NCAA tennis served up a dose of uncertainty as colleges face growing financial strain, program cuts
It was sunny and 80 degrees in Athens as the Virginia men and Texas A&M women were crowned this year's national champions in college tennis, moments of joy in front of the best turnout in years and a welcome respite during an unsettling time for the sport. The elimination of tennis programs has accelerated in recent months, with Saint Louis, Illinois State, North Dakota and Gardner-Webb shuttering one or both of their programs. Arkansas dropped its men's and women's tennis programs in late April — a decision that turned heads given the Southeastern Conference's deep resources — then reinstated them with short-term funding promises from supporters.
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French Open won't budge on this year's prize money despite players' plans for media protest
Howard Fendrich, award-winning AP national sports writer and tennis expert, dies at 55
Howard Fendrich, a national sports writer for The Associated Press whose persistent reporting and detail-rich prose brought readers inside dozens of taut Grand Slam tennis finals, record-breaking Olympic moments and harrowing trips down Alpine ski slopes, has died. Fendrich died Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, his wife Rosanna Maietta said. Tennis great Roger Federer, who estimated he'd had more than 100 interactions with Fendrich over the decades, called the journalist “one of those constant and reassuring presences in the tennis world for many years.”
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Novak Djokovic’s 25th Grand Slam Dream Looks Far-Fetched After Challenging Roland Garros Draw
Novak Djokovic would likely have felt his chances of winning a record-extending 25th Grand Slam at the 2026 French Open improve after Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the tournament. After all, the Serb had already proven earlier this year that he could still take down the very best, producing a thrilling victory over Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the Australian Open.
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Coco Gauff & Aryna Sabalenka Face Tough French Open Draws as Iga Swiatek Looks Set to Spoil the Party
