2:40 AM ET American teenager Coco Gauff has said she struggled to deal with the hype and mental pressure brought on by her rapid rise in tennis and that she had to rediscover her love for the game after becoming depressed. The Florida-based 16-year-old has enjoyed a sensational run on the professional circuit since July

10:49 AM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic has been praised by the director general of the local health authority in Bergamo for his donation to help control the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Peter Assembergs says “we never expected to see on our bank account a donation from such a prestigious person.” Assembergs says “reading among

3:02 PM ET Tickets to the Super Bowl. And a game of the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. Tickets to the World Series, College Football Playoff National Championship, Daytona 500, Masters, U.S. Open tennis championships, NCAA men’s Final Four and Olympic Opening Ceremonies. That’s one prize that Fanatics founder Michael Rubin has offered to

9:55 PM ET In eight weeks, Pranjala Yadlapalli has shifted into her third Airbnb rental. The current one is located in Brighton, a coastal suburb 11 kilometers south-east of Melbourne’s central business district. The 21-year-old Indian tennis player who reached Australia on February 13 for lower-back injury rehab sessions now finds herself stranded in a

Apr 10, 2020 Kelly CohenESPN Wearing a face mask to the ballpark to watch your baseball team? What about hand sanitizer at every aisle that you have to use before going to your seat at an NBA game? Should there be temperature checks when entering the arena? And can fans say goodbye to high-fives, hugging

7:47 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer The night after she won an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games in Rio, Monica Puig found herself waking up every 30 or so minutes to make sure it wasn’t all a dream. She had wanted to stand atop the podium for as long as she could remember,

7:17 AM ET Associated Press Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are among 12 players confirmed to play in the virtual Madrid Open tennis tournament this month. David Goffin, John Isner, Karen Khachanov, Eugenie Bouchard, Kristina Mladenovic and Kiki Bertens will also participate from their homes in the April 27-30 online competition that is expected to

2:21 PM ET Associated Press The Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament will not be played this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tennis Canada announced Saturday that the event, scheduled for Aug. 7-16 in Montreal, is off the schedule. Quebec’s government announced Friday that no sporting events could be held through Aug. 31, though it

3:37 AM ET Former World No. 1 Andy Murray and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber will compete in a virtual Madrid Open, the WTA and ATP announced on Thursday. The Madrid Open was due to be played on May 1-10 but was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 1 Related Announced alongside Murray

7:33 PM ET Associated Press The International Tennis Federation is putting about half of its staff on furlough and cutting other employees’ salaries because of the coronavirus pandemic. The move includes a 30% pay drop in 2020 for ITF President David Haggerty and reductions of 10% or 20% for others. Haggerty wrote in an email