RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fresh off his Olympic silver medal, Juan Martin del Potro will return to the U.S. Open for the first time in three years after receiving a wild-card invitation from the U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For a sport supposedly filled with folks who don't care about the Olympics, there sure was a lot of crying during the tennis competition at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Andy Murray became the first Olympian to win two gold medals in singles tennis, and also won the hearts of people for the way he deflected a reporter's mistaken characterization of the achievement.
Andy Murray is making a habit of accomplishing things that hadn't been done in a while.
Or ever.
Murray became the first tennis player in Olympic history with two singles gold medals, winning his second in...
Monica Puig isn't the first Puerto Rican women's tennis player to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She's just the first to win one for Puerto Rico.
And Gigi Fernandez was thrilled to see it happen.
Fernandez,...
Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock have won the Olympic tennis title in mixed doubles, denying Venus Williams a record fifth gold medal.
Mattek-Sands and Sock beat Williams and Rajeev Ram 6-7...
Monica Puig defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to win the women’s tennis gold medal on Saturday, and accomplished something no one representing Puerto Rico has ever done in the process.
Olympic tennis saw a day of upsets and a first on Saturday.
In the women's singles gold medal match, Puerto Rico's Monica Puig beat Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 to win her territory's first gold in...