9:44 PM ET ESPN News Services RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond City Council has approved a proposal to rename a historic street after tennis champion Arthur Ashe Jr. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that on Monday the council backed an ordinance renaming Boulevard after Richmond native Ashe. He was the first black player selected to the

8:39 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Paolo Lorenzi of Italy outlasted eighth-seeded American Tennys Sandgren 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the New York Open. Sandgren was playing for the first time since the Australian Open. He has lost both matches since winning the ASB Classic in

9:07 PM ET Associated Press Australia defeated the United States 3-2 while Romania upset defending champion Czech Republic by the same score as both advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup on Sunday along with France and Belarus. Ash Barty and Priscilla Hon beat Danielle Collins and Nicole Melichar 6-4, 7-5 in the deciding

1:14 PM ET Big-hitting Russian Daniil Medvedev brushed aside Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Sofia Open title. No. 3 seed Medvedev, who turns 23 on Monday, was at his devastating best as he gave the hapless Hungarian a brutal lesson to claim his fourth career title. Attacking the lines with

1:14 PM ET Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat fellow Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 6-2 to win the Open Sud de France in Montpellier and claim his first ATP title since 2017 on Sunday. Herbert, the No. 7 seed, was looking to snatch his maiden singles title but Tsonga, whose 2018 season was hampered by injuries, only dropped

2:35 PM ET Big-hitting Daniil Medvedev stole the show at the Sofia Open on Saturday as he punched his way to an emphatic 6-2, 6-4 victory over former world No. 6 Gael Monfils to set up a final clash against Hungarian Marton Fucsovics. The Russian delighted the crowd in Arena Armeets with a barrage of

2:34 PM ET French No. 7 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert downed Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-5 to set up an all-French final with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier on Saturday. Herbert breezed through the opening set but Berdych offered more resistance in the second, only for the former world No. 4

5:45 PM ET ESPN staff Tomas Berdych reached the Open Sud de France semifinals after saving two match points in a 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 win against Filip Krajinovic on Friday. Berdych, a former champion here, was meeting the Serb for the first time on the ATP tour and the pair made it one

5:46 PM ET SOFIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Gael Monfils doled out another lesson in outstanding tennis, winning 93 percent of points on his first serve, as he reached the semi-finals of the Sofia Open on Friday with a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Greece’s emerging talent Stefanos Tsitsipas. The experienced Frenchman, who has slipped to

6:00 PM ET Marcos Baghdatis knocked defending champion and top seed Lucas Pouille out of the Open Sud de France after a dramatic last-16 clash in Montpellier on Thursday. World No. 128 Baghdatis outlasted Frenchman Pouille in 2 hours, 40 minutes to secure a 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on Court Patrice Dominguez. The