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7:30 AM ET Zenia D’Cunha Grass-court tennis is a fading style in world tennis, but for India, it provides a crucial edge as they take on Denmark in the World Group I play-off tie. The hosts have chosen to play the tie on the grass courts of the Delhi Gymkhana, to be held on March

Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska pulled off a heroic come-back at the Open 6ème Sens – Métropole de Lyon, saving 2 match points to defeat Ana Bogdan in over 3 hours, while Caroline Garcia rallied from a set down to up-end top seed Camila Giorgi on Tuesday. Four days ago, Yastremska fled her war-torn country as a

6:05 AM ET The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) have suspended the 2022 Kremlin Cup following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was announced on Tuesday. The Kremlin Cup was Russia’s first international pro tennis tournament when it was founded in 1990, with this year’s event set to take place

6:21 PM ET Associated Press Novak Djokovic and coach Marian Vajda are no longer working together, splitting up after 15 years and 20 Grand Slam titles. A statement that went up on Djokovic’s website on Tuesday said that the two men “agreed to end their partnership” after last year’s season-ending ATP Finals. “Marian has been

9:00 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Serena Williams is no stranger to the runway, having modeled for her own fashion line’s shows in

12:12 PM ET Ukrainian tennis player, Marta Kostyuk, ranked No. 49 in the world, expressed “surprise and dissatisfaction” on her social media page with the lack of response from the Women’s Tennis Association on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and demanded that the WTA immediately condemn the Russian government and pull all tournaments out of Russia.

11:01 AM ET Associated Press Daniil Medvedev officially moved up to No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, overtaking Novak Djokovic to become the 27th man to hold the top spot since computerized rankings began in 1973. Medvedev, a 26-year-old from Russia who won the 2021 US Open and was the runner-up at this

Sloane Stephens needed nearly two-and-a-half hours to land the trophy at the Abierto Akron Zapopan title in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday, defeating Czech Marie Bouzkova, 7-5 1-6 6-2, to capture her first title in four years. I think I prepared all last year, I committed to training and my fitness and everything. Obviously I didn’t

7:32 PM ET Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — Spain’s Pedro Martinez won the Chile Open clay-court tournament on Sunday with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Argentina’s Sebastian Baez, Martinez’s first professional title. Martinez lost last year’s Kitzbuhel Open in Austria in another clay-court tournament. Baez was also attempting to win his first professional title.

The impact of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has wide-reaching implications for tennis, as well as the world as a whole. I would like to ask the entire tennis community to speak out against the war on their social media! I ask everyone to support Ukraine in this difficult time. It’s just unacceptable that people

Rafa Nadal remains unbeaten this season as he collected his third title of the year in Acapulco where he won the Mexican Open for a fourth time and improves the overall number of titles he has won during his career, to 91. I’m very pleased, It was a very important title for me, so I

Iga Swiatek looked every inch the Grand Slam champion that she is, as she swept aside Anett Kontaveit, 6-2 6-0, in the final of the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha on Saturday, adding the WTA 1000 title to the championships she won in Rome last year and at Roland Garros in 2020. Against Kontaveit I

Andrey Rublev brought Jiri Vesely’s amazing run in Dubai to an end in the final of the Duty Free Tennis Championships by defeating the Czech qualifier relatively comfortably 6-3 6-4. I will sleep for at least two days,. Then, I will think about picking up a racket and, once I am back in shape, I

1:07 AM ET Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico — Rafael Nadal said earlier in the week that he wasn’t aware of his career statistics. Now, he might want to have a look at them. The 35-year-old Spaniard defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to win the Mexican Open and extend his career-best start for a

3:31 PM ET UKRAINIAN PRO TENNIS player Dayana Yastremska wrapped her arms around her father, tears running down her cheeks. She had to let go. A small boat was waiting to whisk her and her 15-year-old sister, Ivanna, away. Her father had driven them from their home in Odessa, Ukraine, some 150 miles south to

1:45 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Andrey Rublev won his second singles title in less than a week — and 10th overall — when he beat Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. The seventh-ranked Russian won the Open 13 tournament last Sunday

Iga Swiatek continued her impressive form at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open by reaching the final with a straight sets win over Maria Sakkari, where she will meet Anett Kontaveit, who brought Jelena Ostapenko’s Middle East run to an end in the semi-finals. I haven’t changed my technique or anything, so it’s a lot to do

Marie Bouzkova ended Sara Sorribes Tormo’s title defence in the quarter-finals of the Abierto Akron Zapopan, the WTA 250 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Friday, while Sloane Stephens was left as the last seed standing after her come-back win over Daria Saville. Bouzkova posted the second upset of the day against the 3rd seed from

Daniil Medvedev may not yet have been crowned as world number one – that ‘ceremony’ will take place on Monday, but failed to live up to expectations and defeat the former top ranked player, Rafa Nadal, and avenge his loss to the Spaniard at last month’s Australian Open final. This week means a lot after

The Russian invasion of the Ukraine has been paramount in Russian players’ minds and Andrey Rublev, appearing at the Duty Free Tennis Championships this week, is no exception as he pleaded for peace following his eighth consecutive victory to move into his second final in as many weeks with a 3-6 7-5 7- (5) win