After a first-round bye, third seed Frances Tiafoe will take on Aslan Karatsev in the second round of the Atlanta Open 2024. This has been a rather average season for Tiafoe until now. He started slow ...

Daniil Medvedev wasn’t kidding when he said that Team Russia had a secret weapon on their ATP Cup squad. After dispatching a seriously hobbled Grigor Dimitrov on Monday, world No. 114 Aslan Karatsev ...

(JTA) — Perhaps it’s beginners luck: Russian-Israeli tennis player Aslan Karatsev, playing mixed doubles for the first time, has reached the finals of the French Open with partner Elena Vesnina. Maybe ...

There’s something about being a qualifier that brings out the best in Aslan Karatsev on big stages. On Thursday, the 29-year-old defeated Zhang Zhizhen, 7-6 (3), 6-4, to become just the second ATP ...

When Aslan Karatsev takes the court on Thursday against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open (3:30 a.m., ESPN/ESPN App), he will make history as the first man in the Open era to make the ...

At the end of 2020, Aslan Karatsev was ranked No. 112 in the world. The previous year, he had been World No. 289. The year before that, World No. 485. In 2017, he was 621st in the world. 2021 will see ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Fairy-tale runs at Grand Slams aren't unusual. Often, there will be a player or two who defies their ranking and makes an unprecedented appearance late in a major: unseeded ...

Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev pulled off the biggest shock of this year's Australian Open when the world number 114 blitzed eighth seed Diego Schwartzman into submission 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Friday with a ...

Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insight Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Aslan Karatsev became the first grand ...

Aslan Karatsev moved a step closer to pull off one of the all-time great sporting upsets as he defeated Grigor Dimitrov in four sets to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The Russian lost ...

Aslan Karatsev’s historic run continued at the Australian Open on Tuesday as the Russian became the first man in the Open Era to reach the semifinals on his grand slam debut. The world No. 114 stunned ...

Matt Walsh has been with ESPN for more than seven years, covering AFL football, tennis, and other sports both online and in podcast form. At the Australian Open, world No. 114 Aslan Karatsev is on the ...