Tennis

Jan 30, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Miami Open will feature an elite wheelchair event and “Major League Pickleball” this year, alongside the regularly scheduled Masters 1000 event, organizers said in a statement. Wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams since 2007 but this will be the first time

Jan 29, 2024, 08:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal‘s racket from his 2007 French Open final victory over Roger Federer was sold for more than $118,000 at an auction Monday, ranking among the highest-priced such memorabilia. Nadal beat Federer 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2007 final in Paris to win his third

Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MARSEILLE, France — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has pulled out of next week’s Open 13 Provence in Marseille, organizers said Monday. The 22-year-old Italian player won his first Grand Slam title on Sunday when he defeated Daniil Medvedev in five sets, rallying from

Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 08:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis congratulated Italy on Monday after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century. Sinner won the Australian Open title on Sunday, and Francis made the acknowledgement

Associated Press Jan 29, 2024, 08:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The Paris Masters indoor tennis tournament will move to a new location starting next year, the French tennis federation said Monday. The tournament is moving from its long-standing home at the Bercy Arena to a larger venue at the Paris La Défense

The year’s first major concluded with Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner taking home the trophies at the Australian Open. It was the second straight title in Melbourne for the 25-year-old Sabalenka, who didn’t drop a set in her dominant run throughout the fortnight. And she saved the best for last with a 6-3, 6-2 victory

Associated Press Jan 28, 2024, 07:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title. The 22-year-old Sinner was playing in a major final for the

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 28, 2024, 09:25 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions

Jan 28, 2024, 01:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia – Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei and Belgium’s Elise Mertens won the women’s doubles crown at the Australian Open on Sunday with an emphatic 6-1, 7-5 victory over Latvian-Ukrainian pairing Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyl-a Kichenok. The win earned the second seeds their second women’s Grand Slam

Jan 27, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A first-time Australian Open champion will be named on Sunday after the men’s final (3:30 a.m. ET; ESPN and ESPN+). Will it be three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev? Or will Jannik Sinner win his first Grand Slam title? Our experts make their predictions. What can Sinner do

Jan 27, 2024, 08:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE — India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden dug deep to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title Saturday with a 7-6 (0), 7-5 victory over Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The second seeds fell to the ground after overcoming their Italian challengers before bowing

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 27, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions

Associated Press Jan 27, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Renata Jamrichova claimed the Australian Open junior girls’ singles title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 15-year-old Emerson Jones on Saturday. Jamrichova made six aces and saved five of six break points to clinch her first Grand Slam singles’ title

Jan 26, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Can defending champ Aryna Sabalenka win her second Grand Slam title on Saturday? Or will first-time major finalist Zheng Qinwen complete the ultimate upset? Our experts make their predictions for Saturday’s Australian Open women’s final (3:30 a.m. ET; ESPN and ESPN+). What can Sabalenka do to

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 26, 2024, 02:40 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions

Jan 25, 2024, 11:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Taiwanese-Polish duo Hsieh Su-wei and Jan Zielinski won a match tiebreaker to claim the Australian Open mixed doubles title on Friday, with an nail-biting 6-7(5) 6-4 (11-9) victory over American Desirae Krawczyk and Britain’s Neal Skupski. The victory earned Hsieh her first mixed

ESPN News Services Jan 25, 2024, 05:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a US Open final loss to Coco Gauff and became the first woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finals at the Australian Open on Thursday. Sabalenka attacked Gauff’s serve with her powerful returns and unloaded 33 winners

Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 25, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions