Tennis News & Results from Newsday.com

Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.

Elina Svitolina has claimed a third Italian Open title by beating Coco Gauff, who lost in the final in Rome for the second straight year.

Casper Ruud has maintained his focus during a nearly two-hour rain delay to rout home player Luciano Darderi 6-1, 6-1 and reach the Italian Open final for the first time.

Jannik Sinner beat Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Italian Open semifinals and move past Novak Djokovic with a record 32nd consecutive victory in Masters 1000 events.

The Arkansas tennis teams are back in business thanks to a short-term funding boost that the school's athletic director says "offers a viable path forward."

Luciano Darderi reaches the Italian Open semifinals after defeating teenager Rafael Jodar in a match that ended after 2 a.m. local time.

Venus Williams will play in the women's doubles at the French Open this month together with Hailey Baptiste, who is 21 years her junior.

Lorenzo Musetti won't compete in the French Open this month due to a thigh injury.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals and match Novak Djokovic's record with a 31st consecutive Masters Series victory.

Andy Murray will join Jack Draper's coaching team for the upcoming grass-court season including Wimbledon.
Two tennis players ranked outside the top 500 have been provisionally suspended after testing positive for clostebol.

Talk of a boycott from top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner has grabbed attention.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka and fellow retiring player Gael Monfils have been given wild cards for the French Open.

Jannik Sinner's winning streak has reached 25 matches after beating Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 6-0 before his home fans in the third round of the Italian Open.

Former top-five player Holger Rune is withdrawing from the French Open and putting off his return from Achilles tendon surgery until next month.

The video clip making the rounds shows Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler competing as Dallas teenagers.

No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has suffered a shock loss to No. 26 Sorana Cirstea in the third round of the Italian Open.

The expansion of March Madness and the $300 million in extra revenue that comes with it through opening sponsorships to beer, wine and liquor companies offered a brief reprieve from the steady drip of headlines this spring that underscore the problems confronting college sports.

Novak Djokovic has been beaten by a Croatian qualifier 18 years younger than him at the Italian Open.

Naomi Osaka says she felt like she had "a 20-pound vest on" for her show-stopping outfit at the Met Gala.
There were plenty of Filipino flags waving in support of Alexandra Eala amid the statues lining the picturesque Pietrangeli court at the Italian Open.

It was supposed to be a fun game between Iga Swiatek and her new coach on a special court in downtown Rome to help promote the Italian Open.

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev will continue to play under neutral status after the International Tennis Federation announces that it will "not change its existing position" over suspensions for Belarus and Russia.

The top tennis players are already upset that they are not receiving a bigger share of tournament revenues at the French Open.

Italian Open organizers are supporting tennis players who are urging a boycott unless the Grand Slam tournaments improve their prize money.

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine has withdrawn from the Italian Open due to hip and ankle issues.

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka believes tennis players should organize a boycott if they don't start receiving a bigger share of tournament revenues at the Grand Slams.

Top players including No. 1s Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka have expressed "their deep disappointment" at the French Open prize money.

With Carlos Alcaraz sidelined due to a right wrist injury it doesn't seem like anyone can beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner as the heart of the tennis season approaches with the French Open and Wimbledon coming up over the next two months.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has cruised past Alexander Zverev in the final of the Madrid Open to win the tournament for the first time and become the first man to triumph in five consecutive Masters 1000 events.

Five members of a pickleball club who died after the small plane carrying them crashed in Texas are being mourned by a tight-knit community of fellow players.

Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine has beaten Mirra Andreeva of Russia 7-5, 6-3 to win the Madrid Open title.

The NCAA men's and women's tennis tournaments are underway and what should be a time of celebration for the sport has had a pall cast over it with more Division I schools announcing this week they would be dropping their programs because of the new financial realities of college athletics.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has extended his winning streak to 22 matches by beating Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 and reached his first Madrid Open final.

Former world No. 4-ranked and 2014 U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori said on social media that he plans to retire at the end of this tennis season.

The billionaires in Saudi Arabia are pulling the plug on LIV Golf.

Alexander Blockx 's dream run in Madrid continues.

Carlos Alcaraz is back at the Madrid Open as a spectator to watch younger brother Jaime compete in an under-16 tournament.

Anastasia Potapova has become the first 'lucky loser' to reach the semifinals of a WTA 1000 event.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner proved too much for Rafael Jódar, the latest tennis sensation from Spain.

The NCAA has agreed to overhaul its restrictions on athletes accepting prize money before enrolling in college under the terms of a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit brought North Carolina tennis champion Reese Brantmeier.

American Hailey Baptiste has earned the biggest win of her career by saving six match points and beating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.

Jannik Sinner wants better scheduling of matches at the ongoing Madrid Open.

Tennis players are facing an unknown opponent at the Madrid Open.

Coco Gauff has advanced to the fourth round of the Madrid Open despite falling ill and vomiting on court.

Iga Swiatek has withdrawn from the Madrid Open due to an unspecified illness while playing her round-of-32 match with American Ann Li.

Carlos Alcaraz won't play for a third successive French Open title due to a right wrist injury.
Arkansas is dropping its men's and women's tennis programs following the 2026 season for financial reasons.
Rafael Nadal was back on a tennis court — one inside Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

The United States will host Hungary in the Billie Jean King Cup playoffs in November when the record 18-time champion looks to get back on track in women's team tennis.

More than 36 years after John McEnroe's default from the Australian Open in Melbourne — the first in the history of Grand Slam tournaments during the Open era — Tennis Australia is flashing back to that day in January 1990.
