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Andre Agassi is finally enjoying tennis after famously writing in his book "Open" that he always hated the sport.
Russian tennis player Tatiana Prozorova says she was unfairly withdrawn from her semifinal at the Singapore Open because of a physician's concerns about a concussion.
Carlos Alcaraz and doubles partner Jakub Mensik have given Team Europe a 3-1 lead over Team World after the opening day of the Laver Cup in London.
Ryan Gerard might have been representing the United States in the Presidents Cup this week.
Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova and Karolina Muchova won their singles matches to lead Czechia to a 2-0 win over Spain and a shot at the Billie Jean King Cup title.
Jannik Sinner will not be able to defend his China Open title, further delaying his return from injury as he says his knee is not quite ready yet.
American golfer Michael Kim has begun his French Open title defense with a bogey-free 8-under 63 to lead by two shots.
Jasmine Paolini has won both her singles and doubles matches to help Italy beat host China 2-1 in the Billie Jean King Cup quarterfinals.
Coco Gauff will be a player-owner for the Florida franchise that will compete in the new season of World Team Tennis.
Spain has advanced to the Billie Jean King Cup semifinals for the first time in 18 years by clinching a 2-1 win over Kazakhstan in the decisive doubles match while saving 18 break points.
Indian tennis player Parikshit Somani has been banned for four years in a doping case after judges dismissed an explanation he gave that was similar to the case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.
Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova and Marie Bouzkova have won their singles matches to lead Czechia to a 2-0 win over Britain and a spot in the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup Finals.
Alexander Zverev has sent Germany through to the Davis Cup Final 8 by defeating Dino Prizmic.
The Czech Republic beat the United States to reach the Davis Cup Final 8 after U.S. Open finalist Ben Shelton and Learner Tien both lost their singles matches.
Jessica Pegula has withdrawn from next week's WTA 500 tennis tournament in Singapore due to a recent heavy workload of matches.
U.S. Open finalist Ben Shelton has struggled to dominate with his serve and has been beaten 6-4, 6-4 by 24th-ranked Jiri Lehecka as the Czech Republic drew level 1-1 with the United States in the last qualifying round for the Davis Cup Final 8.
U.S. Open runner-up Ben Shelton withdrew from the Laver Cup and will be replaced by 16th-ranked Brandon Nakashima on Team World.
The WTA Finals will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the next three years in a move that organizers hope will create "the Super Bowl for women's sports."
The U.S. Open men's final between champion Alexander Zverev and American Ben Shelton averaged 3.2 million viewers on ABC.
Jack Draper will remain sidelined until the 2027 season as he recovers from an arm injury.
Ben Shelton isn't taking much time off after his run to the U.S. Open final.
See the famous faces watching the 2026 U.S. Open at the BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center
Alexander Zverev won two Grand Slam titles and reached another final this year.
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Top tennis players who have been protesting for a larger share of revenues from the biggest tournaments in the sport say they will no longer go public with their demands now that a Grand Slam Player Advisory Council has been formed.
Ticketless tennis fans gather for affordable stadium final watch party.
Ben Shelton may have had "99.9%" of the U.S. Open crowd cheering for him, as opponent Alexander Zverev estimated.
He tuned out the crowd's screams for Ben Shelton for so long that he didn't even realize when he won, not hearing the chair umpire's announcement that the match was over.
Trinity Rodman made it from the soccer pitch to the tennis court in time to watch boyfriend Ben Shelton in the U.S. Open final.
Elena Rybakina was going to see her name on top of the women's tennis rankings Monday no matter what happened in the U.S. Open women's final.
Elena Rybakina won her first U.S. Open title and punctuated her climb to the top of women's tennis by beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 on Saturday.
Aryna Sabalenka has been dethroned as U.S. Open champion after winning the Grand Slam tournament in each of the previous two years.
Hao-Yu Lee doubled and tripled in a seven-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 11-7 win over the Colorado Rockies.
American Christian Harrison and British partner Neal Skupski have won their second Grand Slam men's doubles title of the year by defeating Germany's Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz in the U.S. Open final.
Ben Shelton will have a chance to end USA's long men's championship drought at the Open.
Ben Shelton won the all-American duel with Frances Tiafoe and now he's the one who can end his country's long wait for another men's Grand Slam champion.
Frances Tiafoe's latest run at the U.S. Open ended with a hard-fought loss in the semifinals to fellow American Ben Shelton.
Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton faced off in the U.S. Open semifinals aiming to end a long drought for American men in Grand Slam tournaments, with Shelton winning in four sets.
Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova have won their first U.S. Open women's doubles title together.
The U.S. Open women's final is a matchup of the top-ranked player in the world for almost the past two years against her successor at No. 1.
Kennedy's next match will be as a professional in a Challenger event in San Diego.
Aryna Sabalenka moved a win away from her third straight U.S. Open title, beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2.
Alexander Zverev's rocky road to start the U.S. Open turned into smooth sailing to the semifinals.
Coco Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 to set up a U.S. Open semifinal matchup against new No. 1 Elena Rybakina.
Helped by Serena and Venus Williams playing doubles again, ESPN had its largest viewership through three rounds of the U.S. Open since the younger sister last competed in 2022.
Kennedy matches his best appearance in a junior Grand Slam event after defeating fellow American Jack Secord.
U.S. Open semifinalists Frances Tiafoe and Jessica Pegula will be teammates when World Team Tennis returns to open a new season in December.
Ben Shelton's five-set thriller to beat reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz in the U.S. Open quarterfinals ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
When Ben Shelton defeated Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling five-set match at the US Open it was the latest finish in the tournament's history.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history as he pulled out a 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Alcaraz had his 18-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments ended in a match that lasted 4 hours, 28 minutes.
Aryna Sabalenka kept alive her hopes for a third straight U.S. Open title by fighting off Linda Noskova 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (10-7) in a thrilling quarterfinal matchup of major champions.
Frances Tiafoe knew Alex Michelsen needed a shoulder to cry on.
