WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Let other players downplay their championship chances at Wimbledon. Let other players profess — feign? — humility. Let other players express caution in Week 1 that it's still way too early to be talking about the possibility of reaching the final at the end of the

How well do you know the U.S. Open? How well do you know tennis? Try this AP quiz about the tournament that begins Monday in New York: Last year's U.S. Open was the last tournament of Serena Williams' playing career. Soon after, Roger Federer announced his retirement. This U.S. Open

View the entire women's bracket at our US Open tournament page. MATT FITZGERALD: Serena Williams She won the decade’s first Slam in Melbourne. A New York bookend for Serena, after three major final disappointments, is a fitting storyline in her journey to elusive number 24. STEVE FLINK: Ashleigh Barty She

If sound and fury is what look for in your tennis tournaments, you might be disappointed in what you see and hear at this year's Madrid Masters. Last season Ion Tiriac's blue-clay experiment made this the most talked-about event of 2012. It also sent both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal

No sooner did the first Grand Slam event of the year end than tennis fans worldwide bemoaned the lack of high-grade tournaments in the the foreseeable future. Oh, there’s a Rotterdam here, a Rafael Nadal comeback in Vina del Mar there. But this is the “who cares?” month. Freaky February.

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see men's and women's matches—and offer his predictions.

It’s as predictable as the leaves suddenly popping with color at this time of year. Once we start edging into October, players begin to pop up to claim places in the ATP and WTA year-end championships. Sometimes these are just formal affirmations of the inevitable, sometimes they’re surprising performances from

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Serena Williams reached her eighth Wimbledon semifinal by knocking out defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets with another commanding serving performance on Tuesday. Playing underneath the closed roof on Centre Court while rain halted play elsewhere at the All England Club, Williams hit 13 aces -

Believe it or not, one of the hot topics as the pros head to Melbourne this month will be whether Roger Federer is still as untouchable as he once was. Yes, you read that right. People – translation: primarily the sports media looking for a story – will be questioning

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2021 – Tennis Channel’s complete, live coverage of the second annual ATP Cup will feature 15 of the top 20 singles players in men’s tennis, led by No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal – two of the greatest of all time. The network’s

FLASHBACK: Potapova's strong spring included a semifinal finish at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

The Miami Open, the second leg of the “Sunshine Double” is underway for the players on the ATP and WTA tours. With both draws near Grand Slam level in depth and intensity, whoever wins will have passed one of the sport’s toughest tests. It’s a task some players will have

Garbiñe Muguruza continued her pre-Wimbledon momentum with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Elena Rybakina at the inaugural Bett1 Open. “It’s a very beautiful day, but for tennis it’s tough, and for the crowd it can be tough as well, so thank you all for coming and staying the whole day

At the 2014 US Open, a young American was beginning to lay down the foundation of her career. Cici Bellis captured the world’s attention as a 14-year-old, when she became the youngest player to win a match at Flushing Meadows since Anna Kournikova. But as Bellis continued to mature and

PARIS (AP) — Right from the start of the French Open final, Jelena Ostapenko made quite clear to anyone unfamiliar with her name, or her game, what she is all about. Yes, she was just two days past her 20th birthday. Yes, she was ranked only 47th. Yes, she was

February goes out the way it came in: Eventfully. With the big spring hard-court Masters events in Indian Wells and Miami almost upon us, it will be a while before fans have their choice of tournaments to watch again. So you should enjoy switching between Acapulco, Dubai, and Sao Paulo

Over the next two weeks, we'll run down our Top 10 Matches of the 2021 season.

8 Maria Sharapova It’s hard to gauge where things stand now with the 2008 Australian Open champ: She got some tournament play this year in Shenzhen but was forced to retire against Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals. Seeded No. 30 this year, she’ll see qualifier Harriet Dart first with a

How about a Masters tournament for its own sake? It would be nice to say that there's a lot at stake as all of the top men re-gather in Shanghai for the first time since the U.S. Open. But not only has the year-end No. 1 ranking been settled—do I

“Some of my friends at home have been watching,” Louisa Chirico said after her 7-6 (1), 6-2 win over Daria Gavrilova in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open on Thursday. “Some?" What, exactly, would it take to get all of them to tune in this week? The 19-year-old Chirico,