5:48 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Dan Evans maintained his bid for a second title at the Nottingham Open by reaching the quarterfinals of the grass-court event with a 7-5, 6-0 win against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy on Wednesday. Evans, the British No. 2 and the 2019 champion, will next play Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who
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3:15 PM ET US Open champion Emma Raducanu is hopeful she will be fit to play at Wimbledon after being forced to withdraw from next week’s WTA 250 event in Birmingham due to a side strain. A “freak injury” forced Raducanu, 19, to retire from her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday, but
12:52 PM ET Britain’s No. 1-ranked doubles player Tara Moore has been provisionally suspended due to the presence of a prohibited substance in her sample, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Wednesday. Moore, ranked 83rd in the world, provided her sample while competing in a WTA 250 event in Bogota, Colombia — where
7:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Alexander Zverev, the No. 3-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, underwent surgery on torn ligaments in his right ankle Tuesday after he was forced to retire from his French Open semifinal match last week. Zverev was trailing Rafael Nadal in Paris when he rolled the ankle. The 25-year-old
5:22 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Murray dropped the first three games of the match but recovered to break O’Connell four times and celebrate his tournament debut with a 95-minute win. Murray
12:26 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu retired injured from her opening match at the WTA 250 event in Nottingham on Tuesday, casting doubt over her participation at Wimbledon. Raducanu retired while trailing 4-3 in the opening set against Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, nearly half an hour into the match after she suffered what appeared
4:44 AM ET Britain’s Emma Raducanu said she will not rush into a decision over appointing a permanent coach as she begins preparations for the grasscourt season ahead of Wimbledon, which commences later this month. The 19-year-old has been without a full-time coach after splitting with German coach Torben Beltz in April. “I want to
3:33 PM ET World no. 5 Maria Sakkari has said Emma Raducanu does not get enough credit as she tries to make her way on the WTA tour. Raducanu returns to the Nottingham Open this week, where she made her tour debut in June 2021 just a few weeks before her fairytale run to the
9:00 AM ET Simon Cambers And so, to Wimbledon. The nature of the tennis calendar means the players will hardly have time to get the clay stains out of their socks before they switch surfaces and mindsets for the grass-court season, which culminates, as ever, at Wimbledon. This year’s championships will be rather different, of
3:23 PM ET PARIS — After two weeks of twists and turns, it all ended as intended. Iga Swiatek, the world’s best player, won the women’s singles after coming to Paris as the overwhelming favorite. And then it was the legend’s turn on Sunday, as Rafael Nadal won his 14th French Open title and his