3:28 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Novak Djokovic won just three games in a lackluster quarterfinal performance at the Erste Bank Open on Friday, losing 6-2 6-1 to 42nd-ranked Lorenzo Sonego. It was only Djokovic’s third loss of the year, after being disqualified for hitting a line judge with a ball at the US

10:18 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Alexander Zverev denied accusations of domestic abuse on Friday, saying they are “simply not true.” The 23-year-old German tennis player was responding to an interview former girlfriend Olga Sharypova gave to Russian sports website Championat on Thursday. Sharypova, a former Russian tennis player, said Zverev attempted to strangle

6:53 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Grigor Dimitrov outlasted third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to complete the quarterfinal lineup at the Erste Bank Open. Dimitrov held serve throughout but lost the opening set despite leading 5-0 in the tiebreaker. “It’s never easy to come out of a situation like that,” Dimitrov

2:11 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — A 21-year-old Californian who once earned a US Open berth by winning the U.S. Tennis Association’s national girls’ championship was given a four-year doping ban after testing positive at a tournament. Ashley Kratzer‘s punishment was announced by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday. Kratzer was provisionally suspended in

8:24 AM ET Associated Press The Paris Masters tennis tournament will be held without fans next week as France enters a second lockdown phase amid the coronavirus pandemic. French President Emmanuel Macron has said the national lockdown will begin at midnight and will last until at least Dec. 1. The indoor tournament at the Bercy

8:23 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Two-time Grand Slam title winner Lleyton Hewitt led the fan voting for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 and will get a bonus of 3% added to his tally from the official voting group. The Hall announced the results of four weeks of fan

4:18 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Novak Djokovic saved four set points in a 7-6 (11), 6-3 win over Borna Coric on Wednesday to reach the Erste Bank Open quarterfinals and move one step closer to sealing the year-end No. 1 ranking. Djokovic can lock up the top position by winning the title on

4:22 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem overcame first-set slumps in their opening-round matches Tuesday before advancing at the Erste Bank Open. Top-seeded Djokovic lost four straight games and had to save a set point before beating Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (6), 6-3 in an all-Serbian match, and No. 2 Thiem

2:06 PM ET Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Top-10 tennis player Kiki Bertens will miss the start of next season, including the Australian Open, after having surgery on her left Achilles tendon. The 28-year-old from the Netherlands announced the news on Instagram on Tuesday, posting a picture of herself in a hospital bed with her leg

5:16 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Andrey Rublev started his quest for a fifth ATP title of the season with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Norbert Gombos at the Erste Bank Open on Monday. The eighth-ranked Rublev hit 11 aces and never faced a break point against his Slovakian opponent, who had won their