Tennis

Sep 15, 2022 ESPN News Services Roger Federer is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of men’s tennis with rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

6:49 PM ET ROGER FEDERER HAS been asked about retirement for 13 years. The first questions came after he beat Stan Wawrinka at Roland Garros in May 2009. With that triumph on clay, he became the sixth man in tennis history to complete the career sweep of Grand Slam events. Reaching that milestone could have

4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services GLASGOW, Scotland — Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz won their singles matches to give the United States an unassailable 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan to move atop its Davis Cup Finals group on Thursday. The Americans are almost assured of reaching the quarterfinals with the two wins. Paul enjoyed a

11:50 AM ET Emma Raducanu fell short in the round of 16 at the Slovenia Open, losing 5-7, 6-0, 3-6 to Germany’s Anna-Lena Friedsam on Thursday. Raducanu struggled in the first set before finding her stride in the second, but couldn’t hang on to find a victory. 1 Related There were three breaks of serve

Sep 15, 2022 Associated Press LONDON — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has undergone nose surgery to improve her breathing and will not play again until next year. In a tweet Thursday, the ninth-ranked Romanian wrote that she felt “completely exhausted” after her first-round loss to qualifier Daria Snigur at the US Open last

2:54 AM ET Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury were unable to prevent a 2-1 defeat for Great Britain against the United States in their opening group-stage game in the Davis Cup. The doubles pair were edged out 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 by Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock in a match that went on until the early

4:31 PM ET Serena Williams might be taking a page from Tom Brady‘s book. Williams, who said last month that she was “evolving” away from competitive tennis after this year’s US Open, once again hinted at a possible comeback during an interview Wednesday with “Good Morning America.” And this time, the 23-time Grand Slam champion

11:20 AM ET Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz will skip the opening round of the Davis Cup finals Wednesday, which is taking place only three days after the Spanish teenager won the US Open. Alcaraz, 19, arrived in Valencia a day before Spain was scheduled to face Serbia in the group stage.

3:28 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — The Ymer brothers keep coming through for Sweden in the Davis Cup Finals. A year after leading the Swedes to a surprising run to the quarterfinals, Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer got off to a good start and led their nation to victory over Argentina in the opening

8:52 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — It was a quick turnaround for tennis’ new No. 1. Hours after celebrating his first Grand Slam title at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz arrived back home to try to help Spain in the Davis Cup finals. “I’m very proud to arrive as No. 1 and do my

3:10 AM ET Emma Raducanu won her first match since her US Open exit as she beat Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the Slovenia Open. Yastremska was forced to retire with top seed Raducanu 6-2, 5-3 up and two points away from victory. 1 Related Raducanu crashed out of the US Open

9:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially ended this weekend, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek each winning their first US Open titles. 1 Related It was the first of likely many Grand Slam trophies for Alcaraz, 19, and the third for the 21-year-old Swiatek. Both are now the

Sep 11, 2022 ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Walking out for his first Grand Slam final at age 19, Carlos Alcaraz bumped fists with fans leaning over a railing along the path leading to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court. Moments later, after the coin toss, Alcaraz turned to sprint to the baseline for the

10:09 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The US Open broke its record for attendance, drawing 776,120 fans for the two-week tournament. The previous best was 737,872, set in 2019, the year before the coronavirus pandemic began. Every session was sold out for the first time in Arthur Ashe Stadium, which opened 25

9:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz Lerma always told his grandson that to win tennis matches and to become the best player in the world, it would take “head, heart and courage.” And in the course of the US Open men’s singles final on Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz had to draw on those three

7:01 AM ET There’s more than a US Open title on the line Sunday in New York: The man who wins the final will also become the world’s No. 1 player. Will it be Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old phenom who will look to join Pete Sampras as the only teenage males to win the US

Sep 10, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — After Ons Jabeur‘s forehand sailed out of bounds, Iga Swiatek immediately dropped to the ground and covered her eyes with her hands. Polish flags waved and “Iga” chants erupted around Arthur Ashe Stadium. Swiatek had just won the US Open, her third career major title and second

6:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — As good as she’s been this year, Iga Swiatek came to the US Open unsure of what to expect. She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than men do at Flushing Meadows, where she’d never been past the fourth round. She was trying to