LLEIDA, Spain (AP) Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro gave Spain a 2-0 lead over Italy after winning the opening matches of their Fed Cup World Group playoff on Saturday. Fourth-ranked Muguruza beat Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (4), 6-0, before Suarez Navarro eased past Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 on the outdoor

LUXEMBOURG (AP)—Fifth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic defeated Peng Shuai of China 7-5, 6-4 Monday to reach the second round of the Luxembourg Open. Safarova converted her only break point in the first set and added two more breaks in the second. In another first-round match, Yanina Wickmayer of

ISTANBUL (AP)—Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia has defeated second-seeded Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Istanbul Cup. Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia easily advanced to the second round Tuesday by beating Poland’s Marta Domachowska 6-1, 6-0, while No. 5 Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams put up both hands after sending a forehand long and high over the baseline in the first set. She wanted nothing to do with yet another unforced error in her Australian Open final against Angelique Kerber. For the second time in as many majors, Williams

LINZ, Austria (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova recovered from a disastrous first set against Andrea Petkovic at the Ladies Linz tournament on Saturday to reach her first final. The Russian qualifier beat Petkovic 0-6, 6-4, 6-0 in their topsy-turvy semifinal. Alexandrova plays Camila Giorgi in Sunday's final at the Austrian indoor

France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ran his record to 7-0 in Davis Cup by scoring a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 win over Germany’s Benjamin Becker in Toulon. Gael Monfils opened play by besting Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(5). France heads into the doubles with a 2-0 lead “We put a lot of

CASTELLON, Spain (AP) Defending champion Spain got wins from Nicolas Almagro and David Ferrer for a 2-0 lead against Austria in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Friday. The 12th-ranked Almagro won 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, breaking Jurgen Melzer five times in an outdoor clay match. Fifth-ranked David Ferrer improved to 13-0

PARIS (AP)—Marion Bartoli defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-0 Saturday to reach the Open GDF Suez final. The Frenchwoman hit two consecutive aces to take a 5-0 lead in the final set, converting her first match point with a forehand return winner. Zakopalova took a 4-2

It’s been a week of milestones for Alexander Zverev in Vienna—300th tour-level win of career in the second round, 50th win of the year in the quarterfinals—and on Saturday he kept his phenomenal year going with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals of the

In a electric quarterfinal clash between two of the biggest names in the sport, Rafael Nadal survived an upset bid from an inspired Nick Kyrgios at Indian Wells on Thursday, defeating the ultra-talented Australian, 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4. With the victory, Nadal moves through to the 76th Masters 1000 semifinal

PATTAYA, Thailand(AP)—Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia scored a 6-0, 7-5 (5) quarterfinal victory over fifth-seeded Sybille Bammer on Friday in the Pattaya Open. Zvonareva, the 14th-ranked defending champion, rallied from 3-5 down in the second set to win, improving her career record against her Austrian rival to 4-0. Bammer won

NEW YORK (AP)—Defending champion Kim Clijsters overcame a brief blip and began the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over 104th-ranked Greta Arn of Hungary on Monday. Clijsters has won 26 consecutive first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments. The No. 2-seeded Clijsters fell behind 4-0 in the second set,

MOSCOW (AP) Alize Cornet gave France a 1-0 lead over Russia in the Fed Cup World Group first round, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the opening singles Saturday. The 67th-ranked Cornet was a set and 2-0 down when she evened it at 2-2 and broke Kuznetsova in the

Earlier this week, in his first match on tour since an extended, injury-induced absence, ATP No. 4 Andy Murray recorded a 6-0, 6-0 win over Qatari wild card Mousa Zayed in just 37 minutes. His second match back was a little more difficult. Florian Mayer, ranked 2,089 spots higher than

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Juan Monaco and Juan Martin del Potro have won three-set matches to give Argentina a 2-0 lead in its Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan. Monaco defeated Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-0, 6-4, while Del Potro cruised past Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. Doubles are set

NEW YORK(AP) Kim Clijsters has kept her U.S. Open comeback on track with a 6-0, 0-6, 6-4 upset over third-seeded Venus Williams. Returning to Flushing Meadows for the first time since winning here in 2005, Clijsters counterpunched against one of the game's biggest hitters and handled a blustery wind at

BEIJING(AP) Maria Sharapova was eliminated from the China Open on Wednesday, losing to Peng Shuai of China 6-2, 6-4, and Svetlana Kuznetsova moved into the quarterfinals by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. Peng broke Sharapova twice in the first set, and then again in the sixth game

Sharapova defeated Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-3 , having established a 4-0 lead the day before. She followed up with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Alla Kudryavtseva, who upset her at Wimbledon two years ago and afterwards memorably said it was because she did not like Sharapova's outfit. Sharapova will play

NANCY, France—France rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Germany 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup on Sunday. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga cruised past Tobias Kamke 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to help France even the tie before Gael Monfils secured the winning point by defeating Peter Gojowczyk 6-1, 7-6 (0), 6-2.

MOSCOW(AP) Russia took a 2-0 lead against China in Fed Cup competition after Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova won singles matches on Saturday. Kuznetsova defeated Yan Zi 6-2, 6-4, and Dementieva stopped Zhang Shuai 6-3, 6-0 on a hard court at Olympic indoor stadium. A win on Sunday would advance