10:21 AM ET Simon Cambers This past September at the US Open, Stefanos Tsitsipas realized how popular he had become. “I received a message recently from one woman who said because of me, 71 percent of the kids [in Greek] schools choose to play tennis,” Tsitsipas told ESPN.com. “So I was like, ‘OK, I feel

5:40 AM ET Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has described how meeting with psychologists is helping him ‘get on top’ of his mental health. The world No. 37, who has struggled with injuries throughout the year, said there were times when he had not been in the best mental health state in 2019 but he

5:27 PM ET Stefanos Tsitsipas won his opening match of the ATP Next Gen Finals with a comfortable victory over Jaume Munar in Milan. The world No. 15 defeated Spaniard Munar 4-3 (5), 4-3 (3), 3-4(4), 4-2 in the Group A match. Second seed Alex de Minaur cruised to a straight-sets win in his Group

2:54 AM ET Andy Murray has confirmed that he will play at the Open Sud de France as part of his comeback in early 2019. The ATP 250 tournament takes place in Montpellier from Feb. 3-10, a week after the Australian Open. Former world No. 1 Murray is expected to compete in Melbourne and has

11:44 AM ET Karen Khachanov‘s impressive win against new No. 1 Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s Paris Masters final established the 22-year-old Russian as the latest in an impressive list of players hailed as the “Next Big Thing.” It’s a popular pastime, finding the successors to the Big Four. Khachanov is a rangy 6-foot-6 power-server whose

6:00 PM ET Five-time champion Novak Djokovic will face Alexander Zverev, Marin Cilic and John Isner in the group stages at the ATP Finals after the draw was confirmed in London on Monday. Top seed Djokovic returned to the top of the world rankings following Rafael Nadal‘s withdrawal from last week’s Paris Masters due to

11:25 AM ET Rafael Nadal announced Monday he has cut his season short because of more health setbacks. The world No. 2, who has been sidelined with a right knee injury he sustained in the US Open semifinals, was scheduled to play in the ATP World Tour Finals, which begin Sunday in London. Rafael Nadal

12:10 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Karen Khachanov upset a tired-looking Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 to win the Paris Masters title and deprive Djokovic the chance on Sunday of matching Rafael Nadal‘s record of 33 Masters titles. Djokovic, a record four-time champion at the indoor event, looked out of energy after an epic three-hour

9:24 AM ET Ashleigh Barty made a blistering start and rode out a tighter second set to win the WTA Elite Trophy title with a convincing 6-3 6-4 victory over rising Chinese talent Wang Qiang in Zhuhai on Sunday. Barty, 22, beat defending champion and top seed Julia Goerges in the semifinals and picked up

5:25 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — World No. 8 Karolina Pliskova has been ruled out of the Czech Republic team in the Fed Cup final against the defending champion United States next weekend due to calf muscle and wrist injuries. The Czech team says Pliskova was injured last week during the WTA Finals in