World No. 1 Naomi Osaka is adamant her shock split with coach Sascha Bajin had nothing to do with money and happened because she was determined her career would not be about putting “success over happiness”. Bajin had guided the Japanese player to back-to-back Grand Slam titles and to the summit of the WTA rankings,

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Reilly Opelka had climbed out of trouble all week, though this time his big serve alone couldn’t save him. Technology did first. Moments after an electronic review overturned what appeared to give his opponent a match point, Opelka pounded his 43rd ace to win his first ATP Tour title Sunday with a

Gael Monfils resisted a second-set fightback from Stan Wawrinka to win the Rotterdam Open 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday, lifting his first title since January 2018. Frenchman Monfils started quickly to take a comfortable lead but was pegged back by three-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka, who was appearing in his first final since undergoing ankle

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Reilly Opelka edged top-seeded John Isner the same way he knocked his fellow American out of the Australian Open, winning a match full of tiebreakers Saturday night in a New York Open semifinal that set a record for combined aces in a three-set match. Opelka fought off six match points in a

Belgium’s Elise Mertens rallied from a set down to beat top seed Simona Halep 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and clinch her first Premier-level title at the Qatar Open on Saturday. After both players dropped their opening service game, Halep took control of the encounter by winning 18 consecutive points from 3-3 to clinch the first set.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — John Isner advanced to the semifinals of the New York Open, where he will face the player who knocked him out of the Australian Open. The top-seeded Isner beat No. 7 seed Jordan Thompson of Australia 6-4, 6-1 on Friday night. He will play fellow American Reilly Opelka, a 6-3, 6-4 winner

Stan Wawrinka held off a spirited fightback from Denis Shapovalov to book his spot in the Rotterdam Open semifinals Friday. Wawrinka, who won the Rotterdam title in 2015, let slip a 4-1 lead in the second set but recovered to secure a 6-4, 7-6 (4) quarterfinal victory over Canadian No. 10 seed Shapovalov in one

Top seed Simona Halep came back from 4-1 down in the deciding set to beat Elina Svitolina in the Qatar Open semifinals Friday. World No. 3 Halep prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to mark her first victory over Ukrainian Svitolina in nearly two years and reach her first final of the new season. Halep made an

Footballer Gerard Pique has hit back at critics of the revamped Davis Cup Finals, saying they will be a “festival of tennis”. The Barcelona defender played down concerns about changes to the traditional Davis Cup format and his role in the tournament at a draw ceremony for the Finals in Madrid. The competition will take

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Frances Tiafoe lost his first match since the Australian Open quarterfinals, falling to Jason Jung of Taiwan 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday night in the second round of the New York Open. Tiafoe was the No. 2 seed after accepting a wild card into the field and had a first-round bye. The American