Tennis

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Rinky Hijikata defeated fifth-seed Christopher Eubanks in his first career clay-court match at an ATP Tour event in the first round of the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship on Monday night. Hijikata won 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) in

Associated Press Apr 1, 2024, 09:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Katie Volynets barely got past Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6) at the Charleston Open on Monday in 3 hours, 43 minutes, making it the longest match of the year on the WTA Tour. Volynets is a 22-year-old from California

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner‘s strong 2024 continued as he won the Miami Open with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over 11th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday. In a flawless display on a 79-degree afternoon, Sinner, the reigning Australian Open champion, moved to 22-1 on

Associated Press Mar 30, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova. The 30-year-old Collins

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 05:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner is starting to dominate. Sinner overwhelmed third-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 on Friday in the semifinals of the Miami Open to improve to 21-1 this year. His only loss was to Carlos Alcaraz in the Indian Wells final.

Mar 29, 2024, 06:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Murray will miss the Monte Carlo Masters and Munich Open next month as he recovers from a severe ankle injury sustained during his exit from the Miami Open, his team announced on Friday. The 36-year-old rolled his ankle in the deciding set of his 5-7,

Mar 28, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions German fourth seed Alexander Zverev overcame tricky conditions to beat Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday and reach the Miami Open semifinals. Zverev attacked Marozsan’s serve and converted three of his seven break-point chances, swatted aside the two break points he faced and won 80%

Associated Press Mar 28, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina defeated No. 27 seed Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in Thursday’s semifinals of the Miami Open. Rybakina, ranked fourth on the WTA Tour, will face No. 14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova or unseeded Danielle Collins in Saturday’s

Associated Press Mar 28, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.H. — Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer will deliver the commencement address at Dartmouth College in June, the Ivy League school said Thursday. Federer will address graduates and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the June 9 ceremony in Hanover.

Associated Press Mar 27, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday. Sinner, seeded second, will

Associated Press Mar 27, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has split with coach Goran Ivanisevic, ending their association that began in 2018 and included 12 Grand Slam titles for the Serbian tennis player. In a post on Instagram published Wednesday, Djokovic said he stopped working with Ivanisevic “a

Jerry Jiang Mar 26, 2024, 07:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions While competing in the quarterfinals of the Miami Open Tuesday, Victoria Azarenka and Yulia Putintseva had a longer break than they would’ve hoped for. Editor’s Picks A Hawk-Eye power outage occurred while Putintseva was leading Azarenka 2-1, with the score at 30-0. Regaining power

Associated Press Mar 26, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Defending Miami Open champion Daniil Medvedev won his 350th career match to move into the quarterfinals for a fourth straight year, beating Dominik Koepfer 7-6 (5), 6-0 on Tuesday. After a tight opening set, No. 3 seed Medvedev pulled away

Associated Press Mar 25, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — US Open champion Coco Gauff is out of the Miami Open, the third seed beaten in three sets by No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Monday. Garcia defeated her second straight Grand Slam champion to reach Miami’s quarterfinals.

ESPN News Services Mar 25, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Andy Murray will be sidelined for an “extended period,” he posted Monday on social media, after suffering a significant ankle injury during his third-round exit from the Miami Open on Sunday. In what was likely his last ever appearance at the Miami Open, Murray lost to

Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Third-ranked Coco Gauff came from behind in the first set to beat Océane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 and advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open for the second time in her career. Gauff won 10 straight games after Dodin

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jannik Sinner advanced to the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over fellow Italian Andrea Vavassori on Saturday. The third-ranked Sinner, the Australian Open champion and last year’s Miami Open runner-up, had to wait overnight

Associated Press Mar 22, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Playing four days after the death of a former hockey player she dated, Aryna Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-3 on Friday in the rain-soaked Miami Open. Sabalenka has asked for privacy for herself and the family of Konstantin Koltsov,