Tennis

Simon Cambers Sep 4, 2024, 12:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — In the history of tennis, a small number of players have possessed the ability to make a crowd gasp. From the sheer venom of an Andre Agassi return to the beauty of a Roger Federer half-volley and the crack of a

Taylor Fritz celebrates a point again Alexander Zverev. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Between the combined efforts of Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, an American man will compete in the final of a Grand Slam for the first time since 2009. Tiafoe and Fritz both took care of business Tuesday, with the former defeating No. 9 Grigor

Emma Navarro is now two wins away from her first Grand Slam title. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Emma Navarro rallied from a 5-1 second-set deficit for a 6-2, 7-5 win over Spain’s Paula Badosa in the US Open quarterfinal round on Tuesday. Navarro advances to Thursday’s semifinal round, the deepest run the 13th-seeded American

Rohan Bopanna and Aldila Sutjiadi in action© X (Twitter) Veteran Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Indonesian partner Aldila Sutjiadi entered the semifinals of the US Open mixed doubles with a hard-fought win over Australian Matthew Ebden and Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic in New York. The eighth seeded Indian-Indonesian pair registered a

Jannik Sinner will take on Daniil Medvedev again in the quarterfinals next on Wednesday night after his win over Tommy Paul. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) Though he hung with him early, Tommy Paul couldn’t get past the top-ranked tennis player in the world on Monday night. Jannik Sinner fended off a battle from Paul at Arthur

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew becoming a back-to-back champion at the US Open would be hard. She was likely aware that no woman had repeated at the tournament since Serena Williams won her third straight a decade ago. And Gauff knew she

Jannik Sinner is in a good position to win his second Grand Slam at the 2024 US Open. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) Jannik Sinner advanced to the Round of 16 of the US Open on Saturday. That usually isn’t big news for a No. 1 seed, but after what happened in the third round,

Eight-time Grand Slam champion and former World No. 1 tennis player Andre Agassi is set to visit India in January next year to inaugurate the PWR DUPR Indian Tour and League, a major event that aims to popularise pickleball in the country. The PWR DUPR Indian Tour and League follows the recent introduction of a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 28, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — One year ago, Naomi Osaka sat in the stands at Arthur Ashe Stadium and watched Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova battle for a spot in the US Open final. From her seat, she privately wished she could be back out

Carlos Alcaraz is trying to reclaim his world No. 1 title. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) His first opponent was feistier than expected, but Carlos Alcaraz is off and running at the US Open. The world No. 3 defeated Australian qualifier Li Tu 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the first round at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday.

The US Open brings down the curtain on the 2024 Grand Slam season with newly minted Olympic gold medallist Novak Djokovic aiming to add to his cache of major titles after failing to do so since bagging No. 24 at Flushing Meadows last year. Out to stop him will be Italian Jannik Sinner, the Australian

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 24, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After an entertaining season full of dominant performances, skyrocketing superstars and an abnormal amount of surface changes, we’ve finally made it to the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. And trust us when we say: The 2024 US Open could be one

Coco Gauff will return to the US Open for the first time as a defending champion. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) It’s time again for the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the tennis year. The 2023 singles winners, Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic, are both returning at full strength to defend their titles. Will Djokovic

World number one Jannik Sinner is “honest to the core” and is an “innocent victim” his coach Darren Cahill said after the Italian was cleared of any wrongdoing despite twice testing positive for a banned substance. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Tuesday that Sinner had provided an in-competition sample at the Indian

ESPN News Services Aug 20, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for a banned anabolic steroid in March and was stripped of prize money and points earned at a tournament in Indian Wells, California, but he will not be suspended because an independent tribunal said it