Tennis

4:26 PM ET Jelena Ostapenko defeated the seventh-seed Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets by 6-1, 7-6(4) in one hours and 28 minutes to reach the Luxembourg Open final on Saturday. The Latvian won the tournament in 2019 and the result sees her progress into her second final of the year after winning the Eastbourne title

11:17 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Casper Ruud‘s Davis Cup debut as a Top 10 player resulted in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Khumoyun Sultanov on Friday, helping Norway take a 2-0 lead over visiting Uzbekistan in the World Group I playoffs. The 22-year-old Ruud — whose father, Christian, played for Norway’s Davis Cup

8:21 AM ET Inordinately long toilets breaks and medical timeouts at critical moments could soon be a thing of the past in men’s tennis with the ATP Tour planning to impose stricter rules, a source at the men’s governing body told Reuters. The practice has long been a bugbear of players, most recently at the

4:00 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The 2021 US Open is officially in the books, and it ended with titles for Emma Raducanu and Daniil Medvedev. Just as we all predicted, right? Needless to say, it was one of the most unexpected and surprising tournaments in memory and provided unforgettable introductions to the

1:58 PM ET Emma Raducanu‘s astonishing US Open triumph could lead to a fortune worth around £20 million ($27.7 million) over the next two years and that may be just the start, according to sports marketing experts. The 18-year-old Briton was almost unheard before reaching the fourth round at this year’s Wimbledon, having earned around

11:52 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Emma Raducanu‘s qualifier-to-champion run at the US Open vaulted her 127 spots in the WTA rankings to a career-high No. 23 on Monday. The 18-year-old from Britain began the year ranked 345th, rose to 179th in July by reaching Wimbledon’s fourth round in her Grand Slam debut

Sep 13, 2021 Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The season-ending WTA Finals have been moved from China to the Mexican city of Guadalajara, the WTA said Monday. The tournament was supposed to be held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in November. The WTA didn’t give a reason for the switch but said the

10:08 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, but he couldn’t hide his sobs from his courtside chair in Arthur Ashe Stadium. As he desperately tried to conceal his eyes from sight, he inadvertently exposed more of his face and his emotions were on full display for

11:10 PM ET NEW YORK — One sleepless night during Wimbledon, Daniil Medvedev began to envision what he would do if he won the sport’s most fabled tournament. The Russian player knew if he did, he would have to come up with some sort of special celebration, since so many past champions there have had

Sep 12, 2021 NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic said he felt “relief” that his run toward history was finally over after coming up short in the US Open on Sunday. The world No. 1 was going for the first calendar-year Grand Slam — winning all four major titles in the same year — by a

Sep 12, 2021 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Sam Stosur and Zhang Shuai won their second Grand Slam women’s doubles title together and denied Coco Gauff and Caty McNally their first with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory on Sunday. The No. 14 seeds added the US Open title to the Australian Open they won

Sep 12, 2021 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Diede de Groot became the first woman to achieve a Golden Slam after winning the women’s wheelchair singles title at the US Open on Sunday. De Groot, of the Netherlands, beat Yui Kamiji 6-3, 6-2 in the final. The Golden Slam consists of winning all four

6:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A game from the end of his bid for what would have been the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969, Novak Djokovic covered his face with a towel, hiding his tears during a changeover. For 27 Grand Slam matches in 2021, on hard courts,

3:25 PM ET ESPN staff Novak Djokovic, the No. 1-ranked men’s player in the world, has a chance to make history: complete the calendar-year Grand Slam and break a tie with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who also have 20 major titles, for the most in men’s tennis history. Daniil Medvedev can spoil Djokovic’s bid

10:16 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Emma Raducanu arrived in New York three weeks ago for the US Open qualifying tournament ranked No. 150 in the world and having just played in the biggest final of her career — a Challenger event in Chicago. She leaves the city as the most improbable Grand

6:58 PM ET NEW YORK — No one knew what to expect out of this US Open all-teen women’s final between Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez. The Open has seen two teens battle it out for the championship before. The last time was in 1999 when a then-17-year-old Serena Williams stopped an 18-year-old Martina Hingis.

1:29 AM ET NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic had just held serve for a commanding 5-0 lead in the fifth set when he let out a Kobe Bryant-esque scream while clenching his fist. All Alexander Zverev could do was put his racket into his mouth and bite down in frustration. On the opposite side, Djokovic

5:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev was a point from finding himself tied at a set apiece in his US Open semifinal against Felix Auger-Aliassime. The No. 2-seeded Medvedev surged out of that tight spot, beat a mistake-prone Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 on Friday and now is headed to his third