Tennis Coverage
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'Completely arbitrary': UNC athlete sues NCAA over prize money rules in latest challenge to amateurism
North Carolina women's tennis player Reese Brantmeier is suing the NCAA, seeking to stop rules prohibiting individual athletes from accepting cash awards, bonuses and prize money from non-NCAA competitions. -
Tennis great Chris Evert re-diagnosed with cancer
Tennis great and ESPN analyst Chris Evert announced she has been re-diagnosed with cancer and will not be part of the network's coverage of the 2024 Australian Open. Evert, who won 18 grand slam singles titles and three grand slam doubles titles during her career, had previously announced she had been diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer in January 2022. The former world No. 1 revealed that she had completed her treatment following her sixth and final chemotherapy session in May 2022. -
NC Central women's tennis wins HBCU national championship
The North Carolina Central women's tennis team won the HBCU national championship for the first time in school history on Sunday. -
Novak Djokovic wins the US Open for his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev
Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, moved one major singles title in front of Serena Williams to become the first player to win 24 in the Open era, which began in 1968. Margaret Court also collected a total of 24, but 13 of those came before professionals were admitted to the Slam events. -
Coco Gauff wins the US Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 19 by defeating Aryna Sabalenka
Gauff, who is from Florida, is the first American teenager to win the country's major tennis tournament since Serena Williams in 1999. -
UNC tennis star, Fiona Crawley qualifies for US Open singles main draw tournament
UNC's star tennis player, Fiona Crawley has secured a spot in the US Open singles main draw tournament. -
Greenville native Tommy Paul beats top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz in Toronto quarterfinals
American Tommy Paul ended top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz's winning streak at 14 matches, beating the 20-year-old Spanish star 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on Friday night to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. -
Our TakeBrownlow's Twitter Mailbag: Baby Gronk, the latest on the ACC and more
Each week, Lauren Brownlow takes readers' Twitter questions for her off-season Mailbag. This week, she gets into Baby Gronk, which sport she would cover that she doesn't already, the latest on the ACC and sneaky-annoying parenting activities. -
UNC women's tennis rallies to advance to NCAA semis
Despite dropping the doubles point for the second consecutive match, the UNC women's tennis team (33-1) rallied in singles play to defeat the No. 8 Texas Longhorns (24-5) 4-2 on Wednesday evening in the NCAA Quarterfinal matchup at the USTA Tennis Campus in Orlando, Florida. -
NC State women's tennis advances to Final Four
Fourth-ranked NC State women's moves forward to the semifinals of the NCAA Team Championships for only the second time after a gutsy 4-3 finish over No. 12 Iowa State. -
NC State wins program's first ACC women's tennis title
The win by the Wolfpack was the team's first against UNC in 25 years. -
Former UNC tennis player wins doubles championship at Australian Open
Former UNC men's tennis player Rinky Hijikata won the Australian Open men's doubles championship on Saturday. -
Serena's legacy: Confidence for players in Raleigh's Ebony Racquet Club
Tennis coach Keisha Price is helping to pass Serena Williams' legacy down to young players in the "Ebony Racquet Club" at Biltmore Hills Park in Raleigh. -
NC State's Nell Miller receives doubles wild card invitation to Wimbledon
After claiming the NCAA doubles title just a month ago, NC State women's tennis senior Nell Miller will get another chance to compete on one of the biggest stages in the sport. Miller will play at Wimbledon, as the All England Club announced that she was awarded a wild-card entry for the ladies' doubles draw. -
No. 4 Duke Drops 4-3 Heartbreaker to Oklahoma in NCAA Semifinal
The No. 4 Duke women's tennis team gave a valiant effort as the Blue Devils battled to the very end but ultimately came up short, falling to No. 2 Oklahoma in the national semifinal match, 4-3, Saturday night at the Atkins Indoor Tennis Center. -
Duke women's tennis advances to NCAA semifinals with 4-3 win over NC State
The fourth-ranked Duke women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the 11th time in school history and the ninth time under head coach Jamie Ashworth as the Blue Devils held off No. 6 NC State, 4-3, in the quarterfinal match Friday night at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex. -
UNC women's tennis defeats Pepperdine, advances to NCAA semis
Anika Yarlagadda has become a clutch player for the University of North Carolina women's tennis program. The junior once again came up with a critical clinch-point victory that gave the top ranked Tar Heels a 4-3 win over No. 8 Pepperdine in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Championship. -
NC State women's tennis Elite Eight bound for second straight year, will face Duke next
For the second time in as many years, sixth-ranked NC State women's tennis (26-5) is quarterfinals bound at the NCAA Championships as it defeated No. 11 California (18-8) by a 4-0 score on Saturday afternoon. -
Duke wins ACC Women's Tennis championship
No. 5 Duke women's tennis captured the program's 18 conference title, and the first one since 2012, as the Blue Devils defeated No. 7 Virginia, 4-1, Sunday afternoon in the ACC Women's Tennis Championship match at the Rome Tennis Center. -
Raw: Djokovic poses for selfies on trip home after Australian ouster
Novak Djokovic won't compete in the Australian Open in 2022.