Tennis

Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 12:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic rallied to beat top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday night after a long weather delay in the Mubadala Citi DC Open semifinals. Down 2-1 in the third set when lightning and rain

Associated Press Aug 3, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Lorenzo Musetti won Italy’s first Olympic tennis medal in 100 years on Saturday night, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for the men’s singles bronze. Asked by an Italian reporter how he planned to celebrate, Musetti said he would eat

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew Friday from a US Open tuneup in Toronto after winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Swiatek was one of several players to withdraw from the National Bank Open, which begins Tuesday. Grand Slam champions Barbora Krejcikova,

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 09:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Denis Shapovalov of Canada was knocked out of the Mubadala City DC Open on Friday after he was disqualified from his quarterfinal round match for shouting at a spectator. Shapovalov lost his first set 7-6 (5) in a match against American Ben

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic‘s surgically repaired knee did not appear to slow him down a bit as he finally reached a Summer Olympics singles final for the first time, defeating Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-4, 6-2 on Friday night. Djokovic will play Carlos

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz moved one win away from becoming the youngest man to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the Paris Games semifinals Friday. Alcaraz, 21, is from Spain and already owns four Grand Slam

Associated Press Aug 1, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic was worried about his surgically repaired right knee at the Paris Games on Thursday night after feeling pain during a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas that put the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the Olympics semifinals for the fourth

Associated Press Aug 1, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man to reach the singles semifinals at a Summer Games since Novak Djokovic in 2008 by getting past Tommy Paul of the U.S. 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Alcaraz, 21, of Spain, is

Associated Press Aug 1, 2024, 08:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Iga Swiatek lost to Zheng Qinwen of China 6-2, 7-5 in the Paris Olympics semifinals Thursday, a surprising setback for the No. 1-ranked woman and champion at the French Open four of the past five years. The result was hard to predict

ESPN News Services Jul 31, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iga Swiatek dropped to her knees on the court and clutched at her midsection after getting hit by a ball during a point in the Paris Olympics singles quarterfinals Wednesday, but it was her opponent, Danielle Collins of the United States, who stopped

Associated Press Jul 31, 2024, 03:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal’s Paris Games — and, almost certainly, his Olympic career — ended Wednesday night when he and Carlos Alcaraz were eliminated in the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram. The

ESPN News Services Jul 31, 2024, 08:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Novak Djokovic needed a bit of time to assert himself Wednesday at the Paris Olympics before taking control with a five-game run for a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Dominik Koepfer of Germany, reaching the Summer Games singles quarterfinals for the fourth time. A

Connor O’Halloran Jul 30, 2024, 04:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Andy Murray continues to stave off his planned retirement from tennis as he and Team GB playing partner, Dan Evans, won their second-round match in the Paris Olympics men’s doubles tournament on Tuesday. It sees the British pair advance to the quarterfinals

Associated Press Jul 30, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — For almost five full games at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek‘s high-bouncing topspin shots were being sent back over the net by No. 52 Wang Xiyu of China with crushing baseline groundstrokes of her own. Wang even held

Associated Press Jul 30, 2024, 08:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Coco Gauff was left in tears after getting into an extended argument with the chair umpire over a ruling during the reigning US Open champion’s 7-6 (7), 6-2 loss to Donna Vekic of Croatia in a Paris Olympics third-round singles match Tuesday.

Associated Press Jul 29, 2024, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from a US Open tuneup tournament in Montreal after his victory over Rafael Nadal at the Paris Olympics. Djokovic, 37, beat Nadal in straight sets on Monday at Roland Garros to reach the third round at the Summer

Jul 29, 2024, 03:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz defeated Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 7-6(3) on Monday to reach the third round of the Paris Games tennis tournament as he strives for Olympic gold. The world number three, who won this year’s French Open and Wimbledon titles was back on

Associated Press Jul 28, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Coco Gauff is 2-0 so far at the Paris Olympics after adding a 6-3, 6-0 singles victory over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Sunday to a win a day earlier in doubles alongside Jessica Pegula. Gauff also is entered in mixed doubles with