Tennis Majors

Ben Shelton spoke to reporters in Montreal on Friday night, a big smile on the face, after beating fellow American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (4) to defend his Canadian Open title without dropping a set all tournament, becoming the seventh man in the Open Era to defend this crown. Asked to reflect on the week, he pointed first to his affinity for the country itself. “I don’t ...

On this day, August 14, 1996, in Indianapolis, Andre Agassi, who was going through a rough patch in his career, was defaulted from his second-round clash against Caanda’s Daniel Nestor. The American superstar, despite having won the first set, 6-1, swore at the chair umpire after having been awarded a first warning and was disqualified. Andre Agassi, the Las Vegas Kid…

Pole Iga Swiatek, the No. 7 seed, beat Kazakh second seed Elena Rybakina 6-2, 6-3 to win the National Bank Open presented by Rogers on Thursday night in Toronto, her first title of a difficult 2026 season and her 12th WTA 1000 crown at just 25. Swiatek broke immediately to open the match, held throughout the first set and broke again late to close it out 6-2, never facing a b...

Kazakh second seed Elena Rybakina and Pole Iga Swiatek, the No. 7 seed, both battled into the final of the National Bank Open on Thursday night, setting up a rematch of a rivalry tied at 6-6, with Rybakina having won the last two meetings, most recently in the Australian Open quarter-final in January. Rybakina beat American Coco Gauff, the No. 4 seed, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, coming fr...

On this day, August 13 in 1999, tennis legend Steffi Graf announced her retirement from professional tennis at a press conference – 10 days after her last match on the WTA Tour. Although she had already said at both Roland-Garros and Wimbledon that 1999 would be her final year, the announcement still came as a surprise. In fact, the tennis world expected her to play at least ...