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Jannik Sinner beats Novak Djokovic to take Shanghai Masters title, Sabalenka reigns in Wuhan

Oct. 13, 2024 11:29 AM EDT

SHANGHAI (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, giving the Italian his tour-leading seventh title of the season. The Italian bettered the 24-time Grand Slam champion 7-6 (4), 6-3 in an hour and 37 minutes and...

Reactions to 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announcing his impending retirement

Oct. 10, 2024 21:01 PM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Reactions to 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announcing Thursday that he will retire from tennis after next month’s Davis Cup finals: ___ “What a career, Rafa! I always hoped this day would never come. Thank you for the unforgettable...

Rafael Nadal gave his all until he simply couldn’t anymore and had to retire: Analysis

Oct. 10, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

Rafael Nadal’s tennis career will be remembered because of the numbers, yes — the 14 French Open trophies, the 22 Grand Slam titles overall, the nearly two decades in the top 10, and so on — and, without a doubt, because of his riveting rivalries with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. ...

22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal will retire from tennis after next month's Davis Cup finals

Oct. 10, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal has competed infrequently the...

Rafael Nadal’s career timeline is filled with titles, rivalries and injuries

Oct. 10, 2024 08:35 AM EDT

Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from tennis on Thursday, signaling the end to a career that spanned two decades and 22 Grand Slam titles, including 14 on his favorite clay at Roland Garros, and 92 singles titles overall. Here is a look at the victories, losses, rivalries and...

Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz in the US Open men's final just weeks after his doping exoneration

Sep. 08, 2024 20:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner started slowly at the U.S. Open, dropping the first set he played after being exonerated in a doping case no one knew about until shortly before play began at Flushing Meadows. If that episode initially hung over him during the tournament, Sinner was...

Taylor Fritz can end a Grand Slam drought for American men by beating Jannik Sinner at the US Open

Sep. 07, 2024 14:55 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Fritz got choked up when it hit him that he had reached the U.S. Open final. His explanation: “I cry at happy endings of movies and not at sad stuff. That’s kind of just how I am.” Imagine what the 26-year-old Californian's reaction would...

Taylor Fritz beats Frances Tiafoe to become the first American man in a US Open final since 2006

Sep. 07, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Taylor Fritz, a 26-year-old from California, and Frances Tiafoe, a 26-year-old from Maryland, strode under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights Friday night for the first U.S. Open semifinal matching two American men in 19 years, the crowd might have been forgiven for not knowing...

US Open: Tiafoe, Fritz, Pegula and Navarro reach the semifinals and make US tennis matter again

Sep. 04, 2024 22:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — To hear Frances Tiafoe tell it, Taylor Fritz predicted this sort of moment for the two of them. And for American men's tennis. It was during an early morning plane ride together a few years ago that the conversation turned to the future and...

US Open: Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will be against Sabalenka. Fritz and Tiafoe win, too

Sep. 04, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Navarro's first Grand Slam semifinal will come at the U.S. Open against Aryna Sabalenka, someone trying to win her second major trophy of the year and third overall. Navarro, an American who is seeded 13th, used a stunning turnaround to grab the last six games...