Associated Press Dec 4, 2024, 06:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic will open the new tennis season at the Brisbane International tournament, a warmup event for the Australian Open. “I’m excited to be kicking off my Australian swing at the Brisbane International and to compete again at Pat Rafter Arena,”
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Dec 4, 2024, 12:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic will begin his preparations for next month’s Australian Open by playing at the Brisbane International warm-up tournament, he said Wednesday. Djokovic, who is seeking an 11th Australian Open title and 25th Grand Slam, will compete alongside defending Brisbane champion Grigor Dimitrov at the ATP
Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 09:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz will have an additional coach with him when the 2025 season begins. The four-time Grand Slam champion has hired Samuel Lopez to work alongside Juan Carlos Ferrero, who has coached the Spaniard since he was 15 years old. Lopez
Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 01:08 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Neale Fraser, who won three Grand Slam singles titles and guided Australia to four Davis Cup titles during a 24-year career as team captain, has died at 91. Tennis Australia released a statement Tuesday saying the sport “has lost one of its giants.” Fraser
Associated Press Dec 2, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The Davis Cup Final 8 will be held in Italy from 2025 through 2027, the International Tennis Federation announced Monday, with Bologna hosting next year. Led by Jannik Sinner, the Italians have won the past two Davis Cup titles in Malaga, Spain,
Associated Press Dec 1, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Hiring Andy Murray as his coach came naturally for Novak Djokovic. On a trip to Argentina to play in a farewell match for Juan Martín del Potro, the Serbian explained why he chose his former rival after being without a
Nov 29, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic has described his decision to team up with recently retired rival Andy Murray as a surprise to everyone but said he could not be more excited by the prospect of the two former world No. 1s working together. Murray agreed to join Djokovic’s team
Nov 29, 2024, 12:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Simona Halep questioned the “big difference” in how doping cases are treated after world No. 2 Iga Swiatek was handed a one-month ban while the Romanian was out of action for over 18 months following two separate anti-doping violations. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said
ESPN News Services Nov 28, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August. She formally admitted the
Associated Press Nov 28, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open champion, has been appointed as the new head of France’s para tennis beginning next year. The French tennis federation said in a statement Thursday that Noah will be in charge of coordinating wheelchair, visually impaired, deaf
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 26, 2024, 12:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 tennis season is officially over, and what a year it was on and off the court. With the emergence of a new group of dominant superstars, the swan songs of others and countless memorable moments and matches, it was truly a
Associated Press Nov 24, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WACO, Texas — Georgia’s Dasha Vidmanova and Columbia’s Michael Zheng won NCAA singles tennis titles Sunday. Vidmanova, a 21-year-old senior from the Czech Republic, beat DJ Bennett of Auburn 6-3, 6-3 for the Bulldogs’ first women’s singles championship since 2010. Zheng, a 20-year-old junior
Associated Press Nov 24, 2024, 01:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Jannik Sinner clinched Italy’s second consecutive Davis Cup title and capped his breakthrough season at the top of tennis by beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Sunday for a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the final of the team
Associated Press Nov 24, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal‘s relatively low-key retirement ceremony at the Davis Cup was defended by the head of the International Tennis Federation on Sunday as being dictated by the 22-time Grand Slam champion’s wishes. “Rafa is an amazing player and has a legacy
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 23, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic announced that he has hired longtime rival Andy Murray to be his new coach ahead of the 2025 season. The two shared the news in a statement and video on social media Saturday, explaining Murray, who retired from his competitive career
Associated Press Nov 23, 2024, 12:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini won singles matches Saturday in front of a supportive crowd to lift defending champion Italy past Australia 2-0 and back into the Davis Cup final. Sinner extended his tour-level winning streak to 24 sets in
Associated Press Nov 22, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — The last man to face — and beat — Rafael Nadal in professional tennis, 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp, converted his 10th match point Friday to close out a 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-3 victory over Daniel Altmaier and help the Netherlands
Associated Press Nov 21, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner won matches in singles and doubles to lead defending champion Italy to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina on Thursday, earning a return trip to the Davis Cup semifinals. On Saturday, Italy will face Australia in a