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Rafael Nadal: It's Time to Retire
Rafael Nadal
Calls It a Day

Rafael Nadal Calls It a Day

Tennis great, 38, to play his final pro match at Davis Cup Finals

(Newser) - One of the best tennis players of all time is relinquishing his racket. Spain's Rafael Nadal, whose retirement was suggested following his loss to Novak Djokovic in the Paris Olympics men's singles, announced Thursday that he will retire from the game he loves following the Davis Cup Finals...

Wimbledon Breaks Tradition to Pursue 'Maximum Accuracy'

Grand Slam tournament bids farewell to line judges, embraces technology

(Newser) - Wimbledon line judges won't have to worry about verbal attacks from tennis stars next year—because they're being put out of work. For the first time in its 147-year history, the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament will rely solely on electronic line calling (ELC) to determine "out"...

Epic Tennis Match Sets US Open Record

It lasted for 5 hours, 35 minutes before Dan Evans won

(Newser) - A few hours into a match that eventually set a US Open record for length, Dan Evans glanced over at the scoreboard. Not to see how he was doing, but to clarify exactly how long he had been playing. "In the fourth set, I had to check the set...

Andy Murray Makes Light of End of His Tennis Career
Andy Murray
Retires With a Joke

Andy Murray Retires With a Joke

'Never even liked tennis anyway,' he posts on X

(Newser) - Three days before the Paris Olympics began, British tennis player Andy Murray announced the games would be the last event of his tennis career. On Thursday, Murray and his teammate, Dan Evans, were defeated in straight sets by Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of the US in the men's...

Tennis Players Face an Extra Challenge in Paris: Laundry

Athletes bemoan trying to keep those tennis whites white on that red clay

(Newser) - It's the dirty little secret of tennis players who compete on the red clay used at the Paris Olympics: Keeping white clothes and footwear clean while running around on what's really dust from crushed red bricks is absolutely impossible. "Shoes and socks are the worst. You have...

Coco Gauff Loses an Argument, Then the Match

American tennis star is out of the singles competition

(Newser) - The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn't listen. Tears streaming down her cheeks. Even the site was the same: Court Philippe Chatrier was where the reigning US Open champion was eliminated in the third...

2 Tennis Titans Clash in Paris— Possibly for the Last Time

Novak Djokovic ends Rafael Nadal's comeback bid to send him home in the 2nd round

(Newser) - Novak Djokovic dominated rival Rafael Nadal at the start, then held off a comeback attempt to win 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics in the second round on Monday, the 60th—and likely last—head-to-head matchup between the two tennis greats, reports the AP . Djokovic claimed 10 of the initial...

Djokovic Accuses Crowd at Wimbledon of Disrespect
Star Taunts Wimbledon Crowd

Star Taunts Wimbledon Crowd

7-time champion heard chants of opponent's name as boos

(Newser) - Others interpreted the Wimbledon fan noise differently, but Novak Djokovic heard the elongated chants of Holger Rune's last name during their match Monday as boos of the seven-time champion. So he had a word with the crowd afterward. "Well, to all the fans that have respect and have...

American Has 'Cinderella Run' Brewing at Wimbledon

Emma Navarro upsets Coco Gauff as she seeks her first major tournament win

(Newser) - The American who advanced to the women's quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Sunday wasn't the one most expected. No. 19 seed Emma Navarro stunned No. 2 Coco Gauff, reports USA Today . Given the big names who have dropped so far, the 23-year-old Navarro now has a "possible Cinderella...

US' Next Iconic One-Name Athlete May Be ... Coco
Coco Gauff
May Be the
'Fearless' Leader
We Need
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Coco Gauff May Be the 'Fearless' Leader We Need

'Time' profile of 20-year-old tennis star dives into her athleticism, 'unique connection' with fans

(Newser) - Coco Gauff has been ascending the ladder of women's tennis, and a new profile of her speculates we may only be seeing the beginning of what she's capable of. In his piece on the 20-year-old elite athlete for Time , Sean Gregory dives deep into that athleticism, inspired by...

Naomi Osaka's Return to Tennis Has Rocky Start

Tennis great returns to Grand Slam circuit after 15-month break, loses in first round

(Newser) - Moments after her Grand Slam comeback ended in a first-round loss, Naomi Osaka put her gold jacket on and walked back through the players tunnel where her name has a prominent place among recent Australian Open champions. Three matches into her return from 15 months off the tour, and six...

Coco Gauff: USTA Promo Makes Us Look 'Hideous'

Tennis star is not a fan of animation style used in since-deleted post

(Newser) - The US Tennis Association probably thought it was being cute when it posted an image of Coco Gauff and other tennis stars in the animation style of The Wild Thornberrys, but Gauff most definitely did not find it cute. As USA Today explains, the decades-old cartoon series was about a...

Nick Kyrgios to Show His 'Intimate Side' on OnlyFans

Tennis star will not post sexually explicit content, however

(Newser) - It's no wonder Nick Kyrgios is looking for ways to branch out. The 2022 Wimbledon runner-up has been battling injuries this year while playing in only one official singles match, per the AP . But few expected him to jump to OnlyFans, a content subscription service largely known for sexually...

A Famed Tennis Family Moved to the US, Found Tragedy
How Things Came Undone
for a Famed Tennis Family
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How Things Came Undone for a Famed Tennis Family

The 'NYT' shares the story of David Lewis and his daughters

(Newser) - Everyone in the New Zealand tennis world knows David Lewis, writes Matthew Futterman for the New York Times . They also know "what happened to his family." Lewis was part of a trio of tennis-star brothers—himself a pro, another losing the 1983 Wimbledon men's singles final to...

Fan Booted From US Open After Yelling Something 'Unbelievable'
Fan Booted From
US Open After
Yelling Something
'Unbelievable'
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Fan Booted From US Open After Yelling Something 'Unbelievable'

'He just said the most famous Hitler phrase there is,' complained German player Alexander Zverev

(Newser) - The US Open was temporarily marred by a fan incident that ended up getting said fan thrown out of the annual tennis championships in Queens, New York. Yahoo Sports reports that Germany's Alexander Zverev was well on his way to beating Italy's Jannik Sinker on Monday evening, but...

Protester Glues Feet to Floor at US Open

4 protesters were removed from stands before semi-final match could continue

(Newser) - Coco Gauff's US Open semifinal victory over Karolina Muchova was delayed by 50 minutes because of a disruption by four environmental activists in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands Thursday night. One protester glued his bare feet to the concrete floor, per the AP . Gauff was leading 1-0 in the...

50 Years Ago, She Took a Stand, and It Worked

Billie Jean King demanded female players at US Open earn the same as men

(Newser) - When Billie Jean King won the US Open in 1972, she didn't make the usual remarks about hoping to win again. Instead, she threatened to not play at all the next year—and added that no other women would, either. That's because she earned $10,000 for her...

Tennis Player Slammed for 'Absolutely Disgusting' Behavior

Zhang Shuai left the match in tears after Amarissa Toth erased ball mark with foot

(Newser) - The Women's Tennis Association says it's investigating an "unfortunate incident" at the Hungarian Grand Prix this week. CNN reports that Chinese player Zhang Shuai retired from the match Tuesday in tears after a dispute over a line call. The ball appeared to land on the line but...

Unheralded American Is All Surprises at Wimbledon

Chris Eubanks advances to quarterfinals

(Newser) - Until about a week ago, even Chris Eubanks did not really believe he was capable of this sort of thing—of beating the world's best tennis players at Wimbledon, of reaching the quarterfinals at any Grand Slam tournament, of winning match after match after match on grass courts. Things...

Belarusian Player Booed Off Court at Wimbledon

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina beat Belarus's Victoria Azarenka

(Newser) - After Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus Sunday, Azarenka was "loudly" booed off the court, the Washington Post reports. The BBC notes the match was a "thriller"—not only did Svitolina go in as the underdog, there's also the fact that Belarus...

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