ESPN News Services Jun 14, 2023, 06:49 AM ET The total prize money at Wimbledon this year will rise by 11.2%, with the winners of the singles each getting 2.35 million pounds ($3 million). The total prize fund at the championships will be 44.7 million pounds ($56.5 million), the All England Club said Wednesday. That

Associated Press Jun 13, 2023, 02:48 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — Beatriz Haddad Maia‘s defense of her grass-court Nottingham Open title is over already. Coming off reaching the semifinals at the French Open last week, the Brazilian player was defeated by lucky loser Daria Snigur 6-4, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday. Snigur was

Associated Press Jun 13, 2023, 02:29 PM ET STUTTGART, Germany — Nick Kyrgios lost in his comeback match from knee surgery 7-5, 6-3 to Chinese player Wu Yibing in the first round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday. The 2022 Wimbledon finalist looked far from his best in his first match of the year. Kyrgios,

Associated Press Jun 13, 2023, 01:31 PM ET DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Seven-time major champion Venus Williams lost her first competitive singles match since suffering a hamstring injury in January, succumbing to 17-year-old Celine Naef 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Libema Open grass-court tournament on Tuesday. With family members including her sister, Serena, in

Associated Press Jun 12, 2023, 03:48 PM ET NOTTINGHAM, England — Top-seeded Maria Sakkari won her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Monday, while former champion Donna Vekic also advanced to the last 16 at the grass-court tournament. Sakkari, the No. 8-ranked Greek, beat Xiyu Wang of China 6-2, 7-6 (6) after Vekic of

Associated Press Jun 12, 2023, 11:06 AM ET STUTTGART, Germany — Lorenzo Sonego eliminated defending champion Matteo Berrettini from the Stuttgart Open on Monday, beating the Italian 6-1, 6-2. Berrettini had been going for his third win in three appearances at the grass-court tournament. But he struggled from the start against the 41st-ranked Sonego, who

Simon Cambers Jun 11, 2023, 12:52 PM ET History was made at Roland Garros on Sunday as Novak Djokovic won a record 23rd Grand Slam title, the most of any man who has ever played the sport. Djokovic, 36, began nervously, trailing 3-0 and 4-2 in the first set, with the weight of the occasion

ESPN News Services Jun 11, 2023, 04:07 PM ET LONDON — Andy Murray hailed his “perfect start to the grass season” as the three-time Grand Slam champion stepped up preparations for Wimbledon in style. Murray, 36, became the oldest grass-court champion at an ATP Challenger Tour event, beating Austrian Jurij Rodionov 6-3, 6-2 Sunday in

ESPN News Services Jun 11, 2023, 12:32 PM ET PARIS — Novak Djokovic made it clear for years that this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him. The biggest titles from his sport’s biggest stages were Djokovic’s main aim, and now he finally stands alone — ahead of Rafael Nadal, ahead of Roger

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 11, 2023, 01:51 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In retrospect, it seemed inevitable. Novak Djokovic entering a Rafael Nadal-less French Open, where he’s now 92-8 all time against players not named Nadal? Of course he came away with the crown, becoming the all-time Slam