5:03 PM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson will take the rest of the 2019 season off as he continues to recover from a right knee injury, he said Tuesday on social media. The hard-serving South African hasn’t played in a tournament since losing in the third round of Wimbledon

9:55 AM ET NEW YORK — The spotlight on American women at the US Open this year was relentless, shifting from 15-year-old sensation Coco Gauff to 37-year-old Serena Williams to iconoclastic stylist Taylor Townsend, pausing now and then to give us a glimpse of a Madison Keys, Sofia Kenin or Caty McNally. Lurking in the

6:57 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — The chief executive of Wimbledon says he will step down after eight years in the role. Richard Lewis will leave after next year’s grass-court Grand Slam event at the All England Club. The departure of Lewis, who joined as CEO in 2012, coincides with the handover of

5:50 AM ET Associated Press Brazilian player Diego Matos was banned for life from professional tennis Monday after being found guilty of match-fixing. Matos, 31, was also fined $125,000 and ordered to repay illicit winnings of $12,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit. The TIU said he contrived the outcome of 10 matches in 2018 at

Sep 10, 2019 ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print US Open mixed doubles champion Bethanie Mattek-Sands and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki have enrolled at the Harvard Business School. Matteck-Sands, 34, announced via Twitter on Monday that she had enrolled at the Harvard Business School, just days after successfully defending her US

11:06 AM ET Australia’s Ashleigh Barty has reclaimed her world No. 1 status in the WTA rankings less than a month after losing it, while US Open champion Bianca Andreescu moved up to a career-high fifth after her maiden Grand Slam win in New York. Andreescu beat Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in Saturday’s final to

1:41 AM ET NEW YORK — After winning his US Open semifinal on Friday, Rafael Nadal was asked if he was eager to win the tournament in order to extend the remarkable streak of Grand Slam success by tennis’s Big Four. Puzzled by the question, Nadal replied: “We don’t need to hold this era anymore.

11:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Imagine this a week ago: US Open fans going crazy for Daniil Medvedev. The guy they loved to boo, who defiantly told them the more they jeered him, the more he would win, was suddenly hearing cheers Sunday. Medvedev earned them with the way he played. And

11:34 PM ET ESPN staff Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in five sets on Sunday to win the men’s singles title at the 2019 US Open. Here are some of the notable statistics from Nadal’s fourth US Open title: 19 Nadal’s Grand Slam title count, placing him second on the all-time list in

3:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka have won the US Open women’s doubles championship. The duo defeated Victoria Azarenka and Ash Barty 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Mertens and Sabalenka lost only one set in the tournament and won their first Grand Slam