7:46 PM ET Unvaccinated players will seemingly be allowed to compete at next year’s Australian Open after all. An email from Tennis Australia [TA] to the WTA Players’ Council, obtained by tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg, has revealed unvaccinated players will however be required to complete 14 days’ hard quarantine in a hotel. The memo asked

4:41 PM ET Associated Press American Ann Li captured her first WTA title after beating Colombian Camila Osorio 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday in the final of the Tenerife Open. Li completed her win in 70 minutes, denying Osorio her second title of the season. Osorio, who is 19 years old, suffered with his unforced errors

1:20 PM ET Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium — Jannik Sinner won his fourth tour-level title of the year and stayed in contention for the ATP Finals with a convincing straight-sets victory over second-seeded Diego Schwartzman at the European Open on Sunday. The top-seeded Italian beat his Argentine opponent 6-2, 6-2 in their first meeting. It

8:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Ekaterina Alexandrova advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup after Maria Sakkari retired from her semifinal match on Saturday. Alexandrova, who had a 4-1 lead when Sakkari bowed out, will face Anett Kontaveit in Sunday’s final. The reason for Sakkari’s stoppage was not immediately clear. She is

7:12 PM ET Ash Barty won’t defend her season-ending crown after formally ending her stellar 2021 season on Saturday. Australia’s world No.1 hasn’t played since the US Open in September and says her full focus now is on preparing for the Australian summer and another tilt at her home grand slam in Melbourne. The 25-year-old

11:55 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Aryna Sabalenka‘s first tournament since testing positive for the coronavirus ended after only two matches. The second-ranked Belarusian lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-4 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. Alexandrova will face Maria Sakkari in the semifinals. Sabalenka was playing in her first tournament since

5:36 AM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has said he showed a poor attitude and did not make the right decisions in Thursday’s second-round exit at the European Open in Antwerp, Belgium. Murray, ranked 172nd, lost 6-4, 7-6(6) to Argentine second seed Diego Schwartzman as the Briton failed to match his 2019 display

5:34 PM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Maria Sakkari clinched a spot at the WTA Finals for the first time by reaching the quarterfinals at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday when Anna Kalinskaya retired with an illness in the second set. The third-seeded Sakkari, who was leading 6-2, 1-0 when Kalinskaya retired, became the first

10:00 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Aryna Sabalenka played her first match since reaching the US Open semifinals and subsequently testing positive for COVID-19, beating Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. The second-ranked Belarusian, who had a bye in the first round, had 10

5:28 PM ET Andy Murray produced heroics on Tuesday at the European Open as he battled past Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2), 6-7(7), 7-6(8) in a three-hour, 45-minute marathon to reach the second round in Antwerp. Murray showed incredible fight as he came up against a fierce competitor in Tiafoe, who was in control for much of