. Opelka edged John Millman 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) in exactly three hours in
3:38 PM ET Associated Press Roberto Bautista Agut won the Qatar Open for the second time in his career on Saturday, beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-4 and claiming revenge after losing to the Georgian in last year’s final. Second seed Bautista Agut was broken in the early stages of the first and second sets, only
12:35 AM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Top-seeded Matteo Berrettini of Italy beat Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the rain-plagued Rio Open clay-court tournament. The match that was initially scheduled for Thursday evening, but ended only minutes before Saturday began in Rio de