Masters 1000 tennis is already back, with the clay-court tournament in Monte Carlo officially underway.

As the tours have settled into Asia, some players have made very, very big names for themselves. Here are the top breakout stars of the fall season. 1 Denis Shapovalov The Canadian is is inching closer to his first ATP title. After the US Open, where he lost in five

After a Grand Slam, there's a lot of ranking shifts and career-high rankings to report. The Australian Open aftermath provided no exception with champions and contenders alike reaping the benefits of doing well in the main draw. Here are the players with the best ranking jumps this week: 1 +44

Nine days gone at the 2011 Australian Open and Roger Federer needs just two more victories to win his 17th Grand Slam title. It could hardly have been a smoother ride for him in Tuesday afternoon’s quarterfinal against Stanislas Wawrinka, a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 win in an hour and 47

NEW YORK (AP) For the first time in his career, Rafael Nadal lost a Grand Slam match after taking a two-set lead. And for the first time since 2004, he will end a season without winning at least one Grand Slam title. ''The only thing it means,'' Nadal said about

The scoreboard was bleak: Julia Goerges looked at a set and 4-1 deficit while her coach, Sascha Nensel, offered encouragement during the changeover. Goerges reached for the handle of the umbrella the ball girl held over her head, pulling it closer to provide protection from the sun. But she could

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The biggest news at a soggy Winston-Salem Open on Monday wasn't made by who advanced. It was who pulled out. Two-time defending champion John Isner and top seed Tomas Berdych withdrew from the tournament. After the start of the day was delayed 4 hours, 10 minutes due

Toward the end of a tough year with zero Grand Slam final appearances, Roger Federer is splitting with coach Paul Annacone. Federer, who owns a record 17 Grand Slam titles, announced Saturday on his website that he will stop working with Annacone after 3½ seasons together. "After numerous conversations culminating

Things haven’t been going too well for Agnieszka Radwanska on American hard courts this season: She’s been beaten convincingly by Li Na twice, and was forced to retire last week in New Haven. It didn’t look like things were going to get any better today, as she trailed Carla Suarez

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal has become used to making comebacks in an injury-ravaged career. This last one, though, may be the most unexpected — and satisfying. Sidelined by a wrist injury for two long stretches last year, Nadal didn't believe he'd be playing at his top level and

HIGHLIGHTS: Roger Federer beats Jan-Lennard Struff at the Swiss Indoors Basel

Coco Gauff says she’s keeping her disappointing summer in perspective, after her US Open title defense came to an abrupt end at the hands of Emma Navarro on Sunday. Last year, the 20-year-old arrived in New York City high on confidence and with plenty of momentum after her breakthrough performances

It’s been a year of breakthroughs for Magdalena Frech—including a bunch over the last few weeks, and one just two days ago—and on Wednesday in Wuhan, she hit another career milestone. The 26-year-old Pole battled to the first Top 10 win of her career, defeating No. 8-ranked Emma Navarro in

Jannik Sinner made a winning return to professional tennis in Rome on Saturday night, defeating Argentina's Mariano Navone in straight sets in his opening match in the Italian capital, 6-3, 6-4. Sinner hadn't played since winning the Australian Open in January—he was serving a three-month period of ineligibility since February.

NEW YORK (AP) -- After Brian Baker won his first match at the U.S. Open since 2005, he spoke to the crowd during an on-court interview, then slung a racket bag and black backpack over his shoulders and went over to sign autographs for fans shouting his name. Just like

NEW YORK (AP) Teenagers aren't exactly known for their sense of big-picture perspective. Eighteen-year-old Ryan Harrison managed to offer some up - minutes after wasting three match points in the fifth-set tiebreaker at a Grand Slam event. ``My ranking is still not even top 100 even if I win the

WATCH: Sabalenka set the stage for a strong US Open with a semifinal finish at the Western & Southern Open.

The new ATP rankings are out and one of the fastest-rising stars in the sport, Holger Rune, has hit a new career-high of No. 8 after reaching the semifinals of the ATP 500 event in Acapulco. The Danish teenager has now reached the semifinals or better in six of his

WATCH: Taylor Fritz will arrive in D.C. next week having won the title in Atlanta.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Tommy Paul is sleeping and breathing tennis this year at the BNP Paribas Open. He’s eating Italian. “I have basically just been chilling at the house watching tennis,” he said on Wednesday. “It's been nice having the last few matches I've been second up, so I've been going