LOS ANGELES(AP) Leonardo Mayer advanced to the semifinals of the LA Tennis Open when No. 2 seed Mardy Fish withdrew with an abdominal strain on Friday. Mayer will face Carsten Bell, who beat John Isner 6-4, 6-4. Isner played with a brace on the left ankle that he twisted late

NEW YORK(AP) It was an ungainly site, Roger Federer skidding and falling to the ground, helpless on the court. It lasted only a moment, though, and despite that and a few other scares Saturday, the world's top player advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Federer defeated No.

Justine Henin is through to the quarterfinals of the Austrlian Open after battling past Yanina Wickmayer 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-3 but her legs are feeling the effects of a tough first week. Henin picked up an ankle sprain on Sunday to go along with the leg, foot and cramping problems she

With the early exits of Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova, Indian Wells lost all of its former Grand Slam champions prior to the fourth round. U.S. Open champion Clijsters, who let go of a 4-0 lead in the third-set tiebreaker against Alisa Kleybanova, said that it’s

NICE, France (AP)—Olivier Rochus of Belgium rallied to upset top-seeded Robin Soderling 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice. Despite serving 15 aces, Soderling was broken three times. “We knew it was going to be difficult from the beginning,” Soderling’s coach Magnus Norman said.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP)—The United States will face Argentina in the final of the World Team Cup after Bob and Mike Bryan won the decisive doubles match Friday for the Americans against the Czech Republic. Sam Querrey had put the U.S. ahead Thursday by beating Jan Hajek, but Tomas Berdych leveled

Mardy Fish has defeated Andy Roddick 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the Atlanta semifinals to reach his third final in four events. "It's one of the best wins I've had," said Fish, who had lost nine of his ten meetings against friend and former roommate Roddick. "It's tough beating such a

One of the basic rules for winning in doubles is to avoid hitting the ball to the player at the net. After all, he’s usually the one in the best position to put the ball away, right? While that’s true most of the time, don’t make the mistake of overestimating

One of the keys to playing winning tennis is to play within yourself. But what does that phrase really mean? Playing within yourself is when you utilize only the shots you can get into the court consistently under the pressure of match play. Does that mean you should leave that

Press conferences with tennis players don’t usually get as honest as the one Sam Querrey conducted after his first-round loss at the French Open. "I got tired,” Querrey admitted. Not unusual, perhaps, but then Querrey kept going. “Mentally not there.” And going. “Just did not enjoy myself out there. It’s

James Blake had a disappointing Wimbledon, falling in the first round to then-No. 151 Robin Haase. But the American had been injured and slumping, so that hardly qualified as news. Still, Blake’s brief time at the All England Club was not without incident. Down a set and a break, he

HALLE, Germany (AP) Second-seeded Tomas Berdych saved three match points before rallying past Ruben Bemelmans 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-4 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Gerry Weber Open. The Czech faced match points in the second-set tiebreaker before finishing off the Belgian in the tuneup before Wimbledon. Berdych

Lawn Tennis Association women’s head coach Nigel Sears says that British women have made substantial progress and are well-represented at Wimbledon with teenagers Heather Watson and Laura Robson, as well as veterans Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong. Last month, 17-year-old Watson became the first British woman to get through qualifying

NEW YORK (AP) Ana Ivanovic's match was a walkover. Francesca Schiavone's may as well have been. A pair of former French Open champions moved into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. Seventh-seeded Schiavone, the 2010 French Open champ, defeated Mirjana Lucic 6-1, 6-1. And 16th-seeded Ivanovic, the

BEIJING (AP) Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki was knocked out of the China Open quarterfinals by Flavia Pennetta of Italy 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (2) on Friday. Wozniacki was two points from victory when leading 30-0 in the final game of the third set, but Pennetta won the game and then the tiebreaker.

Players have been debating the court speed at the BNP Paribas Masters Paris/Bercy, which has traditionally had one of the tour’s fastest surfaces. Andy Murray told reporters the courts are "so slow, so much slower than last year," while Andy Roddick added that it's a lot slower than last year.

Last week, Coco Gauff very nearly pulled off a massive upset, leading Ashleigh Barty, 6-4, 4-2, and even holding a point for a 5-2, double-break lead in the second set, before ultimately falling to the No. 1-ranked Australian in three sets. Some players might get a hangover from a loss

This week, there was no other choice for player of the week other than Rafael Nadal. You may have heard by now, but the Spaniard has taken the record for most Grand Slam titles after making an epic comeback against Daniil Medvedev from two sets down in the final of

World No. 20 Taylor Fritz is a big favorite against world No. 99 Jaume Munar at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, and for good reason, even in their first career meeting. While qualifier Munar is coming off an impressive upset victory over world No. 16 Pablo Carreno Busta,

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