Tennis

2:47 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Karolina Pliskova started her grass-court season, beating Kaia Kanepi 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0 in the first round of the Berlin Open on Monday, when Bianca Andreescu and Daria Kasatkina also won. The fourth-seeded Pliskova, a finalist at last year’s Wimbledon, rallied as Kanepi faded after their hard-fought first

5:33 AM ET Daniil Medvedev has replaced Novak Djokovic as men’s world No. 1 on Monday, just two weeks before this year’s Wimbledon Championships where he is barred due to his Russian nationality. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) banned Russian and Belarusian players from competition following the invasion of Ukraine, leading the ATP

4:42 PM ET Associated Press NOTTINGHAM, England — Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil captured her first WTA title by winning the Nottingham Open thanks to a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Alison Riske of the United States on Sunday. The seventh-seeded Haddad Maia consigned the sixth-seeded Riske to a second loss in the final of

1:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Dutch wild card Tim Van Rijthoven capped a dream run at the Libema Open by beating top seed Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-1 in the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Sunday. Van Rijthoven, ranked 205th in the world, had never won a main-draw match at an ATP Tour event until this

4:09 AM ET Roger Federer said he is “definitely” intending to return to top-level tennis in 2023, but added that he had not made any concrete plans beyond his scheduled appearances at the Laver Cup and his home tournament in Basel later this year. The former world No. 1, who will be 41 in August,

3:36 PM ET Associated Press Dan Evans reacts during his win over Jack Sock to reach the Nottingham Open final. Nathan Stirk/Getty Images for LTA Top-seeded Dan Evans of Britain beat Jack Sock of the United States 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Nottingham Open against Jordan Thompson, who won an

11:54 AM ET Andy Murray stormed to a 7-6(5), 6-2 straight sets victory over Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals of the Stuttgart Open on Saturday, reaching his second ATP final of the year and 70th of his career. The 35-year-old Scot will face last year’s Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini on Sunday for a chance to

4:36 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has pulled out of next week’s grass-court tournament in Berlin because of a shoulder problem, saying Friday she needs to rest up ahead of Wimbledon. Swiatek is coming off her second French Open title after beating American teenager Coco Gauff in the final at Roland

3:45 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Dan Evans kept alive the home challenge at the Nottingham Open on Friday by reaching the semifinals in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler. The 32-year-old Brit is seeking his second career title since turning professional in 2016 — his only ATP singles victory came at last

11:25 AM ET Andy Murray claimed a sensational victory over world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets on Friday to advance to the semifinals at the Stuttgart Open. Just over two weeks before Wimbledon, and in his second grass-court event this season, Murray claimed a 7-6(4), 6-3 victory in the quarterfinals in Germany. The

1:31 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the Stuttgart Open quarterfinals. The 35-year-old Murray dropped his intensity in the second set but saved three set points as he rallied from 5-2 down to win in 1 hour, 42 minutes. 1 Related

11:50 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Wimbledon will offer a record total of 40.3 million pounds ($50.5 million) in player compensation, but the singles champions will receive less than the pre-pandemic amount. The prize money excluding per diems totals a record 38.9 million pounds ($48.8 million), the All England Club announced Thursday. The men’s

9:41 AM ET Players and tournaments will share profits 50-50 from 2023 on the men’s ATP Tour while total prize money will surge thanks to an agreed expansion of top-tier tournaments, the global governing body of the men’s circuit announced on Thursday. The ATP said its strategic plan for widespread reform has received the green

5:48 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Dan Evans maintained his bid for a second title at the Nottingham Open by reaching the quarterfinals of the grass-court event with a 7-5, 6-0 win against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy on Wednesday. Evans, the British No. 2 and the 2019 champion, will next play Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who

3:15 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu is hopeful she will be fit to play at Wimbledon after being forced to withdraw from next week’s WTA 250 event in Birmingham due to a side strain. A “freak injury” forced Raducanu, 19, to retire from her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday but

7:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Alexander Zverev, the No. 3-ranked men’s tennis player in the world, underwent surgery on torn ligaments in his right ankle Tuesday after he was forced to retire from his French Open semifinal match last week. Zverev was trailing Rafael Nadal in Paris when he rolled the ankle. The 25-year-old

5:22 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Murray dropped the first three games of the match but recovered to break O’Connell four times and celebrate his tournament debut with a 95-minute win. Murray

12:26 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu retired injured from her opening match at the WTA 250 event in Nottingham on Tuesday, casting doubt over her participation at Wimbledon. Raducanu retired while trailing 4-3 in the opening set against Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, nearly half an hour into the match after she suffered what appeared