GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights office has condemned the racist abuse of tennis player Coco Gauff and called for solidarity to help push back against racism and sexism.The office, led ...

Ostapenko enters after a convincing 6-4, 6-1 win over Anastasia Zakharova in the opening round, snapping a four-match losing streak. The top seed has endured an inconsistent 2026 season, but her ...

Maria's 2-0 head-to-head edge is notable, but it comes with real caveats: both wins were on grass, a surface that flatters ...

Things got heated between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko at the 2025 US Open. On Wednesday (August 27), Townsend, 29, and Ostapenko, 28, went head-to-head in a second round match that Townsend ...

If there’s one moment that captures the essence of Daniil Medvedev, it came after his lopsided first-round victory over Jaume Munar at the Rolex Paris Masters. After falling 6–1, 6–3, the Spaniard ...

Jelena Ostapenko is discovering an unexpected new audience away from the tennis court after initially resisting the idea of ...

The 2017 French Open winner, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka at last year's Stuttgart Open final, was once a national-level ballroom dancer Latvian tennis star Jelena Ostapenko and her Taiwanese partner, ...

Jeļena Ostapenko gave her side of the story after her heated exchange with Taylor Townsend following their second-round match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Ostapenko, 28, took issue with two separate ...

A fiery Jeļena Ostapenko screamed in the direction of an opponent’s player’s box after she and her doubles partner, Hsieh Su-wei, defeated Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint in the Round of 16 at the U.S.

Serena Williams’ coach sends emotional message to Coco Gauff after she withdraws from the Wuhan Open Coco Gauff has made a rare career move by withdrawing from the Wuhan Open, the final WTA 1000 event ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jelena Ostapenko apologised for some of the words she used in a tense altercation with American Taylor Townsend at the U.S. Open that led to a backlash, with the Latvian stating on ...

Taylor Townsend, the current WTA world No. 1 in women's doubles, saw her solid start to the US Open continue Wednesday. Townsend, who defeated Antonia Ruzic in the first round of the major, then beat ...