Tennis

Jun 17, 2024, 09:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka will not play at the Paris Olympics in order to focus on her health and prepare for the hard-court tournaments, the twice Grand Slam champion said on Monday. The 26-year-old Belarusian won the Australian Open in January but was knocked out

Jun 17, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Milos Raonic defeated Cameron Norrie in the first round of Queen’s on Monday. Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Milos Raonic beat home favourite Cameron Norrie 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) at the Queen’s Club in London on Monday to advance to the second round of the grass-court competition. Norrie

Jun 17, 2024, 05:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray has said it would be a fitting end to his career if he bowed out at Wimbledon or the Paris Olympics. The 37-year-old Scot, a three-time Grand Slam champion and double Olympic gold medallist, said in February that he was unlikely to continue playing

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 16, 2024, 06:57 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray and Dan Evans played together in the doubles at the French Open at

Jun 16, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Boulter has reached the final of the Nottingham Open for the second successive year. Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for LTA Katie Boulter overcame a one-set deficit to beat Emma Raducanu 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 in an all-British semifinal at the Nottingham Open on Sunday. The game resumed on

Jun 16, 2024, 09:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Draper won his first ATP title on Sunday in Stuttgart. Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images Great Britain’s Jack Draper claimed his first ATP title on Sunday by beating Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the final of the Stuttgart Open in Germany. Berrettini, a

Michael Voepel, ESPN.comJun 15, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Close Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Open Extended Reactions Tennis great Serena Williams said she understands why WNBA rookie Caitlin Clark avoids social media

Jun 15, 2024, 10:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Draper celebrates his win on Saturday. Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images Jack Draper reached his first-ever grass-court final on Saturday after defeating Brandon Nakashima in straight sets at the Stuttgart Open. Draper, 22, controlled the match from the outset, not allowing a single break point

Jun 14, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Japan’s Naomi Osaka and Kei Nishikori will compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Japan Tennis Association has announced. It will be the second Games for the 26-year-old four-times Grand Slam winner Osaka, who finished ninth in the singles at her home Tokyo Games

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — A tournament record 675,080 spectators attended the French Open and more than 7 million people saw the men’s final on television, the French Tennis Federation said Friday. The number of fans attending was up 6.6% over last year. The peak audience on

Associated Press Jun 14, 2024, 08:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will compete in both singles and doubles at the Paris Olympics, the Italian tennis federation said Friday. This will be the first Summer Games for 22-year-old Sinner, who reached the top spot in the men’s rankings this week following

Jun 13, 2024, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wimbledon has revealed plans to honour Andy Murray should this year’s tournament turn out to be a farewell to the two-time former champion. This year’s tournament could be the last for 37-year-old former world No.1 Murray, whose 2013 title made him the first British Wimbledon men’s

Jun 13, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal will skip Wimbledon in July in order to prepare for the Olympic Games in Paris which will be played on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the Spaniard posted on social media on Thursday. Nadal, a record 14-time winner of the French Open, has

Jun 13, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu celebrates win at the 2024 Nottingham Open advancing her into the quarterfinals Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for LTA Emma Raducanu won her round-of-16 match against Daria Snigur in the 2024 Nottingham Open in straight sets, securing a place in the competition’s quarterfinals. The 21-year-old

Jun 12, 2024, 07:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal has been chosen to the Spanish team for the Paris Olympics, where he will also partner with French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz in doubles. Nadal, who has been limited the past two years by a number of injuries, has said the Games were his

Jun 12, 2024, 02:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray will fall outside of the world’s top 100 players when the rankings are next updated. Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has said he may not play at this summer Olympic Games in Paris, saying his body “doesn’t feel

Jun 11, 2024, 09:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dan Evans looks to reclaim is Nottingham Open title after wining in 2019 and 2022. Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for LTA Dan Evans won his opening match at the Nottingham Open against Switzerland’s Dominic Stricker. The deciding set was played on Tuesday after the match was

Associated Press Jun 11, 2024, 01:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STUTTGART, Germany — Marcos Giron earned his first win against a current or former No. 1 when he beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the grass-court Stuttgart Open on Tuesday. The 54th-ranked Giron hit seven aces, saved the three break