Tennis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 9, 2023, 08:00 PM ET NEW YORK — The first time Coco Gauff played on Arthur Ashe Stadium ended in tears. It was 2019 and she had arrived in New York fresh off of her star-making run at Wimbledon as a 15-year-old qualifier. Suddenly everyone knew who she was, and fans

Associated Press Sep 9, 2023, 09:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Katherine Hui made it two big victories for American teenagers at the US Open on Saturday, winning the junior title. Hui, an 18-year-old from San Diego who is entering her freshman year at Stanford, took the court for her final during 19-year-old Coco Gauff‘s

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 9, 2023, 12:52 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — From the moment world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz lifted the Wimbledon trophy

Sep 8, 2023, 02:47 PM ET American Coco Gauff has her chance at her first Grand Slam title in front of a home crowd, while Aryna Sabalenka — the soon-to-be new world No. 1 — will look to win her second major of the year. Who will win? We asked our experts: What can Gauff

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 8, 2023, 10:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Aryna Sabalenka had just lost the first set in her semifinal match 6-0 against Madison Keys at the US Open on Thursday night, and she appeared stunned and defeated as she headed to her chair. The sweat dripped down her face. This was

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 8, 2023, 07:10 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — As anticipated, 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will face a surging,

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 8, 2023, 12:52 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — With a straight-sets win over Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic Thursday

Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 08:37 PM ET NEW YORK — The US Open semifinal between Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by environmental activists in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands on Thursday night. One protester glued his bare feet to the concrete floor. Gauff was ahead

Sep 7, 2023, 10:43 AM ET The 2023 edition of the WTA Finals will be held in Cancun, Mexico, from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5 under a one-year agreement, the women’s tennis body announced Thursday, ending speculation that this year’s event could be held in Saudi Arabia. The season-ending tournament, which features the top eight

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — Madison Keys is happy to be forgotten. “Honestly, it’s been great,” Keys

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2023, 07:15 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NEW YORK — On the hottest day yet at the US Open, as temperatures soared

ESPN News Services Sep 6, 2023, 02:11 PM ET Aryna Sabalenka moved into the US Open semifinals Wednesday, looking every bit the top player in the world while rolling to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Zheng Qinwen in just over an hour. Sabalenka, who is going to be the No. 1 player in the WTA

ESPN News Services Sep 6, 2023, 12:46 AM ET NEW YORK — Ben Shelton is still just 20, still new to this whole professional tennis thing. He is equipped with a tremendously good serve, but don’t think he can’t come through in other ways when it matters the most. On a muggy night in which,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 5, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Some names in tennis just work well together: Venus Williams and Serena Williams. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Editor’s Picks But the 2023 US Open has provided us with a unexpected pairing: Novak Djokovic and Coco

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 01:47 PM ET NEW YORK — Coco Gauff dealt just fine with the heat, the humidity, her big-hitting opponent and the task of trying to reach the US Open semifinals for the first time, defeating 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-0, 6-2 on Tuesday. Gauff, 19, is the first

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 03:18 AM ET NEW YORK — A fan was ejected from a US Open tennis match early Tuesday morning after German player Alexander Zverev complained the man used language from Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Zverev, the No. 12 seed, was serving at 2-2 in the fourth set of his match

Sep 4, 2023, 09:30 PM ET Russian ironman Daniil Medevdev has ended Alex de Minaur‘s US Open campaign with a signature fourth-round victory in New York. De Minaur played some inspired attacking tennis early to raise hopes of an upset win before the third-seeded 2021 Open champion powered to a 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 triumph.

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 4, 2023, 11:51 AM ET NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew she needed to make a change. She had just lost in the first round of Wimbledon — her earliest exit in four appearances at the All England Club — and it was the latest disappointing result for the 19-year-old. She