10:28 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal will start his 2020 season on the opposite side of Australia to Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer when he leads Spain in a group-stage qualifier in Perth in the new ATP Cup team competition. Spain was drawn into Group B with Japan and
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1:34 PM ET Associated Press ZHENGZHOU, China — Top-seeded Karolina Pliskova overcame rain delays and an early deficit to beat Petra Martic 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Zhengzhou Open on Sunday. Rain halted play in the first set after seventh-seeded Martic went 2-0 ahead. When play resumed, Pliskova won the next three games
2:59 AM ET Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan — Nao Hibino beat compatriot Misaki Doi 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Japan Women’s Open. In the first all-Japanese WTA final in 22 years, Doi made the better start and twice broke Hibino’s serve in the first set. But Hibino ran off nine straight games to
11:39 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — The ATP says all top 10-ranked players, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, have committed to play in the inaugural ATP Cup in Australia in January. The organization said Saturday that the top 18-ranked countries and Australia, as the host-country wild card, will be among the
11:12 AM ET The rescheduled Davis Cup tie between India and Pakistan will be tentatively held on November 29 or 30 in Islamabad subject to another security review, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) said on Friday. The tie was earlier scheduled to be held in Islamabad on September 14-15 but was postponed to November
3:43 AM ET Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has sacked her second coach in seven months, splitting with Jermaine Jenkins in the wake of her disappointing US Open title defence. Jenkins, a long-time hitting partner of Venus Williams, replaced Sascha Bajin in February, weeks after Osaka’s Australian Open triumph. “I’m super grateful for the
11:12 PM ET Associated Press HONG KONG — Local organizers and the Women’s Tennis Association say the Hong Kong Open has been postponed indefinitely due to widespread protests in recent months. It was scheduled to be played Oct. 5-13 on outdoor hard courts at Victoria Park. In a statement Friday, tournament organizers said it would
12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Two-time major champion Simona Halep says she is reuniting with coach Darren Cahill after a year apart. Halep said in a video posted Thursday on Twitter that “Darren will be back by my side next season” and that she “can’t wait to finish what we started.” Even though you’ve
8:51 AM ET ESPN News Services Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters is planning another comeback. A mother of three, the Belgian who retired after the 2012 US Open wants a new challenge, she told the WTA in an interview on its website Thursday. She plans to compete on the professional tour again in 2020.
12:45 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Talk about a quick recovery. Only three days after her shocking loss in the U.S. Open final, Serena Williams went from the court to the runway to present the latest collection of her fashion label, S by Serena Williams. And she brought her baby daughter along for