12:00 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Less than two weeks after getting defaulted from the US Open, Novak Djokovic lost his cool again midway through a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over German qualifier Dominik Koepfer in the Italian Open quarterfinals Saturday. When Djokovic was broken at love to even the second set at 3-3,
Tennis
3:59 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic was being pushed so hard in the first set by Filip Krajinovic that he urgently needed somewhere to sit down and catch his breath. Since it was 5-5 and not time for a changeover, he plopped down on one of the new boxes installed behind the court for
8:41 PM ET Naomi Osaka will not play in the French Open, she announced Thursday night. Osaka said a sore hamstring will keep her from adequately preparing for the clay court tournament, which begins Sept. 27 in Paris. She is coming off a win this past weekend at the US Open but had been noncommittal
6:03 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — The number of fans allowed to attend the upcoming French Open was reduced to 5,000 per day on Thursday amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The French Tennis Federation had initially planned for 11,500 spectators spread over three courts for the clay-court major, which starts Sept. 27 in
5:11 PM ET Victoria Azarenka produced a masterclass on centre court at the Italian Open to knock out third seed Sofia Kenin with a dominant 6-0 6-0 victory in the second round on Thursday. Azarenka, who lost the U.S. Open final in New York on Saturday and flew in to Rome to beat Venus Williams
2:32 PM ET ATP and WTA jointly announced on Friday that the 2020 Kremlin Cup tournaments in Moscow have been cancelled by a mandate from health officials in the Russian capital, where there has been a surge in coronavirus infections. However, the ATP’s St. Petersburg tournament – a more prestigious event scheduled to start in
8:20 AM ET Associated Press The Fed Cup is changing its name to honor tennis great Billie Jean King, the woman whose lifelong battle for equality and social justice laid the foundation for generations that followed. The Billie Jean King Cup will become the first major global team competition to be named after a woman,
8:37 AM ET Novak Djokovic has spoke with ATP chief Andrea Gaudenzi regarding his breakaway players body, the world No.1 confirmed, reiterating that the new association could be a “positive addition” to the men’s Tour. Djokovic stepped down as head of the ATP player council last month along with members Vasek Pospisil, John Isner and
1:58 PM ET Associated Press ROME, Italy — Novak Djokovic beat local wild card entry Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-2 in his opening match at the Italian Open — his first match back since being defaulted from the U.S. Open for unintentionally striking a line judge in the throat with a ball. Djokovic said earlier this
12:38 PM ET A lingering lower back problem has forced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of his home Grand Slam at the French Open and the rest of 2020, the former world No. 5 said on Wednesday. Tsonga, 35, has not played since lower back pain forced him to retire from his first-round match at the Australian
Sep 14, 2020 Associated Press Novak Djokovic has said he learned “a big lesson” after being disqualified from the US Open for unintentionally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball. The incident eight days ago marked an end to Djokovic’s 29-match winning streak and his bid for an 18th Grand Slam title.
2:56 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Andy Murray received a wild card into the French Open on Monday. The former No. 1 was the only non-Frenchman of eight players to be given a pass into the main draw of the clay-court Grand Slam, which begins in 13 days. Murray was also awarded a wild
2:30 PM ET NEW YORK — The most extraordinary US Open ever staged produced the most remarkable men’s final, as well as a dramatic, high-quality women’s final, with Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka emerging as the respective, worthy champions. Yet the real star of this tournament was, well, the tournament. From the early stages of
2:23 PM ET Elise Mertens made a smooth transition from hardcourts to clay on Monday with a straight sets victory over Hsieh Su-Wei. The No. 11 seed beat Su-Wei 6-3, 6-1 after losing out in the US Open quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka. Mertens struck 17 winners and converter six of 11 break point
Sep 14, 2020 Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic will both progress into the Italian Open second round after securing wins in the first round of the tournament on Monday. No. 15 seed Dimitrov beat wildcard Gianluca Mager from Italy 7-5, 6-1 in just over an hour. He will face the winner of Yoshihito Nishioka and
11:51 PM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem has been repeatedly knocked out in Grand Slam finals by the game’s icons, but he’s always popped to his feet and dusted himself off, eager try again. His persistence finally paid off in a big way as he won the US Open on an extraordinary Sunday afternoon
11:35 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev on Sunday revealed his parents tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t be with him during his extended stay in the tournament. During his postmatch speech Sunday — after the 23-year old German lost to Dominic Thiem 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) — Zverev was
8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Dominic Thiem won his first major title by outlasting Alexander Zverev in the first US Open final to be decided in a fifth-set tiebreaker. Thiem won 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in a match that lasted over four hours. He became the first man in 71 years —