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Tennis Player to Ump: Tell My Rival to Wear Deodorant

Insult by UK's Harriet Dart against France's Lois Boisson was caught on the courtside mic

(Newser) - A British tennis player is offering up a mea culpa after her complaint about an opponent's alleged BO during a match was picked up by the courtside mic. CBS Sports reports that the insult came Tuesday during the Rouen Open, with Harriet Dart hurling it toward rival Lois Boisson...

Emma Raducanu: Seeing Stalker Really Rattled Me

UK tennis player describes what it was like seeing him in the stands at match last month in Dubai

(Newser) - Emma Raducanu is revealing more about a stalking incident by a "fixated" fan last month while she was playing in the UAE's Dubai Tennis Championships. The 22-year-old British tennis star says that when she saw the unidentified man in the stands at her match on Feb. 18, a...

'Fixated' Fan Leaves Tennis Star Sobbing Mid-Match
Cops Explain How 'Fixated'
Fan Harassed Player
UPDATED
Feb 20, 2025 1:55 PM CST

Cops Explain How 'Fixated' Fan Harassed Player

Dubai police say man agreed to stay away from Emma Raducanu after she dropped charges

(Newser) - Police in Dubai released more details Thursday about a spectator who scared tennis player Emma Raducanu. The unidentified man "approached her, left her a note, took her photograph, and engaged in behaviour that caused her distress," says a police statement , per the New York Times . When Raducanu saw...

American's Upset Win Fueled by 2 Mantras

Madison Keys kept telling herself 'be brave' and 'go for it' at Australian Open

(Newser) - Be brave. Go for it. Those were the mantras Madison Keys turned to as she confronted the most significant points of her tennis career, trapped in the cauldron of a third set that was tied at 5-all, 30-all in the Australian Open final against two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka on...

Presenter Sorry to Djokovic for 'Bizarre' Incident at Aussie Open

Serbian boycotted post-match interview after commentator Tony Jones called him a 'has-been'

(Newser) - A TV presenter has offered his mea culpa to Novak Djokovic for what the Serbian tennis star called "insulting and offensive" remarks made at his expense. The AP reports on the "bizarre off-court distraction" that jump-started the commotion at this weekend's Australian Open in Melbourne, in which...

Tennis Legend's Trophies Stolen During Fire Evacuation

Pam Shriver had packed them in a car while fleeing from the Pacific Palisades fire

(Newser) - Hall of Fame tennis player Pam Shriver wanted to save some of her most precious trophies from the California wildfires, but she ended up losing them in another way. ESPN reports that when Shriver, 62, awoke Thursday at the hotel where she had fled to escape the Palisades fire, she...

Collins Thanks Booing Crowd for 'Big Fat Check'

After defeating home favorite, she told Australians she would spend money on 'five-star vacation'

(Newser) - American tennis player Danielle Collins thanked a crowd of thousands of booing Australians for her "big fat pay check" after she defeated home favorite Destanee Aiava in the second round of the Australian Open. After she wrapped up the 7-6 4-6 6-2 win at Melbourne's Kia Arena on...

Tennis Star Smashes Ball, Racket, Camera

Net camera: 15, Daniil Medvedev: No love

(Newser) - Daniil Medvedev, ranked fifth in the world in men's tennis, had a tough go against an opponent ranked 418th in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Russian—who, like others from Belarus and Russia, is not allowed to compete under his nation's flag, per...

She Won Olympic Bronze While Fighting Breast Cancer

Gabriela Dukowski also reached doubles final at Wimbledon

(Newser) - Former US Open women's doubles champion Gabriela Dabrowski revealed on Tuesday she had played through 2024 after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She delayed part of that treatment so she could compete at Wimbledon, where she reached the doubles final, the AP reports. "I know this will come...

Swiatek Agrees to Suspension After Drug Test

Women's No. 2 player received a one-month suspension

(Newser) - Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. Swiatek, who slid from No. 1 to No. 2 last month, failed a drug test in August, the AP...

Rafael Nadal: It's Time to Retire
Rafael Nadal
Calls It a Day
Oct 10, 2024 6:05 AM CDT

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
Aug 2, 2024 1:30 AM CDT

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
Jul 8, 2024 7:15 PM CDT

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
OPINION
Apr 27, 2024 5:30 AM CDT

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...

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