INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka struggled to get through the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, beating Germany's Mona Barthel 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6). ``That's exactly what it was, survival,'' said Azarenka, the Australian Open champion who has won three tournaments this year and

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Two young American women stepped into the BNP Paribas Open spotlight Friday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Jamie Hampton, a wild-card entry who last week moved into the top 100 for the first time at No. 99, beat former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Losing a set and 4-0 lead to Serena Williams at a Grand Slam tournament, which Victoria Azarenka did at the 2010 Australian Open, is one thing. Losing that same lead to Mona Barthel in the second round at Indian Wells is another. The top seed seemed to realize

Losing a set and 4-0 lead to Serena Williams at a Grand Slam tournament, which Victoria Azarenka did at the 2010 Australian Open, is one thing. Losing that same lead to Mona Barthel in the second round at Indian Wells is another. The top seed seemed to realize that distinction

It’s too bad that Indian Wells doesn’t officially open the tennis season, because it fills the bill in multiple ways. After an artificially lit indoor swing and a trip through the Arabian desert, where the players do their thing under a seemingly perpetual night sky, the California desert feels like

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)—Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei reached the Malaysian Open final by defeating Eleni Daniilidou of Greece 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 on Saturday. The second semifinal between Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Petra Martic of Croatia was suspended because of rain at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. The tournament

DELRAY BEACH, Florida (AP)—Andy Roddick had three match points to beat Kevin Anderson on Friday, but could not convert any and the South African won through to the semifinals of the Delray Beach International Series. Seventh-seeded Anderson won 2-6, 7-6 (9), 6-4 to set up a semifinal against another big-serving

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Top-ranked Novak Djokovic lost for the first time this season, falling to Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5 Friday in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships. The victory ends Djokovic's 10-match winning streak, which includes the Australian Open title. It's a boost for the fourth-ranked Murray, who

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Top-ranked Novak Djokovic lost for the first time this season, falling to Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Friday. The surprisingly one-sided victory ended Djokovic’s 10-match winning streak that included the Australian Open title and his bid for a fourth

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Novak Djokovic lost for the first time this season, falling to Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5 Friday in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships. The third-seeded Murray, who lost to Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinals, broke the top-ranked Serb to go up 4-2 in the

Well, this much we now know about 2012. Novak Djokovic, the No. 1 player, is not going to slice and slash his way through the first half of the year undefeated, as he did in 2011. Andy Murray took care of that today in the semifinals in Dubai, hammering Djokovic,

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Fernando Verdasco defeated fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (5) to reach the semifinals of the Mexican Open on Thursday. Verdasco trailed 4-1 in the second-set tiebreaker, but won six of the last seven points to close out the match against the second-seeded Almagro. The eighth-seeded Verdasco will

Bending over the ball mark his eyes scrutinized, Juan Martin del Potro resembled an investigator searching a crime scene for clues. When del Potro wasn't inspecting marks, he was landing drives on the lines. The eighth-seeded Argentine blasted shots with authority in downsizing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-6 (1), 6-2 in the

As Novak Djokovic stepped up to serve for the match in the second-set tie-breaker against his compatriot, Janko Tipsarevic, the Tennis Channel announcer intoned in a hallowed voice, "The aura continues around Djokovic." The world No. 1 proceeded to kick in a high-bouncing second delivery to Tipsarevic and then pounced

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska completed two wins on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the rain-delayed Malaysian Open. Radwanska finished off a 6-2, 6-4 win over Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan after their first-round match was suspended by rain on Wednesday at 3-3 in the second set. After

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)—Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska completed two wins on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the rain-affected Malaysian Open. Radwanska returned to finish off a 6-2, 6-4 win over Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan after their first-round match was suspended by rain on Wednesday at 3-3 in the second set.

Roger Federer demolished Mikhail Youzhny in the quarterfinals of Dubai, 6-3, 6-4. Given that Youzhny never even got to deuce against Federer's serve, we'll need to look at a slightly larger picture to say anything of interest before we get to the gory details. The great thing about this tournament

When you fall behind, don’t panic. There are plenty of things you can do to change your fortune. What action should you take when you have gotten off to a slow start in a match and find yourself down 0-3, 1-4, or 2-5? Before making any changes you must first

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)—Olivia Rogowska defeated defending champion Jelena Dokic 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in Thursday’s clash of Australians at the Malaysian Open. Rogowska needed slightly over two hours to oust the seventh-seeded Dokic at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort. Her quarterfinal opponent will be Eleni Daniilidou of

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Top-seeded David Ferrer and second-seeded Nicolas Almagro advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open in contrasting styles Wednesday. Ferrer beat Poland’s Lukasz Kobot 6-3, 6-3, setting up a quarterfinal against another Spaniard in Pablo Andujar, who upset fifth-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany 4-6, 7-5, 6-4. Two-time champion