9:04 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Across the NCAA, seniors were left asking “What if?” in March, after the coronavirus pandemic canceled the remaining winter and spring sporting events. Here are the stories that show the sudden, complicated, controversial and emotional endings athletes have been coming to grips with over the past few weeks. On
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9:12 AM ET ESPN.com staff The sports world was put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving college and high school seniors to ask, “What if?” ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt started a Twitter thread called #SeniorNight that garnered thousands of responses to honor athletes who didn’t have a chance to play for a championship or
May 20, 2020 “I believe I can win the most Slams and break the record for longest No. 1. Those are definitely my clear goals.” That’s what Novak Djokovic said on “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” last week. It was a pretty innocuous comment, especially by Djokovic’s standards, but it made waves in allowing us
7:00 AM ET “This sport has a way of making you feel irrelevant while at the same time giving you this sense of entitlement … Chances are if you were once ‘talk of the town,’ that will quickly diminish over time.”— Noah Rubin, Behind The Racquet AS THE CLOCK crept toward midnight and the winds
1:35 PM ET Associated Press World TeamTennis CEO Carlos Silva says the league is “still on track for July 12” to open its three-week season and is hoping to select a site this week.a telephone interview Monday with the AP that four cities are “in the mix.” He mentioned Texas and Florida as possible host
10:30 AM ET ESPN News Services The professional tennis tours are extending their suspensions caused by the coronavirus pandemic through at least the end of July. The total number of tournaments scrapped by the ATP and WTA since March now tops 40. The ATP said Friday that eight more events had been called off, while
10:56 AM ET Associated Press The International Tennis Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction ceremony for Goran Ivanisevic and Conchita Martinez won’t be held, and the annual men’s grass-court Hall of Fame Open tournament has been canceled. Kim Clijsters and Andy Roddick, looking at trophies inside the Tennis Hall of Fame, were inducted in 2017. However
9:43 AM ET Novak Djokovic has said he believes he will win the most Grand Slam titles and become the longest-reigning world No. 1 by the time he retires. The Serb has won 17 Grand Slam titles — two less Rafa Nadal and three fewer than Roger Federer — and said he has no doubt
8:22 AM ET Former Indian singles pro Somdev Devvarman has called criticism directed towards Dominic Thiem for his contrarian stand on the relief fund for lower-ranked tennis players ‘unjust’, termin the Austrian’s argument ‘valid’. The relief fund for lower-ranked players struggling financially, set up on Novak Djokovic-led Player Council’s call, has resurrected the pay disparity
4:36 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s National Bank is offering cash grants to each of 23 tennis players from the country who are facing financial issues because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tennis Canada announced the grants of $10,000 to $20,000 in Canadian dollars, or about $7,000 to $14,000 in U.S. dollars, from National Bank on