HONG KONG (AP) Venus Williams lost to China's Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tournament, completing her only warmup event for the Australian Open with two losses. The American, who is returning from a left knee injury, lost her serve in the eighth game and

TOKYO (AP) — Top-seeded Casper Ruud lost and Nick Kyrgios won on Tuesday at the Japan Open. Ruud, who reached the final at both the French Open and the U.S. Open this year, lost to Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-3. Kyrgios, who lost in the Wimbledon final, defeated Tseng Chun-hsin 6-3,

It wasn’t supposed to go like this. Spring break for most college kids was over a few weeks ago. Memorial Day, the first time of the year when you’re likely to end up with a sunburn to go along with a hangover, is weeks away. In tennis, this ought to

A generation of gifted young players appears poised to take over leadership of American men’s tennis, but its members are still bumping up against an outsized obstacle: John Isner, the 6’10” ace machine who has been the standard bearer for the past decade. Isner, who lost his fourth-round match to

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Andy Murray is pulling out of next week's Dubai Championships because of a wrist injury. The fifth-ranked Murray, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final last month, lost to Janko Tipsarevic in the second round last year in Dubai. Local organizers did

Novak Djokovic says he wants to regain his desire for competition, which dropped following his incredible success at the beginning of the season. The world No. 1 is currently holding a charity event in Milan to raise funds for his foundation.

It’s one tall order for a player to defeat Novak Djokovic. Pulling it off on a grass court might just be the biggest ask for any of his current peers. As the 23-time major champion gets set to open Centre Court play at Wimbledon on Monday against Pedro Cachin, Djokovic

MUNICH (AP) — Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber and top-seeded Gael Monfils lost at the BMW Open on Thursday. Kohlschreiber, who had been going for an unprecedented fourth title at the clay-court tournament, failed to convert any of his three break points and lost to Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 7-6 (5),

PARIS (AP) -- Li Na lost her opening match at the French Open on Tuesday, the second reigning Australian Open champion to fall in the first round at this year's tournament. Li, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2011, lost to Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

NEW YORK (AP)—Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost her serve in the first game, then rolled off 12 of the next 13 in an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus on Thursday at the U.S. Open. Wozniacki, in search of her first grand slam title, has lost a total of six

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PARIS (AP)—Olivia Sanchez of France has been given the final women’s wildcard for the French Open, organizers said Friday. The 28-year-old Sanchez lost in qualifying at the Australian Open earlier this year, and at tournaments in Hobart, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand prior to that. Sanchez lost in the first

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Svetlana Kuznetsova lost to unseeded Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-5 in swirling wind Monday in the first round of the ASB Tennis Classic. Kuznetsova, once ranked as high as No. 2, is a two-time Grand Slam winner. She lost to a player

1 Elena Vesnina lost early in Charleston, but looked put together at the airport on her way home to Moscow.

NEW YORK (AP) Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost her serve in the first game, then rolled off 12 of the next 13 in an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus on Thursday at the U.S. Open. Wozniacki, in search of her first grand slam title, has lost a total of

American Melanie Oudin was knocked out, too, falling 6-3, 6-2 to Angelique Kerber. In doubles quarterfinals, the top two seeds lost. The No. 1 tandem of Johanna Larsson and Jasmin Woehr lost to Alize Cornet and Pauline Parmentier, and the No. 2 duo of Andreja Klepac and Tatiana Poutchek fell

LONDON (AP) During something that sounded more like a therapy session than a post-match news conference, Nick Kyrgios bared his soul a bit after losing to Andy Murray at Wimbledon. Kyrgios derided his own performance in a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 defeat Monday against the 2013 champion. He said, as he

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) An Israeli doubles player taking part in a controversial Dubai tournament a week after a fellow Israeli was barred from entering the country has lost his opening match. Andy Ram and his partner, Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe, lost to Russia's Marat Safin and Spain's David Ferrer

You have to see it to believe it. Frenchman Richard Gasquet and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov came not to blows but to cramps and upchucking at Roland Garros during a 38-stroke rally in their third-round match. Dimitrov nearly lost his shorts in the midst of some painful cramping, while Gasquet lost