10:38 AM ET ESPN staff Leander Paes, one of India’s most decorated tennis players, has announced that the 2020 season will be his “farewell year” as a professional. Paes, 46, wrote on his social media that he will be “playing select tournaments, travelling with my team, and celebrating with all my fans around the world.”

12:27 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the ASB Classic due to a lingering left knee injury. Andreescu said in a video released by tournament organizers on social media on Tuesday that she was disappointed with the decision, but she needed more time to recover

7:56 PM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Long-time friends Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki will play doubles together for the first time at the WTA Tour’s ASB Classic in Auckland beginning on Jan. 6. Former No. 1 Wozniacki has started her season in Auckland every year since 2015 and has made the hard

7:18 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open says prize money for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of next year will be increased by 13.6% to 71 million Australian dollars, or $49.1 million US dollars. Tournament organizers said in a statement Tuesday that the women’s and men’s singles winners will each

11:22 AM ET Associated Press BRUSSELS — Kim Clijsters plans to make her delayed comeback to tennis at the Monterrey Open in March, more than seven years after her second retirement. Clijsters said on Monday she accepted wild cards into the Mexican hard-court event which begins on March 2, followed by Indian Wells from March

10:29 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — After reaching his first Grand Slam semifinals at the Australian Open this year, Lucas Pouille will not be back in Melbourne next month. Pouille announced on Twitter on Monday he will miss the first tennis major of 2020, plus the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia and the Adelaide

11:43 AM ET Ekaterina Alexandrova needed less than an hour to defeat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1, 6-3 Sunday, winning the Limoges Challenger title for the third time in the process. Defending champion Alexandrova broke serve twice in the opening four games to race ahead, and while Sasnovich saved a set point at 5-1, the world No.

12:26 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Rafael Nadal won his second consecutive Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award and third overall Thursday, based on voting by other players, while Andy Murray was chosen the ATP’s 2019 comeback player of the year. Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1, said in January he thought

11:58 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The All England Club has appointed Sally Bolton to take over as chief executive in 2020. Bolton will replace Richard Lewis, who announced in September that he will step down after next year’s Wimbledon tournament. Bolton is currently serving as the All England Club’s strategic planning and operations

12:42 PM ET Roger Federer has seemingly accomplished it all in the sport of tennis. His career numbers are remarkable: In 22 seasons as a professional, he has won 103 ATP titles, a record 20 Grand Slam men’s singles championships, a Davis Cup championship for Switzerland (2014) and an Olympic doubles gold medal for his