Tennis

4:25 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com When asked about the decision to not award ranking points at Wimbledon this year, four-time major champion Naomi Osaka said the tournament will now be “more like an exhibition.” Other players have responded with anger, confusion and thoughts of skipping Wimbledon altogether. The announcement, made on Friday by the WTA

7:42 AM ET PARIS — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bid an emotional farewell to tennis in a special presentation on Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros after losing his first-round match Tuesday at the French Open to Casper Ruud. Tsonga, 37, announced last week he’d bow out after this year’s tournament, bringing an end to a career

5:30 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The look of disappointment was obvious all around the grounds at Roland Garros during the first two days of play. Ons Jabeur. Garbine Muguruza. Naomi Osaka. Anett Kontaveit. And defending champion Barbora Krejcikova. With play suspended on every other court due to rain on Monday afternoon, all eyes were on

5:03 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Tennis has long been known for being fashion-forward, but typically, with all due respect to Rafael Nadal‘s capris era, the most fun and daring looks have been worn by the women. (Please see: Williams, Serena) But that changed on Monday at the French Open when Marton Fucsovics took the court

7:00 AM ET AFTER 3 HOURS and 35 minutes of tennis on the red clay court in Madrid, Carlos Alcaraz aims his serve out wide. Novak Djokovic, who has spent more time ranked No. 1 than anybody, lunges, grunting as he reaches awkwardly with his backhand to return the 19-year-old’s serve. Alcaraz is up 6-5

7:10 AM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka‘s return to the French Open has ended in the first round. The former top-ranked player lost her opening match to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion who took two mental health breaks last season. That included

3:21 PM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff did not let 10 double-faults, 12 break points or a warning from the chair umpire about receiving coaching from her father disrupt her progress into the second round at Roland Garros. The 18-year-old Gauff began her trip to Paris with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over

8:24 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Rafael Nadal‘s career has been spectacular and his career on clay has been unlike any other in the history of the sport. And Nadal loves Roland Garros. Period. But only recently he returned from a rib injury while also dealing with chronic pain in his left foot that kept him

5:09 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Casper Ruud retained his Geneva Open title by beating Joao Sousa 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (1) in the final on Saturday. One day before the French Open starts in Paris, eighth-ranked Ruud’s seventh career title on clay courts lifted his record in finals to 8-3. The Norwegian has

7:01 AM ET The 2022 French Open starts Sunday, and with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both in the draw, along with rising stars Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur — it is set to be an exciting two weeks. Will Djokovic defend his 2021 French Open title? Can Swiatek win her second major?

12:17 AM ET Coco Gauff is already one of the most exciting young players in tennis, but she’s just added another accomplishment to her sterling résumé: high school graduate. Gauff has completed her coursework from the Florida Virtual Flex program and received her degree from the Florida Department of Education after taking home education classes

2:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The women’s and men’s professional tennis tours will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. The WTA and ATP announced their unprecedented decisions Friday, two days before the start of

10:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Naomi Osaka cracked jokes at Roland Garros on Friday — and, yes, laughed at those jokes. She smiled after some reporters’ questions. She paused to contemplate, as is her wont, before offering answers. All of which seemed to confirm this assessment that she offered during an 18-minute pre-tournament

8:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It’s springtime in Paris so that can only mean one thing: The French Open is upon us! The start of the season has been eventful, to say the least. With Novak Djokovic‘s deportation from Australia, Rafael Nadal‘s record-breaking 21st Slam victory, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty‘s shocking retirement and the

1:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all were placed in the same half of the French Open men’s bracket during Thursday’s draw for the clay-court Grand Slam. Djokovic, who is the defending champion and seeded No. 1, could meet 13-time champion Nadal in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.

2:48 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Second-ranked Daniil Medvedev lost his comeback match Tuesday after a six-week injury layoff, beaten 6-2, 7-6 (5) by Richard Gasquet in the second round at the Geneva Open. Medvedev, who underwent hernia surgery last month, cautioned Sunday he was often a slow starter on clay courts. So it

7:43 AM ET NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS looking for something. It is Orthodox Easter Sunday in Belgrade. Djokovic is playing the final of the Serbia Open, a crowd of 8,000-plus bellowing behind him. Down one set to Andrey Rublev of Russia, he rallies back in the second to force a tiebreak. But late in the set,

7:00 AM ET Rafael Nadal has moved to ease concerns about his injury problems ahead of the French Open, posting a picture of himself training in full flow at his academy in Mallorca with the caption: “See you on Wednesday, Paris.” The 13-time Roland Garros champion had said last week that daily training was a