Roger Federer's withdrawal from the 2016 French Open earlier this year ended his ironman streak at the Slams—the Swiss had played in a record 65 straight singles main draws. Federer returned to major tournament play at Wimbledon—where he reached the semifinals—but on Tuesday he announced that he would miss the

This week we’re counting down our top five stats of the season. So far we’ve covered Ashleigh Barty ending the longest drought for a home champion at a major in the Open Era, Carlos Alcaraz becoming by far the youngest player ever to defeat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at

Jimmy Connors, who was on court for Eugenie Bouchard's practice sessions before the U.S. Open, says he has been helping the Canadian but will not be there for the first week of the tournament. "I’m not a coach," the former No. 1 told the Wall Street Journal. "I’m happy to

A trophy and the No. 3 ranking: that's what Dominic Thiem wants this week as he returns to competition for the first time since the Australian Open. Thiem can climb up from No. 4 to No. 3 by reaching the semifinals in Rio, where he is the top seed and

LONDON -- Rafael Nadal still has no timetable for his return from a knee injury, and the 11-time Grand Slam champion isn't sure if he'll play the Australian Open in January. "All that is in my mind is to keep working hard to come back," Nadal said in interviews with

NEW YORK—“Nobody should have to work that hard on his birthday,” the emcee on the Grandstand told Dominic Thiem on Saturday. It was hard to argue with him. A few minutes earlier, Thiem had finished off a stubbornly tenacious opponent, Pablo Carreño Busta of Spain, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5, in

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Bernard Tomic and Matthew Ebden won their opening singles to give Australia a 2-0 lead over South Korea in a Davis Cup Asia-Oceania qualifier on hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena on Friday. Tomic was broken in the opening game but beat Cho Min-hyeok 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. Ebden

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-4,6-4, in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Tuesday. Mattek-Sands called for the trainer while leading 6-4, 4-3. She seemed to be favoring her left side during the seventh game.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday, beating Ricardo Mello 6-4, 6-4. Del Potro, the Argentine star who won the 2009 U.S. Open, will face Philipp Kohlschreiber. Kevin Anderson also advanced, beating Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3. In

Jannik Sinner continued his dominance at the Sofia Open. The event's No.1 seed seamlessly moved past tour veteran Gael Monfils, 6-3, 6-4, to clinch the ATP 250 title. Sinner is now a perfect 9-0 at the Sofia Open, having claimed last year's title as well. During his run, the Italian

NEW YORK (AP)—Andy Roddick held on to avoid a first-round upset at the U.S. Open, beating 96th-ranked Michael Russell 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday night. The 21st-seeded Roddick, who won the 2003 U.S. Open, had a 13-0 edge in aces in the all-American matchup. After breezing through the first

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Former No. 1 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario has been selected captain of Spain's Fed Cup team. Sanchez-Vicario agreed a two-year deal. Her first match will be against Russia in the first round of the World Group on Feb. 4-5. Sanchez-Vicario won a U.S. Open title and three French Open trophies

Rafael Nadal, playing with fellow Mallorcan Jaume Munar, lost his opening doubles match in Hamburg to Australian Open champions Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolleli, 6-4, 6-2. It was Nadal's first competitive match since his second-round defeat at Wimbledon to Dustin Brown. He faces Fernando Verdasco in the first round of

MONACO (AP)—Rafael Nadal is fretting over his troublesome left knee as he attempts to win his eighth straight Monte Carlo Masters and end a title drought dating to last year's French Open. Nadal pulled out of his semifinal against Andy Murray at last month's Sony Ericsson Open. He then received

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka won their opening matches Saturday in the BNP Paribas Open. Federer, the four-time champion seeded seventh, beat French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu. The Swiss star was coming off his 78th career title last week in Dubai. "It's important to win," he

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