Feb 8, 2025, 01:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Belinda Bencic came from behind to beat Ashlyn Krueger 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 and capture the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open title on Saturday, four months after returning to the circuit from maternity leave. The Swiss former world No. 4, who is now outside the top 150, gave
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Reilly Opelka faces potential discipline for his postmatch comments about a chair umpire he called the “worst ump on tour,” the ATP said in a statement Friday. Opelka was angered that he received a point penalty while serving for the match in
Feb 7, 2025, 08:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reilly Opelka called for chair umpire Greg Allensworth to be suspended by the ATP after Opelka received a code violation at the Dallas Open for confronting a spectator in the stands who he claimed was deliberately coughing to interrupt his serve. Opelka, who was facing Cameron
Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bianca Andreescu will delay the start of her 2025 season after undergoing an appendectomy. The 2019 US Open champion said Thursday in an Instagram story post that she had planned to compete in the Merida Open later this month until this complication arose. “I
Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 11:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Gonzalo Oliveira, a Portuguese-born player who represents Venezuela, was provisionally suspended for doping on Wednesday. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the 29-year-old Oliveira was tested on Nov. 25 while competing at an ATP Challenger event in Manzanillo, Mexico and the A sample was
Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension. “I don’t know if it’s with sadness
Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Tennis star Coco Gauff donated $100,000 to UNCF to provide scholarships for students playing competitive tennis at historically Black colleges and universities. UNCF will administer the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which was announced Tuesday. “My family has a deep-rooted history with HBCUs,
Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 11:12 AM ET The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reduced the suspension of Swedish tennis player Dragoș Mădăraș from four years and six months to two years. Mădăraș had been suspended under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program for breaching rules. Mădăraș reached a career-high world ranking of 191 in
Associated Press Feb 3, 2025, 10:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The ATP Tour will return to Estoril, Portugal, in 2026 but won’t be making a stop in Metz, France. Those were the major changes in the ATP Tour schedule released Monday. Estoril had been a regular part of the ATP circuit but
ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2025, 01:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Alcaraz said he has no doubt that top-ranked Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world currently as the two young players continue to lay the foundations for an epic rivalry. Alcaraz, the 21-year-old world No. 3, won the French Open
ESPN News Services Feb 3, 2025, 12:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Abu Dhabi Open has apologized to Daria Kasatkina for an administrative mistake that listed her as a player from Spain at the tournament’s draw ceremony on Sunday. The mistake sparked speculation that the Russian Kasatkina, ranked No. 11 in the world, had
Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HASSELT, Belgium — Belgium advanced to the second round of Davis Cup qualifying in bizarre fashion Sunday after Chile tennis player Cristian Garin was accidentally knocked over by his opponent. Belgium’s Zizou Bergs was celebrating winning a game in the third set that left
Feb 1, 2025, 08:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Japan fought back from 2-1 down to beat Britain 3-2 in their Davis Cup qualifier on Saturday to advance to the second round, while the United States sealed a 4-0 victory over Taiwan. With the score tied at 1-1 after Friday’s singles rubbers, Britain’s Joe Salisbury
Maria Lawson Close Maria Lawson is a reporter in the ESPN investigative and enterprise unit. She is an ESPN-American University investigative fellow from Frisco, Texas. Jan 31, 2025, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame tennis player Pam Shriver said Friday that her major trophies were returned earlier this week to the Marina
ESPN News Services Jan 31, 2025, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Michelsen gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Taiwan in his Davis Cup debut Friday, while Jacob Fearnley also impressed in his first appearance in the competition to pull Britain level with Japan. Another player making his Davis Cup debut, Marcos
Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Six more current or former tennis players linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium were given suspensions of varying lengths — one was barred for 15 years — and fined, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday. That brings the total to
Associated Press Jan 29, 2025, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The US Open is expanding to 15 days this year, shifting to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era that began in 1968. Fans who subscribed for ticket information from the USTA were informed of the change for the season’s
D’Arcy Maine Jan 29, 2025, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Tennis Players Association is launching the Athlete Counsel & Equity Program, a pro-bono legal initiative to help players in anti-doping and anti-corruption cases. Partnering with two law firms, King & Spalding LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, the program that was
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