4:25 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com When asked about the decision to not award ranking points at Wimbledon this year, four-time major champion Naomi Osaka said the tournament will now be “more like an exhibition.” Other players have responded with anger, confusion and thoughts of skipping Wimbledon altogether. The announcement, made on Friday by the WTA
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7:10 AM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open has ended in the first round. The former top-ranked player lost her opening match to Amanda Anisimova 7-5, 6-4 at Roland Garros on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam champion who took two mental health breaks last season. That included
10:00 AM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Barbora Krejcikova arrived at the French Open as the defending champion in singles and doubles. She also was coming off a three-month absence from the tour because of an injured right elbow, so even her own expectations were rather modest. Krejcikova was right to be apprehensive —
7:00 AM ET AFTER 3 HOURS and 35 minutes of tennis on the red clay court in Madrid, Carlos Alcaraz aims his serve out wide. Novak Djokovic, who has spent more time ranked No. 1 than anybody, lunges, grunting as he reaches awkwardly with his backhand to return the 19-year-old’s serve. Alcaraz is up 6-5
3:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Rising star Carlos Alcaraz showed what the fuss is all about with a quick and clean first-round victory in the main stadium at Roland Garros on Sunday. The 19-year-old from Spain never faced a break point while beating Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 in less than two hours
3:21 PM ET ESPN News Services American teenager Coco Gauff did not let 10 double-faults, 12 break points or a warning from the chair umpire about receiving coaching from her father disrupt her progress into the second round at Roland Garros. The 18-year-old Gauff began her trip to Paris with a 7-5, 6-0 victory over
11:19 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens said on Sunday she supports the WTA and ATP’s decision to not award ranking points at Wimbledon and stated she had previously hoped “everyone had a fair opportunity to play.” The All England Club announced in April it would not allow players from Russia
8:24 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Rafael Nadal’s career has been spectacular and his career on clay has been unlike any other in the history of the sport. And Nadal loves Roland Garros. Period. But only recently he returned from a rib injury while also dealing with chronic pain in his left foot that kept him
5:09 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Casper Ruud retained his Geneva Open title by beating Joao Sousa 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (1) in the final on Saturday. One day before the French Open starts in Paris, eighth-ranked Ruud’s seventh career title on clay courts lifted his record in finals to 8-3. The Norwegian has
4:25 PM ET Associated Press Britain’s Cameron Norrie won his second ATP title of the year when he beat Alex Molcan of Slovakia 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1 in the Lyon Open final on Saturday. Norrie missed two match points on Molcan’s serve in the second set, but took his third chance to end the final
4:33 PM ET Associated Press Martina Trevisan of Italy won her first WTA title after beating Claire Liu of the United States 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the Grand Prix Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem on Saturday. The No. 85-ranked Trevisan and No. 92-ranked Liu were playing their first career final. Trevisan was under
1:50 PM ET Associated Press STRASBOURG, France — Former No. 1 Angelique Kerber outlasted first-time WTA finalist Kaja Juvan 7-6 (5), 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5) over more than three hours in the Strasbourg International final Saturday. Kerber’s 14th career singles title was her first on clay in more than six years. Juvan upset Kerber at
7:01 AM ET The 2022 French Open starts Sunday, and with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both in the draw, along with rising stars Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Ons Jabeur — it is set to be an exciting two weeks. Will Djokovic defend his 2021 French Open title? Can Swiatek win her second major?
12:17 AM ET Coco Gauff is already one of the most exciting young players in tennis, but she’s just added another accomplishment to her sterling résumé: high school graduate. Gauff has completed her coursework from the Florida Virtual Flex program and received her degree from the Florida Department of Education after taking home education classes
5:40 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a turbulent start to the 2022 season, Novak Djokovic appears to have finally gotten back on track in time for the French Open. With a newly earned Italian Open trophy in hand, Djokovic arrives in Paris looking to defend his title and continue his reign at world No. 1.
2:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The women’s and men’s professional tennis tours will not award ranking points for Wimbledon this year because of the All England Club’s ban on players from Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. The WTA and ATP announced their unprecedented decisions Friday, two days before the start of
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12:17 PM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has continued to speak with Olympic officials since the Beijing Winter Games and wants to visit Europe soon, IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday. The fallout from Peng’s allegations in November of being sexually assaulted by a Chinese Communist Party official complicated
10:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Naomi Osaka cracked jokes at Roland Garros on Friday — and, yes, laughed at those jokes. She smiled after some reporters’ questions. She paused to contemplate, as is her wont, before offering answers. All of which seemed to confirm this assessment that she offered during an 18-minute pre-tournament
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