12:57 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff became an overnight sensation in 2019 after defeating Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon. She was a 15-year-old qualifier with little name recognition outside of tennis circles and had just convincingly pulled off the win over her childhood hero and five-time tournament champion. Gauff’s global celebrity
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9:01 AM ET Associated Press Tamara Zidansek is the first Slovenian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. The 85th-ranked Zidansek beat Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 to become the first semifinalist of this year’s French Open. She had never been beyond the second round at a Slam prior to this tournament. Zidansek
12:16 AM ET ESPN staff India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Franko Skugor‘s run at the French Open came to an end on Monday. Bopanna and Skugor lost 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals to the Spanish duo of Pablo Andujar and Pedro Martinez in one hour, 17 minutes. Bopanna and Skugor had the better
7:17 AM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff served superbly to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Ons Jabeur at the French Open on Monday. Gauff, 17, lost only nine points on her serve. She also had a quick match in the previous round. Jennifer Brady retired
7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com THREE YEARS AFTER Serena Williams walked onto the court at Philippe-Chatrier for the 2018 French Open wearing a metallic black catsuit with a bright red horizontal stripe in the middle, her outfit is still widely discussed among tennis fans. Williams said it made her feel like a “warrior,” and it
6:30 PM ET Simon Cambers When Roger Federer returned to the ATP Tour in Doha in March, having been out for 13 months following two knee operations, he made one thing clear: His goal was Wimbledon. At 39, the Swiss is focused on the place where he has the best chance for glory: the grass
5:09 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The stars seemed to be aligning for Serena Williams. By the time she took the court for her fourth-round match against Elena Rybakina at the French Open on Sunday, Williams was the highest-seeded player and the only top-20 player remaining on her side of the draw. In fact, she was
10:39 AM ET Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open saying he needs to listen to his body after having two knee surgeries last summer. “After discussions with my team, I’ve decided I will need to pull out of Roland-Garros today,” Federer said in a statement. “After two knee surgeries and over a year
2:06 PM ET Associated Press The leaders of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments reacted Tuesday to Naomi Osaka‘s stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players’ concerns about mental health. The pledge came in a statement signed by the same four administrators who threatened the possibility of disqualification or suspension for
11:52 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens wants more discussions about mental health to help people both inside and outside of tennis talk freely about what is troubling them. “Absolutely. I feel like it’s not spoken about enough,” she said Saturday after winning her third-round match at the French