1:48 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer Maria Sharapova looked tired when she walked into the media room after her first-round loss at the Australian Open last month. Tired of losing, and tired of the questions that inevitably followed. It was her third straight loss in the opening round at a major. But despite the evidence

1:29 PM ET Petra Kvitova needed all her considerable experience to beat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 and reach the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on a windy Wednesday in Doha. The No. 8 seed, who won the Qatar title in 2018, looked on course for a routine victory after running away with the

9:42 PM ET Andy Murray‘s hopes to return to the ATP Tour at the Miami Open aren’t exactly dashed, but they appear on hold. Murray is dealing with a side effect from a recent hip resurfacing and it might require him to undergo a surgery — again. “I have not had lots of clarity as

4:07 PM ET Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin crashed out of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, suffering a straight-sets defeat to Dayana Yastremska. Kenin’s serve was broken early in the first set and the American failed to recover as her Ukrainian opponent claimed the frame 6-3. 1 Related Kenin, 21, started the second set stronger

7:21 AM ET India have included Leander Paes in the five-member playing squad for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against Croatia, making Divij Sharan the reserve member. Sumit Nagal, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan are the singles players in the squad while Paes and Rohan Bopanna will do the doubles duty. Bopanna had skipped the

4:59 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Former Texas men’s tennis coach Michael Center was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for taking a $100,000 bribe as part of a sweeping college admissions scam. Center collapsed into his chair and sobbed with his face in his hands after the judge declared he would spend

10:24 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print American teenager Coco Gauff broke into the top 50 of the updated WTA rankings released on Monday, becoming the first 15-year-old in 15 years to achieve the feat. Gauff, who continued her dramatic rise by reaching the fourth round on her Australian Open debut

Feb 21, 2020 Kelly CohenESPN Serena Williams, the GOAT in tennis, got real — again — with an Instagram post on Friday that talked about the struggles of being a working mom in her sport. “I am not sure who took this picture but Working and being a mom is not easy. I am often

7:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Third-seeded Cristian Garin beat Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager 7-6 (3), 7-5 in Sunday’s rain-hit final to win the Rio Open. It was Garin’s second title this year after he won the Cordoba Open in Argentina earlier in February. The 25th-ranked Chilean is projected to make the

6:54 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Given a few hours to get ready, Reilly Opelka put this win on ice. The fourth-seeded Opelka worked overtime and won two matches on Sunday, topping Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-2 to take the Delray Beach Open championship. Opelka won his second career