Tennis

Associated Press Jul 16, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASTAD, Sweden — Rafael Nadal returned to singles action with a 6-3, 6-4 victory on clay over Leo Borg, the 21-year-old son of Swedish great Bjorn Borg, in the first round of the Nordea Open in Bastad on Tuesday. “For me it has been

Associated Press Jul 15, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal returned to the clay courts in Bastad, Sweden, for the first time in 19 years by teaming up with Casper Ruud to win a first-round doubles match at the Nordea Open on Monday. Nadal won the singles title in southern Sweden as

Associated Press Jul 15, 2024, 07:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova returned to the WTA’s top 10 for the first time in six months on Monday, and runner-up Jasmine Paolini rose to a career-best No. 5. Krejcikova’s run to her second Grand Slam title, capped by a 6-2, 2-6,

ESPN News Services Jul 14, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Former tennis player Mardy Fish won the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament for the second time Sunday, holding off NHL player Joe Pavelski by four points. The 42-year-old Fish had a 26-point round at Edgewood Tahoe under

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 14, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Every four years (or so), tennis gives us a fifth major. Well, sort of. Tennis at the Olympics sometimes provides titanic heavyweight matchups — and sometimes delivers surprises. Editor’s Picks 2 Related It

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 03:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Nicolai Budkov Kjaer became the first Norwegian man to win a Grand Slam singles title at either the junior or professional level by beating Mees Rottgering of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-3 Sunday in the boys’ final at Wimbledon. The 17-year-old Budkov

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Hsieh Su-Wei is leaving Wimbledon with a trophy for the fourth time in her last four appearances. After her winning streak in the women’s doubles ended in the semifinals, Hsieh teamed up with Jan Zielinski to win the mixed doubles final on

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 14, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — For years, many in men’s tennis wondered who could replace the Big Three of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal atop the sport once they inevitably retire. Together, they have collectively dominated on and off the court, with 66

ESPN News Services Jul 14, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A dominant Carlos Alcaraz swept Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the men’s final on Centre Court on Sunday to claim a second straight Wimbledon title. After breaking his opponent twice in each of the first two sets, Alcaraz broke in the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 13, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Even Barbora Krejcikova didn’t think she would win the singles title at Wimbledon. Her late mentor, Jana Novotna, had won in 1998 and, before Novotna died of cancer in 2017, she had told Krejcikova to win a Grand Slam. When

Jul 13, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — American Taylor Townsend captured her first Grand Slam title as she and Czech partner Katerina Siniakova beat Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe in the Wimbledon women’s doubles final on Saturday. With the rest of the All England Club in darkness at

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 11:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Barbora Krejcikova won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final on Saturday. Krejcikova is a 28-year-old from Czechia (Czech Republic) who adds this trophy to her championship at the

ESPN News Services Jul 12, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Alcaraz is only a couple of months past his 21st birthday, and yet this whole Grand Slam success thing is already a bit been-there, done-that for him. Moving a step closer to a second consecutive Wimbledon trophy and fourth major championship overall,

Associated Press Jul 12, 2024, 02:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Katerina Siniakova will play for a third women’s doubles title at Wimbledon after ending Hsieh Su-Wei‘s winning streak at the tournament. Siniakova and Taylor Townsend beat the top-seeded pairing of Hsieh and Elise Mertens 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on No. 1 Court on

Jul 12, 2024, 09:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, two first-time Wimbledon finalists will compete for the title, as Jasmine Paolini takes on Barbora Krejcikova. Paolini has had a breakout year, and just played in her first-ever major final at the French Open. Krejcikova won the 2021 French Open title, and wants to

Associated Press Jul 11, 2024, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women’s semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 11, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Nine players were out of the competition before play even began at the All England Club. Four women and five men withdrew from Wimbledon with injuries in the seven days between the start of qualifying and the start of the

Associated Press Jul 10, 2024, 02:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Lorenzo Musetti threw his head back and spread his arms wide to celebrate reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon then covered his face with both hands. His 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Taylor Fritz on Wednesday