Tennis

6:57 AM ET World no. 3 Dominic Thiem is “extremely sorry” for the way players conducted themselves at Novak Djokovic‘s Adria Tour exhibition event after which four players tested positive for coronavirus, the Austrian said on Thursday. Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki tested positive after playing in the charity tournament in Serbia
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4:38 PM ET Associated Press The University of Northern Colorado will discontinue the men’s and women’s tennis programs as part of a cost-saving effort due to budget shortfalls created by the coronavirus pandemic. The school located in Greeley, Colorado, will now sponsor 17 intercollegiate athletic programs, including nine women’s sports. Northern Colorado says it will
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2:38 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The U.S. Tennis Association changed its plans and now will include wheelchair competition at this year’s scaled-down US Open after athletes complained about the original decision to drop their event. The USTA announced Wednesday that wheelchair tennis will be played at Flushing Meadows from Sept. 10-13, the
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10:16 AM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic‘s parents defended their son on Wednesday and blamed another tennis player for spreading the coronavirus at a series of exhibition matches hosted by the top-ranked player. Djokovic and his wife tested positive for the virus on Tuesday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion then apologized online
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8:07 AM ET ESPN News Services BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. The news comes after three players tested positive for the coronavirus after participating in Djokovic’s Adria Tour of exhibition matches. Viktor Troicki, Grigor Dimitrov and Borna Coric all tested positive, prompting Djokovic to say that he
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5:36 AM ET World No.1 Novak Djokovic should put his hand up and accept responsibility after three players tested positive for coronavirus while participating in his Adria Tour exhibition tournament, Briton Dan Evans said on Monday. Grigor Dimitrov, a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist from Bulgaria, announced on Sunday he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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12:39 PM ET Associated Press The ATP men’s tennis tour says it is continuing to “plan and adjust” its precautions and protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic with an eye to its planned Aug. 14 resumption of competition. The tour issued a statement Monday following word that two top-35 players tested positive for COVID-19 after
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