Tennis

May 25, 2024, 10:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a very challenging year due to injuries, how will 14-time French Open champ Rafael Nadal play in what may be his final tournament at Roland Garros? And after a tough season so far, can Novak Djokovic come back to win a record-breaking 25th Grand Slam

Associated Press May 24, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Novak Djokovic will defend his French Open title in Paris still without a trophy this season after losing in the Geneva Open semifinals Friday. Tomas Machac beat Djokovic 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 in the last clay-court event to prepare for Roland Garros, where

May 24, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Alexander Zverev thought his brother was joking when he was told he would be facing 14-time champion Rafael Nadal in the opening round of the French Open. Nadal, who has barely played this year, will be making his last appearance at the Grand Slam

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions From 2002 to 2004, the French Open men’s draw was an absolute free-for-all. The No. 1 seed lost in the third round twice and the fourth round once. Only three of 12 semifinalists

ESPN News Services May 23, 2024, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal is in the French Open field after all, and the 14-time champion was set up for a challenging first-round matchup against Alexander Zverev from Thursday’s draw. Nadal had been coy about whether he would compete at Roland Garros after two seasons

ESPN News Services May 23, 2024, 06:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 5 Jessica Pegula has pulled out of the French Open as she continues to focus on her recovery from injuries, the American tennis player said Wednesday. The 30-year-old said earlier this month that she was unsure of her participation in Paris,

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Novak Djokovic celebrated his 37th birthday on Wednesday by beating unseeded Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals at the Geneva Open. It was the 1,100th victory for the World No. 1 at ATP tournaments. Djokovic rallied from 3-0 down in

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMay 22, 2024, 02:49 PM 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 Emma Raducanu will begin her preparations ahead of Wimbledon at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray and Daniel Evans have been granted a wild card to play together in doubles at the French Open, organizers said Wednesday. They are the first non-French pair to be awarded a wild card into the men’s

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 10:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Two-time runner-up Dominic Thiem lost in the second round of qualifying Wednesday in his final match at the French Open. Thiem was beaten 6-2, 7-5 by Otto Virtanen on Court Suzanne Lenglen and won’t make an 11th and final appearance in the

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday. The others being depicted as dolls are gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, soccer players Mary Fowler and

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 21, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Another clay tournament, another title for Iga Swiatek. The world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion followed up her win at 1000-level Madrid earlier this month by nabbing the trophy at Rome — another 1000-level event — on Saturday. And while Swiatek

Associated Press May 20, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Needing a win to face Novak Djokovic next at the Geneva Open, Andy Murray was saved by a heavy rainstorm when he trailed unseeded Yannick Hanfmann 7-5, 4-1 in a first-round match on Monday. Murray and top-ranked Djokovic both got wild cards

Associated Press May 20, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia’s move into tennis will now include a multiyear deal to sponsor the WTA women’s rankings. The WTA released word of its partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Monday, a move that follows last month’s news

Associated Press May 20, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Rafael Nadal returned to Roland Garros on Monday to practice and try to figure out whether to compete at the French Open he has won 14 times. The 37-year-old Spaniard showed up with coach Carlos Moya. A video on the Open’s official

Associated Press May 19, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from French Open qualifying and will instead focus on training for the grass and hard-court seasons. The 21-year-old had been expected to try to fight her way through three rounds of qualifying at Roland Garros, as she famously

Associated Press May 19, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title Sunday and earn his biggest trophy since tearing an ankle apart two years ago. Zverev opened the match with

Associated Press May 18, 2024, 01:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — If Iga Swiatek can keep up her form, it’s hard to imagine anyone preventing her from winning a fourth French Open title. The top-ranked Swiatek dominated in her latest meeting with No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, winning the Italian Open final 6-2, 6-3