Tennis

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Two-time Grand Slam semifinalist CoCo Vandeweghe and Marcos Giron, the 2014 NCAA singles champion for UCLA, have earned main-draw berths at next year’s Australian Open via the U.S. Tennis Association’s wild-card challenge. The USTA announced the results Monday. Vandeweghe missed the 2019 Australian Open, part of about a 10-month absence from

The upcoming India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie, originally scheduled in Islamabad, is now likely to be played in the Kazakhstan capital of Nur-Sultan. Following unrelenting pressure from the All India Tennis Association (AITA), the ITF had on November 4 announced its decision to shift the tie to a neutral venue and gave the Pakistan Tennis Federation

PERTH, Australia — Kristina Mladenovic inspired France to a drought-breaking Fed Cup triumph after a 3-2 win in the final against Australia on Sunday. Mladenovic combined with Caroline Garcia to beat Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3 in the decisive doubles match at Perth Arena. She produced a herculean effort on the outdoor hard

LONDON — A couple of days into his final ATP Finals, Chris Kermode, the outgoing CEO and chairman of the ATP Tour, was asked about his faith in the future of the sport. “I have always [said], and I genuinely mean this, the game will carry on when Roger [Federer], Rafa [Nadal], Novak [Djokovic] and

LONDON — The French duo of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won the doubles title at the ATP Finals for the first time on Sunday after going through the entire tournament without dropping a set. Mahut and Herbert beat Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Michael Venus of New Zealand 6-3, 6-4 to complete a

LONDON — The ATP Finals will have a first-time champion for the fourth year in a row after Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem won their semifinals on Saturday. Thiem beat defending champion Alexander Zverev after Tsitsipas ousted six-time winner Roger Federer, with both players reaching their first final at the season-ending tournament. Tsitsipas had to

LONDON — After dominating the tennis world for so long, Roger Federer thinks the sport’s Big Three could face their toughest challenge yet from a new generation in 2020. Federer’s 2019 season ended with a semifinal loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday at the ATP Finals, having seen Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal eliminated in

Stefanos Tsitsipas kept his nerve in the key moments to beat six-time champion Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and reach the final of the season-ending ATP Finals. Tsitsipas saved 11 of 12 break points and took advantage of an error-filled performance from Federer, who continually put his opponent under pressure only to come up

LONDON — Rafael Nadal staged another comeback to stay in contention for a semifinal spot at the ATP Finals. The top-ranked Spaniard still needs help from Daniil Medvedev to avoid an early exit. Nadal rallied to beat already-qualified Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 on Friday for his second win of the round-robin stage. That

LONDON — Defending champion Alexander Zverev secured the last semifinal spot at the ATP Finals on Friday, eliminating Rafael Nadal in the process. Zverev beat already eliminated Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the O2 Arena to finish second behind Stefanos Tsitsipas in the group and set up a semifinal against Dominic Thiem. Earlier, Nadal

The year in men’s pro tennis will end on a compelling note, as the remade Davis Cup takes place next week in Madrid. We’re about to see if the risky makeover will cure the ills of this historic, 119-year-old competition, or if the International Tennis Federation, which owns and promotes the Davis Cup, is throwing

Boris Becker will captain Germany at next year’s inaugural ATP Cup, while fellow former world No. 1 players Marat Safin and Thomas Muster will lead Russia and Austria respectively at the nation-based tournament. Becker, who won his first major title at Wimbledon in 1985, was chosen by world No. 7 Alexander Zverev to captain Germany,

LONDON — For Roger Federer, it seems revenge is a dish best served up in front of a cauldron of fans yelling his name. Four months after failing to convert either of his two match points in the final set of their Wimbledon final, the 38-year-old’s 6-4, 6-3 victory over Novak Djokovic in London on

Leander Paes, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna were all included in the squad as the All India Tennis Association (AITA) named an unconventional, eight-member team for the Davis Cup tie against Pakistan following its selection committee meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Ramkumar and Sumit Nagal will lead India’s singles charge while three doubles specialists,

World No. 7 Alexander Zverev has denied using his phone during his defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas at the ATP Finals on Wednesday. Footage appeared to show the 22-year-old touching something in his bag during a changeover at the O2 Arena, but when asked at a post-match news conference whether he had been using his phone,

LONDON — Rafael Nadal saved a match point at 5-1 down in the third set before rallying to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the ATP Finals on Wednesday, keeping alive his chances of advancing from the group stage. The Spaniard looked headed for a second straight loss at the season-ending tournament

LONDON — It is about half an hour by public transportation from London’s O2, the venue for this week’s ATP Finals, to Sloane Square in trendy central London. For many years, Andy Murray would have been at the O2 in mid-November, battling it out in the season-ending event, a title he won in 2016. On

LONDON — Roger Federer got back on track at the ATP Finals, beating Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Tuesday for his first victory of the round-robin stage. Federer lost his opening match to Dominic Thiem on Sunday, but the six-time champion looked sharper against Berrettini, never dropping his serve and hitting 24 winners. Federer