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WATCH: Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula won their first title of 2023 at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha.

No. 1-ranked Simona Halep has a herniated disk in her back, putting the rest of her season in doubt. Halep wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that she had an MRI exam that revealed the injury. She retired from her first-round match at the China Open on Sunday, citing a back

Tennis Channel Live: Caroline Wozniacki Interview from the 2022 BNP Paribas Open

No one finished 2022 stronger than Novak Djokovic—he won 18 of his last 19 matches of the year, picking up titles at Tel Aviv, Astana and the ATP Finals (and reaching another final in Paris). He’ll begin his 2023 season in Adelaide before heading to the Australian Open, and if

Speaking with Mikael Ymer the other night, I found myself reflecting frequently on the young Swede’s remarkable wisdom. He is 21 going on 35. He carefully weighs every question thrown his way in an interview, and his responses are well measured, thoughtful and highly intelligent. His answers do not follow

August 13, 1999. Heidelberg, Germany. The woman who’d always preferred to let her racquet do the talking let the world know she had something to say. She would later wish to be called Stefanie Graf. But on this day, as had been the case her entire career, she was Steffi,

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) There may be no tougher act to follow in any sport in 2016 than Serena Williams' attempt to match her nearly perfect season of tennis last year. Williams, who won the first three majors in 2015 and lost in the U.S. Open semifinals - 26 consecutive wins

Upsets blew open the women’s field in Paris, Serena endured physical issues, Rafa fell off his perch, and Silent Stan awoke. All the happenings made it an even more noteworthy French Open than usual—and the results at Roland Garros heavily influenced our latest Top 25. 1. Serena Williams (Previous: 3)

Two aces in a row meant three championship points—and $200 less in the bank account of Heath Davidson, who, like lots of players, had pledged money to Aces for Bushfire Relief this Australian Open.

Two years after making his first big splash on the ATP Tour in Rome, is Fabian Marozsan set to rekindle the magic at the Foro Italico? The Hungarian is off to a great start in doing so after outclassing one of the sport’s most followed rising talents on Thursday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 Saturday night to win the Australian Open and take over the women's No. 1 ranking. Azarenka, playing in her first final in 25 Grand Slam tournaments, had her serve broken in the opening game of the match and trailed 2-0

If you blinked, you might have missed them: At the WTA Premier Mandatory tournament in Madrid this past weekend, the top two seeded teams—Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova and Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina—both lost their opening matches. That opened things up for the third-seeded pairing of Yung-Jan Chan and Martina Hingis, who took

HALLE, Germany (AP)—Rafael Nadal defeated Lukas Lacko 7-5, 6-1 at the Gerry Weber Open on Thursday, the Spaniard's first singles match since he won a record seventh French Open. Roger Federer, a five-time winner of this Wimbledon tuneup, downed Germany's Florian Mayer 6-4, 7-5. Nadal broke his Slovak opponent twice

TOKYO (AP)—Caroline Wozniacki withstood a late comeback to defeat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4 Friday and reach the final of the Pan Pacific Open. Wozniacki will meet Elena Dementieva in the title match after the Russian beat French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-4, 7-5 in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Weekend winners Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic lost their opening matches Wednesday at the invitational Kooyong Classic, a tuneup for next week’s Australian Open. Andy Roddick also lost his first-round match, falling to Gael Monfils 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in cold, blustery conditions. Tsonga, who won the Qatar

LOS ANGELES(AP) Jesse Levine beat fellow American Bobby Reynolds 6-2, 6-3 on Monday in the opening round of the L.A. Tennis Open. Levine won for the sixth time in nine matches, and will face top-seeded Tommy Haas in the second round on Wednesday. `I felt I played well,'' Levine said.