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ATP Tour returns to Estoril but won't make stop in Metz in 2026
The Associated Press | Posted Feb. 3 - 7:43 a.m. | Save Story
The ATP Tour will return to Estoril, Portugal, in 2026 but won't be making a stop in Metz, France. Those were the major changes in the ATP Tour schedule released Monday. Estoril had been a regular part of the ATP circuit but was dropped to a Challenger event for 2025. It will be an ATP 250 event in 2026 and will take place in July. But the Moselle Open isn't part of the 2026 schedule. Other changes have the Marseille tournament moving from February to October and the Stockholm event shifting from October to November.
Chile's Garin refuses to play on after changeover collision and loses Davis Cup match to Belgium
The Associated Press | Updated Feb. 2 - 5:26 p.m. | Save Story
Belgium has advanced to the second round of Davis Cup qualifying in bizarre circumstances after Chile tennis player Cristian Garin was knocked over by his opponent and refused to continue the match. Belgium's Zizou Bergs was celebrating winning a game that left him serving for the match as he sprinted toward his bench. Garin was approaching the narrow space at the same time and Bergs bumped him with his shoulder. Bergs quickly apologized. Garin received medical treatment and refused to continue as Chile called for Bergs to be disqualified. Garin received three consecutive time violations, leading to a game penalty and him losing the set and match. That ensured host Belgium advanced 3-1.
Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver's trophies are back after being taken in stolen car amid LA fires
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 31 - 7:39 p.m. | Save Story
a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and a total of 111 doubles titles. Shriver, now a TV commentator, was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame in 2002.
Six more tennis players banned for links to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 31 - 8:48 a.m. | Save Story
Six more current or former tennis players linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium have been given suspensions of varying lengths and fined. The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the punishments on Friday. These bring the total to about 30 players punished for their connections to the syndicate run by Grigor Sargsyan, who was previously given a five-year custodial sentence. The player with the lengthiest ban is 34-year-old Agustin Moyano of Argentina. He was suspended for 15 years and fined $10,000 after denying the charges and requesting a full hearing. The five other players admitted to rules breaches: Jerome Inzerillo, David Guez, Romain Bauvy, Yannick Jankovits and François-Arthur Vibert.
The US Open tennis tournament is adding a 15th day by moving to a Sunday start in 2025
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 29 - 12:52 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Open is expanding to 15 days this year as it shifts to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the additional day of main-draw action for the 2025 tournament in a news release on Wednesday. Past ticket-buyers were being informed via email of the change for the season's last Grand Slam tennis tournament. Its new dates are Aug. 24 to Sept. 7. The extra day puts the U.S. Open in line with the Australian Open and French Open. The Australian Open's start was switched to Sunday last year. The French Open moved to a Sunday start in 2006.
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The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 27 - 8:10 a.m. | Save Story
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Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner's style draws comparisons to Novak Djokovic
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
It's hard to watch the way Jannik Sinner plays tennis and not think of Novak Djokovic. Of all the praise bestowed on Sinner after he won his second consecutive Australian Open championship, and third Grand Slam title overall, nothing felt as significant as the comparison made by runner-up Alexander Zverev on Sunday. Facing Sinner, particularly on hard courts, reminds Zverev a lot of trying to solve the challenge presented by none other than 24-time major champion Djokovic. Sinner beat Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 at Melbourne Park. That made the No. 1-ranked Sinner 80-6 with nine titles since the start of last season.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys back into women's top 10 with 3 other Americans
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 7:35 p.m. | Save Story
Australian Open women's champion Madison Keys has returned to her career-best ranking and joins three other American women in the WTA top 10, while men's champion Jannik Sinner maintained his significant lead atop the ATP list. Keys won her first Grand Slam title with a three-set victory over the top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday to move from No. 14 and match her career-high at No. 7. Keys joins fellow Americans Coco Gauff (No. 3), Jessica Pegula (No. 6) and Emma Navarro, who slipped one place to No. 9, in the women's top 10. The men's top four rankings remained as they were with Sinner at No. 1 leading Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz.
Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for his second Australian Open title in a row
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 26 - 7:27 a.m. | Save Story
Jannik Sinner has defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to claim his second consecutive Australian Open championship. The victory in the final Sunday night by the 23-year-old Italian makes him the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the trophy two years in a row since Jim Courier in 1992-93. Sinner has won three of the past five major tournaments, including the 2024 U.S. Open, and rose to No. 1 in the ATP rankings last June. He's also on a career-best 21-match winning streak. The No. 2-ranked Zverev is now 0-3 in Grand Slam finals.
Australian Open: Alexander Zverev loses a third Grand Slam final, this time to Jannik Sinner
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 6:54 a.m. | Save Story
Alexander Zverev described himself as "quite down" and "quite emotional" after once again coming within one win of earning his first Grand Slam title.
Names of Australian Open runner-up Zverev's past accusers shouted out during trophy ceremony
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 6:17 a.m. | Save Story
Moments after Alexander Zverev's loss in the Australian Open final, a person in the stadium yelled out the names of two of the tennis star's ex-girlfriends who have accused him of physical abuse in the past, saying "Australia believes" them. As Zverev stood at a microphone waiting to speak during the trophy ceremony Sunday, a voice repeated the phrase three times. Some others in the crowd at Rod Laver Arena booed and whistled. At his news conference following the match, Zverev, a 27-year-old from Germany, was asked for his reaction to the interruption and he said he would not "open up that subject again."
Australian Open 2025: How to watch on TV, betting odds and more to know
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 6:07 a.m. | Save Story
Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to claim his second consecutive Australian Open championship. The victory in Sunday's final by the 23-year-old Italian makes him the youngest man to leave Melbourne Park with the trophy in conscutive years since Jim Courier in 1992-93. Sinner has won three of the past five major tournaments and has held the ATP's No. 1 ranking since last June. The No. 2-ranked Zverev is now 0-3 in major finals. The men's final concluded the 15-day tournament. Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam singles title Saturday night, ending Aryna Sabalenka's bid for a third consecutive Australian women's title. The next major starts May 19 at Roland Garros.
Top-seeded Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova win the women's doubles at the Australian Open
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 12:34 a.m. | Save Story
Taylor Townsend of the United States has returned to the court on which her career first took flight, teaming with Katerina Siniakova to beat Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open. Top-seeded Townsend and Siniakova led 6-2, 5-3 and served for the match for the first time at 5-4 in the second set. But third-seeded Hsieh and Ostapenko rallied to take the second set in a tie-break. Townsend and Siniakova were able to fall back on proven teamwork on crucial points to claim the title.
Be brave. That's what Madison Keys kept telling herself on the way to winning the Australian Open
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 25 - 11:03 p.m. | Save Story
Madison Keys says she kept telling herself to be brave down the stretch of a tight third set in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka. The score was 5-all, 30-all on Saturday night before Keys claimed six of the last eight points to earn her first Grand Slam title less than a month before she turns 30. The American was long ago labeled a tennis prodigy. She credits therapy with helping her confront her nerves instead of suppress them and with not worrying about whether she would ever win a major title.
Novak Djokovic takes a jab at injury 'experts' by posting a picture of an MRI of his left hamstring
The Associated Press | Posted Jan. 25 - 8:53 a.m. | Save Story
Novak Djokovic has posted a scan of his injured left hamstring on social media more than 24 hours after being booed at the Australian Open when he quit playing one set into his semifinal because of what he said was a torn muscle. The 24-time Grand Slam champion put the picture of the MRI taken Saturday on X and wrote: "Thought I'd leave this here for all the sports injury 'experts' out there." He did not offer any additional information, such as the exact diagnosis he might have received or any timeline for his recovery.
Patten, Heliovaara shrug off contentious 1st set to win Australian Open doubles title
The Associated Press | Updated Jan. 25 - 8:35 a.m. | Save Story
Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara have rallied from losing a contentious first set to win the Australian Open men's doubles title 6-7 (16), 7-6 (5), 6-3 over the Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The Italians had a point overturned while serving for the first set because of a foul shot. Chair umpire Thomas Sweeney called Vavassori for an infringement in the 10th game because his racket crossed the line of the net as he hit a volley that he thought would earn set point. Heliovaara and Patten were awarded the point, broke for 5-5 but couldn't convert 10 set points. They rallied to win the next two sets to add a title in Melbourne to their Wimbledon championship.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her off a tennis court and on
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 25 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
not just professional athletes.
Australian Open: Keys upsets 2-time champion Sabalenka in women's final for 1st Grand Slam title
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Updated Jan. 25 - 6:59 a.m. | Save Story
Madison Keys of the United States has upset two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the Australian Open final. The victory Saturday allowed Keys to collect her first Grand Slam title at age 29. Keys adds this win over the No. 1-ranked Sabalenka to her elimination of No. 2 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals and is the first woman since Serena Williams in 2005 to defeat both of the WTA's top two players at Melbourne Park. Keys was playing in her second major final after being the runner-up at the 2017 U.S. Open. She prevented Sabalenka from becoming the first woman since Martina Hingis in 1997 to 1999 with three straight Australian Open titles.
Australian Open: Aryna Sabalenka throws her racket after losing to Madison Keys in the final
Howard Fendrich, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 25 - 5:40 a.m. | Save Story
Aryna Sabalenka has come up one match shy in her bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title. After 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 loss to Madison Keys in the final on Saturday, Sabalenka threw her racket on the sideline, sat on her bench with a towel over her head and then even briefly walked off the court before the trophy ceremony. Sabalenka chalked that up to frustration, saying she felt so close to a rare achievement. The last woman with three trophies in a row at Melbourne Park was Martina Hingis from 1997 to 1999. Sabalenka won just one fewer point than Keys did in the final.
