WATCH: Monica Puig and Jimmy Arias pick the Australian Open women's champion

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray evened his Australian Open match at a set apiece and stood in a corner of Margaret Court Arena with his hands on his hips, staring up into the stands, where spectators were jumping and screaming, pumping their arms and waving blue-and-white Scottish flags. All

WATCH: Jessica Pegula defeats Danielle Collins in the 2023 Roland Garros first round

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The developments at Wimbledon on Wednesday included Novak Djokovic joining Roger Federer and Serena Williams as the only players in tennis history to win 350 Grand Slam matches; a runner-up two years ago, Karolina Pliskova, exiting in the first round against a qualifier; a player seeded

WATCH: Carlos Alcaraz topples Novak Djokovic in 5-set Wimbledon final | HIGHLIGHTS

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal will play in the Madrid Open despite not being fully fit and didn't seem too optimistic about his chances of being ready for the Roland Garros next month. The 37-year-old Nadal said Wednesday he would not play in Paris if he arrives there feeling the

As a new tournament on the Grand Prix circuit, the Japan Open featured what would have been considered a dream final in 1973 between Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe. “Muscles” topped “Newk” in that championship match, but the next year, the tables were turned as the younger Newcombe defeated his

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic snapped Daniil Medvedev’s 20-match winning streak in the Australian Open final on Sunday, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2, to not only turn the tables on a dangerous head-to-head—the Russian had won three of their last four meetings—but also to continue building his incredible legacy. Here are 18

This week, Peter Bodo and Steve Tignor will offer their thoughts on some themes for the 2013 season, which begins next week.

We know British audiences don’t like to be rude, but the hopeful clapping from the crowds at the O2 Arena in London so far has been above and beyond the call of politeness. Granted, the World Tour Finals is a risky ticket: You get one doubles match, with a super-tiebreaker

“Show her,” Thomas Hogstedt barked as he tried, unsuccessfully, to make eye contact with his tennis-pro pupil, Madison Keys. “Show her!” Keys slumped in her sideline seat in Beijing and failed to return Hogstedt’s gaze. She had just lost the second set to Petra Kvitova in a tiebreaker after serving

PARIS (AP) — His French Open title defense nearing an end, Novak Djokovic stumbled and tumbled to his knees on the red clay, his racket flying from his right hand as his opponent's backhand zipped past. Even Djokovic found it hard to fathom how far he's fallen, only a year

LONDON—Compared to taxi drivers in New York, London cabbies know their tennis. On the way from Heathrow to SW19 on Saturday, my driver asked me why I had made the trip from the States. “To see Wimbledon,” I said. “Ah,” he answered. After a pause, he added, “Well, it starts

A few seconds after David Ferrer won the title in Valencia on Sunday, two odd things happened. First, as Ferrer began to jog off the court to find someone in the stands, the arena’s DJ cued up...“Call Me Maybe.” Was he worried that Ferru was never coming back to the

NEW YORK—After the first set of Friday night’s semifinal between Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro, ESPN’s Pam Shriver did a short sideline interview with Rafa’s uncle and coach, Toni Nadal, who is retiring after this season. Del Potro had won the first set 6-4, and to that point

“I hope that there will be something to see with me next year,” Roger Federer told reporters earlier this month at the Switzerland Sport Awards. “If not, then that’s an unbelievable end point.” “End point”: They were just two short words, but they were enough to send a shock wave

Let’s try this again. Last week in Madrid, Serena Williams played Maria Sharapova in the final. This is the matchup that many in tennis would love to be able to call a rivalry, but Serena stubbornly refuses to let it happen. And she refused yet again at the Caja Magica,

Because of the result, we can say that the big Czech's caution to the wind approach was the right way to go, the smart, proactive play. After all, “be aggressive” is the default strategic position recommended to all professional tennis players, no matter what the circumstances. But if Berdych had

HIGHLIGHTS: Maria Sharapova kicks off the WTA season with a victory

In the first set of his match against Dominic Thiem on Tuesday, Gael Monfils appeared to be on the verge of tanking. He hit floating slices for no reason, rushed the net heedlessly, stopped moving in the middle of points and flexed his knee as if it were bothering him.