Tennis

Associated Press Jul 1, 2023, 02:38 PM ET PALMA, Spain — Christopher Eubanks of the United States earned his first ATP tour title by beating Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the final of the Mallorca Championships on Saturday and will rise to a career-high ranking of 43rd going into his first Wimbledon. The 27-year-old
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Grass court season is officially back with the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The 136th edition takes place July 3-16 at the All England Club in London. Defending champion Novak Djokovic is seeking an eighth men’s singles Wimbledon title which would equal Roger Federer‘s record. He has already won the Australian Open and
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Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 10:08 AM ET EASTBOURNE, England — Madison Keys advanced to the Eastbourne International final by beating seventh-ranked Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-3 on Friday. It was Keys’ first grass-court victory over a top-10 player since beating Angelique Kerber for the Eastbourne title in 2014. Keys took control of the first set
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Associated Press Jun 29, 2023, 05:53 PM ET EASTBOURNE, England — Coco Gauff powered past her doubles partner Jessica Pegula to reach the semifinals at the Eastbourne International on Thursday. Wet weather delayed the start of play at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament before Gauff wasted little time in beating third-seeded Pegula 6-3, 6-3 in an
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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 29, 2023, 09:14 AM ET Three years after retiring from professional tennis, former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki announced she would be returning to the sport in a first-person essay for Vogue on Thursday. Wozniacki, 32, said she begin hitting again after her second child was born in October, and it
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Associated Press Jun 28, 2023, 03:26 PM ET BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Iga Swiatek eased into the quarterfinals of the Bad Homburg Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Jil Teichmann on Wednesday in the Wimbledon warmup. The French Open champion pulled off a tweener to convert her first break point for a 3-2 lead
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Associated Press Jun 28, 2023, 06:03 AM ET LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz — not four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic — and Iga Swiatek were seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon on Wednesday, as expected, because the All England Club adhered to the ATP and WTA rankings. Alcaraz overtook Djokovic atop the men’s standings on Monday. Djokovic
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Associated Press Jun 27, 2023, 07:32 AM ET EASTBOURNE, England — Defending champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the Eastbourne International on Tuesday, citing fatigue. No. 9-ranked Kvitova won her 31st WTA singles title on Sunday in Berlin. The two-time Wimbledon champion was due to start her Eastbourne defense against Jelena Ostapenko, whom she beat in
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