6:31 AM ET World No. 1 Naomi Osaka is a doubt for the French Open after withdrawing from her quarterfinal at the Italian Open with a hand injury. Osaka had been due to take on Madrid Open champion Kiki Bertens in the quarterfinals in Rome, but a ‘pain’ to her right hand forced her withdrawal.
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10:50 PM ET Susan Ninan in Bengaluru It’s been an oddball of a WTA season. The first 18 tournaments of the year bore the names of 18 different champions for the first time ever in the history of the women’s tour. Former world no. 1, Arantxa (for those still wondering, it’s A-RA-N-CHA) Sanchez Vicario, 47,
10:34 AM ET Nick Kyrgios was defaulted from his second round Italian Open clash against Norway’s Casper Ruud on Thursday after the hot-headed Australian hurled a chair on to the court. World No. 36 Kyrgios was given a code violation for ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’ after being broken early in the third set. Having already been handed
7:56 AM ET Johanna Konta is through to the third round of the Rome Masters, after defeating No. 7 seed Sloane Stephens 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1 in just over two and a half hours. 1 Related The British No. 1 lost a tightly contested first set — which lasted more than an hour — in
12:05 AM ET Tennis fans will be keeping a close eye on the draw for next week’s French Open after Nick Kyrgios launched a spectacular attack on some of the biggest names in the game. Kyrgios used a podcast at the Rome Masters as the platform to reveal his disdain for Novak Djokovic‘s “cringeworthy” post-match
5:55 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Former top-10 player Nicolas Lapentti and former ATP executive Weller Evans are the finalists to replace Justin Gimelstob on the ATP board. The 10 voting members of the player council chose them from a list of six candidates on Tuesday at the Italian Open. There originally had been
12:45 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Nick Kyrgios took full advantage of his crafty game to eliminate Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open Tuesday. For his first win on clay this year, Kyrgios was full of smiles as he fired aces and passing shots seemingly at will.
11:48 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Italian Open ahead of her second-round match against sister Venus due to an old left knee injury. Tournament organizers made the announcement on Tuesday, a day after Serena opened her clay-court season with a straight-sets win over Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson. It’s
10:02 AM ET It’s a dream come true for the Curry family. Stephen and Seth Curry are facing off in the Western Conference finals, which marks the first time siblings have matched up in the conference championship or NBA Finals. It has been business as usual for Steph and the two-time defending champion Golden State
4:48 PM ET Associated Press American tennis player Nicole Gibbs says she will miss the French Open because of surgery for salivary gland cancer. Gibbs, 26, wrote on Twitter that the procedure is scheduled for Friday and her goal is to return for Wimbledon qualifying in late June. Gibbs, who was born in Ohio and