2:56 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Andy Murray received a wild card into the French Open on Monday. The former No. 1 was the only non-Frenchman of eight players to be given a pass into the main draw of the clay-court Grand Slam, which begins in 13 days. Murray was also awarded a wild

2:30 PM ET NEW YORK — The most extraordinary US Open ever staged produced the most remarkable men’s final, as well as a dramatic, high-quality women’s final, with Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka emerging as the respective, worthy champions. Yet the real star of this tournament was, well, the tournament. From the early stages of

11:35 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com US Open runner-up Alexander Zverev on Sunday revealed his parents tested positive for COVID-19 and couldn’t be with him during his extended stay in the tournament. During his postmatch speech Sunday — after the 23-year old German lost to Dominic Thiem 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) — Zverev was

2:23 PM ET Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic will both progress into the Italian Open second round after securing wins in the first round of the tournament on Monday. No. 15 seed Dimitrov beat wildcard Gianluca Mager from Italy 7-5, 6-1 in just over an hour. He will face the winner of Yoshihito Nishioka and

Sep 14, 2020 Elise Mertens made a smooth transition from hardcourts to clay on Monday with a straight sets victory over Hsieh Su-Wei. The No. 11 seed beat Su-Wei 6-3, 6-1 after losing out in the US Open quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka. Mertens struck 17 winners and converter six of 11 break point

8:57 AM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic has said he learned “a big lesson” after being disqualified from the US Open for unintentionally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball. The incident eight days ago marked an end to Djokovic’s 29-match winning streak and his bid for an 18th Grand Slam title.

9:27 PM ET Manoj BhagavatulaESPN Austria’s Dominic Thiem defeated Germany’s Alexander Zverev 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in a thrilling comeback to win the 2020 US Open on Sunday. Here are the most notable stats from Thiem’s first Grand Slam title. 5 Thiem is now the fifth man since the Open Era began in

8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem became the first man in 71 years to win the US Open after dropping the first two sets of the final. Thiem earned his first Grand Slam title Sunday with a 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) comeback victory against Alexander Zverev. The US

6:10 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — After one errant forehand in the first set of the US Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, “What the heck is happening?” In response to another wayward forehand against

8:26 AM ET NEW YORK — This time, the man on the other side of the net from Dominic Thiem in a Grand Slam final won’t be Rafael Nadal, greatest clay court player of all time, on the red dirt in the stade Roland Garros. This time, Thiem will not be facing Novak Djokovic, who