Getty Pictures There shall be only one participant to enter the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame in 2026: Roger Federer.  The Corridor of Fame introduced on Wednesday that Federer was the one participant voted into the Corridor of Fame on this class, considerably fittingly giving the legend the stage to himself. Mary Carillo was elected…

Valentin Vacherot’s unlikely run on the Rolex Shanghai Masters reached a historic peak Saturday because the Monegasque qualifier toppled four-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the championship match. Ranked No. 204 within the PIF ATP Rankings, Vacherot grew to become the lowest-ranked finalist in ATP Masters 1000 historical past, pulling off one…

Goncalo Oliveira, an expert tennis participant representing Venezuela, was suspended for 4 years Friday by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company after testing optimistic for methamphetamine, an company assertion confirmed. The 30-year-old Portuguese-born athlete argued that the optimistic end result got here from a kiss, however an impartial tribunal rejected his clarification. Oliveira was provisionally suspended in…

The U.S. Open kicks off in New York, showcasing the perfect gamers on this planet on the largest stage. Jannik Sinner, recent off a win at Wimbledon, is the defending US Open champion on the boys’s aspect. Taft Gantt, who nailed all 4 semifinalists for Wimbledon in July, breaks down his greatest bets for the…

Taylor Townsend’s outfit for her US Open second-round match towards No. 25 seed Jelena Ostapenko featured flames throughout the underside of her costume. Little did she know the match would flip lots fiery, with phrases spilling over after the 2 gamers shook palms following Townsend’s spectacular 7-5, 6-1 win. This is the confrontation: One other…

Earlier this 12 months, Coco Gauff captured the second Grand Slam title of her tennis profession when she received the French Open. However within the tournaments that adopted, the 21-year-old has constantly struggled together with her serve and battled with herself on the courtroom. It led to a shocking first-round exit at Wimbledon in July…

Getty Photos The hopes of an American man successful the US Open took an enormous hit on Friday when No. 6 seed Ben Shelton and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe each misplaced their third-round matches. Shelton was the primary of the 2 to be bounced from the match when he was pressured to medically retire throughout…

Unseeded Taylor Townsend picked up an enormous 7-5, 6-2 win over No. 5 seed Mirra Andreeva throughout the third spherical of the 2025 US Open on Friday night time. The win brings Townsend again to the Spherical of 16 in New York for the primary time since 2019, and those that stayed at Arthur Ashe…

After shedding to Taylor Townsend within the second spherical of the US Open this week, Jelena Ostapenko instructed Townsend that she had “no class” and “no schooling.” On Saturday, Ostapenko issued an apology, claiming her feedback have been the results of English not being her first language. The pair bought right into a heated confrontation…

The primary time Naomi Osaka and Coco Gauff met on the court docket was on the 2019 US Open. Osaka was the No. 1 seed after successful the match the yr earlier than over Serena Williams and Gauff was only a 15-year-old wildcard breaking onto the scene. Osaka scorched her teenage foe, 6-3, 6-0, within…