Tennis

2:59 PM ET Associated Press Canada’s Denis Shapovalov will face Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the final of the Korea Open in Seoul after he eased to a straight-sets victory over United States’ Jenson Brooksby on Saturday. Shapovalov claimed a 7-5, 6-4 win over Brooksby to reach his first ATP Tour final this year. The fourth-seeded

8:58 AM ET Cameron Norrie withdrew from the Korea Open on Friday due to illness, giving American Jenson Brooksby a bye into the semifinals of the competition in Seoul. Norrie, the British No. 1, said he was jetlagged after defeating Japan’s Kaichi Uchida 6-2, 6-2 in the previous round. Brooksby will face Denis Shapovalov for

9:07 AM ET British No. 1 Cameron Norrie defeated Kaichi Uchida 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the last eight at the Korea Open in Seoul. Norrie bounced back from three consecutive defeats to down Uchida in just over an hour of play. 1 Related Norrie will face American Jenson Brooksby — who sent home

7:43 AM ET Associated Press Canada’s Denis Shapovalov, No. 4 seed, defeated Spain’s Jaume Munar in straight sets to advance to the second round of the Korea Open on Wednesday. Shapovalov won 7-5, 6-4, in one hour and 49 minutes to secure his first victory since his US Open third round defeat to Andrey Rublev.

2:53 AM ET Novak Djokovic said he wants his biggest rivals to be by his side when he brings the curtain down on his career, much like Roger Federer’s emotional goodbye to professional tennis last week. Images of Federer and Rafael Nadal — who shared one of the sport’s most enthralling rivalries — sitting together

10:56 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print British No. 2 Daniel Evans was defeated by Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 7-6 (3) in one hour, 49 minutes in the first round of the Korea Open on Tuesday. Evans, the No. 5 seed for the tournament, has lost all six of his previous

12:17 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Brandon Nakashima’s first ATP Tour victory came in his hometown, as he beat friend and fellow Southern Californian Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the San Diego Open final. “It’s super special, something you dream of, but to have it happen in my hometown with all

2:15 PM ET Frances Tiafoe sealed Team World’s first victory over Team Europe in the Laver Cup as he saved four match points en route to beating Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday. The American, who beat Roger Federer in the Swiss great’s last competitive match on Friday, proved a fly in Europe’s ointment once again with

2:35 PM ET Associated Press Lorenzo Sonego clinched his first title of the season by beating Alexander Bublik 7-6(3), 6-2 in the Moselle Open final on Sunday. The 27-year-old Italian did not drop a set all tournament as he won the third title of his career and first on hard courts. “This is an emotional

11:59 AM ET Simon Cambers Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has said he is not thinking about retiring from tennis and insisted he is still competitive against top players. The 35-year-old, who has played with a metal right hip since he underwent surgery in 2019, has improved his ranking in 2022 from No. 134

5:30 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Liudmila Samsonova of Russia extended a remarkable summer run by clinching her third title in two months after beating rising Chinese player Zheng Qinwen 7-5, 7-5 at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sunday. No. 30-ranked Samsonova won in Washington and Cleveland in August and also reached the

5:21 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Roger Federer’s tearful farewell to his playing career is over. True to his word, the 20-time Grand Slam champion did not say goodbye to tennis. A day after heading into retirement with a Laver Cup doubles match alongside longtime rival Rafael Nadal — the pair sat crying, side-by-side,

4:18 PM ET Tamara Korpatsch won the Budapest Open to claim the first WTA 125 title of her career, beating Viktoriya Tomova 7-6(3), 6-7(4), 6-0 in a final which lasted nearly three hours. It marked the biggest result of Korpatsch’s career as the German made up for the disappointment of losing the Andalucia Open final

3:42 PM ET Stan Wawrinka and Hubert Hurkacz missed out on a place in the Moselle Open final on Saturday as Lorenzo Sonego and Alexander Bublik advanced to the showpiece in Metz, France. Wawrinka was forced to retire injured after only three games of his semifinal against Bublik when he was losing 2-1 in the

9:38 AM ET Simon Cambers Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Laver Cup on Saturday for personal reasons, his press spokesman confirmed to ESPN. The Spaniard partnered Roger Federer in his last ever professional match at the team competition between Europe and the rest of the world in London on Friday, losing out in a deciding

8:41 AM ET Emma Raducanu was forced to retire due to injury during the Korea Open semifinals on Saturday, sending former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko to a championship clash against Ekaterina Alexandrova. Raducanu’s 2022 season has been blighted by injuries ranging from blisters to side strains and hip and back problems, and she was

6:30 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Rising teenager Zheng Qinwen continued her winning run at the Toray Pan Pacific tournament Saturday, beating the sole remaining seed Veronika Kudermetova 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals at the Ariake Coliseum. In another Chinese-Russian matchup, unseeded Liudmila Samsonova overcame Zhang Shuai 7-6 (4), 6-2. In a

7:36 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — This day, this match, had to come, of course, for Roger Federer, and for tennis, just as it inevitably must for every athlete in every sport. Federer bid adieu Friday night with one last contest before he heads into retirement at age 41 after a superlative career that

7:27 PM ET Simon Cambers D’Arcy Maine LONDON — After 24 years on the ATP Tour, with 20 Grand Slam titles and 103 tournament wins worldwide to his name, Roger Federer played his final professional match on Friday night, when he partnered with his old rival Rafael Nadal in doubles at the fifth edition of