1:13 PM ET Former world No. 1 Andy Murray won in straight sets on his singles return on Tuesday ahead of this year’s Wimbledon Championships. The two-time Wimbledon champion won in an emotional comeback in his cinch Championship tournament opener against France’ Benoit Paire at the Queen’s Club in London. 1 Related Murray beat Paire

4:16 PM ET ESPN staff They are the players who always seem to turn it on against your team. The ones who you wish were on your side. Or the pantomine villains who revel in playing the bad guy. The ones who despite all that talent just don’t do it for you. Here’s our list

4:33 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Madison Keys started her German Open campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Polish qualifier Magdalena Frech on Monday. Keys, who is ranked 28th, hit three aces and saved four of the six break points she faced. She will next face the top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the second

11:56 AM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Roger Federer returned to the court with a win over qualifier Ilya Ivashka on Monday as the Swiss player chases his 11th Halle Open title after withdrawing from the French Open to prioritize the grass-court season. Federer held serve throughout in a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over

4:21 AM ET After reaching the semifinals of all four grand slam tournaments, it is only natural that South African wheelchair tennis star Kgothatso Montjane should fancy her chances of a Paralympic medal in Tokyo. Previously, Wimbledon [she was the first Black South African woman to feature there, in 2018] was Montjane’s annual highlight, but

3:20 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — As recently as two days ago, it was widely believed that the hardest task in tennis was to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. But after a stunning come-from-behind win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open final on Sunday, following a defeat of Nadal in the semifinal,

8:06 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open organizers defended their “pragmatic” approach in their dealings with four-time major champion Naomi Osaka during the tournament, saying Sunday they tried to engage with her several times before she decided to withdraw because she needed a mental health break. “We did it the right way,” French

2:27 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Before Barbora Krejcikova‘s beloved coach, former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna, died of cancer in 2017, she had a few final words for her student: “Just enjoy [yourself] and try and win a Grand Slam.” The unseeded Krejcikova made good on those words Saturday following one of the unlikeliest recent runs

2:56 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — French pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will turn their focus to winning an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo after claiming the French Open doubles title for the second time. Mahut and Herbert — who have won all four Grand Slam tournaments together — defeated Alexander Bublik and

11:20 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova won her first Grand Slam singles title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final Saturday. This was only the fifth major tournament in singles for Krejcikova, a 25-year-old from the Czech Republic. She is the third unseeded women’s champion in