Tennis

ESPN News Services Oct 24, 2023, 11:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 8 Karolina Muchova has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, due to a right wrist injury and will be replaced by first alternate Maria Sakkari of Greece, tour officials said on Tuesday. Muchova, of Czechia, was the eighth player

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 24, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s hard to fully capture Ben Shelton‘s incredible, meteoric year in words. Playing in his first full season on the ATP Tour, the 21-year-old former NCAA champion opened 2023 by reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open during his first trip outside of

Associated Press Oct 24, 2023, 08:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ZHUHAI, China — Top-seeded Barbora Krejcikova beat Magda Linette 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday in her opening round-robin match at the WTA Elite Trophy, the first postseason event on the women’s tour. The 10th-ranked Krejcikova, who has won two titles this season at Dubai and

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 11:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PERTH, Australia — Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz will start the U.S. team’s United Cup defense in late December at Perth, where Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek were drawn Monday to play in the group stage of the mixed team tournament. The 18 teams

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANTWERP, Belgium — Third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan won his third career title by beating French teenager Arthur Fils 6-4, 6-4 in the European Open final on Sunday. Bublik saved all three break points he faced and hit 28 winners to 18 for Fils.

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STOCKHOLM — Gael Monfils won his 12th ATP Tour title — and his first in almost two years — by beating qualifier Pavel Kotov in three sets in the Nordic Open final in Stockholm on Sunday. Monfils rallied to triumph 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2023, 09:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katerina Siniakova saved three match points to set up a stunning comeback to beat fellow Czech Marie Bouzkova 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) and win the Jiangxi Open in China on Sunday. After losing the first set and then falling a break down

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 07:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Ben Shelton won his maiden tour title, beating Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 at the Japan Open on Sunday. The 21-year-old American, who made his first tour semifinal appearance at the U.S. Open last month, continued his recent rich vein of form in

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANTWERP, Belgium — Third-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan reached the final of the European Open by beating German qualifier Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Bublik will chase a third career title against the winner of the second semifinal between top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 08:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Ben Shelton rallied from a set down to beat American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Saturday at the Japan Open to reach his first tour final. The 21-year-old Shelton, playing in consecutive tournament semifinals after reaching the same

Associated Press Oct 20, 2023, 09:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Ben Shelton reached his second career tour semifinal by beating 12th-ranked Tommy Paul 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Japan Open on Friday. It’s the 21-year-old Shelton’s second consecutive win against his American compatriot, following a victory during his breakthrough run to the

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 05:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SYDNEY — Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will headline the new-look United Cup mixed team event in Perth and Sydney from Dec. 29 to Jan. 7 as one of the key warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open. Team Poland, led by world No. 2

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 09:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Taylor Fritz was eliminated from the Japan Open on Thursday after losing to Japanese wild-card Shintaro Mochizuki 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the second round. The 20-year-old Mochizuki, ranked 215th in the world, trailed 5-2 in the third set before forcing the

ESPN News Services Oct 19, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Boris Becker is returning to coaching for the first time since the six-time Grand Slam winner’s release from a British prison last year and will work with sixth-ranked Holger Rune. Becker told broadcaster Eurosport on a podcast published Thursday that he will work

Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Billie Jean King wants the groups with a say in the tennis schedule to avoid potential conflicts such as the close timing and far distance between the WTA Finals and Billie Kean King Cup Finals, which led Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula

Oct 18, 2023, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from this month’s Swiss Indoors championships in Basel due to injury, organizers said on Wednesday. Alcaraz’s withdrawal is a blow to his hopes of gaining ground on Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings, with the top-ranked Serbian next in

Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Now that she’s stepped back from the sport she dominated like few others, Serena Williams is ready to reflect. The tennis great has a two-book deal with the Random House Publishing Group, starting with an “intimate” memoir in which she will

Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 07:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TOKYO — Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Sebastian Ofner 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday, winning consecutive matches for the first time since March. The 23-year-old Canadian, who had not won back-to-back matches since Indian Wells, rallied from a