Mirra Andreeva thundered to a second victory over Elena Rybakina in three weeks, navigating a rainy Tuesday to win, 6-1, 6-2 and make her first BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal. The ninth-seeded 17-year-old needed three sets to defeat Rybakina en route to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title last month

BERLIN (AP) — Elena Rybakina retired from her quarterfinal in Berlin on Friday, seemingly because of illness. The 2022 Wimbledon champion was trailing Victoria Azarenka 3-1 in the first set at the grass-court Ladies Open and stopped playing after her double fault made it 15-15 in the fifth game. Rybakina

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP)—His game inconsistent and his new racket not offering much help, Roger Federer lost yet again to a player way down in the rankings. The Swiss star fell 6-3, 6-4 to Germany's Daniel Brands in the second round of the Swiss Open on Thursday, the third straight tournament

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Saoirse Ronan, Kate McKinnon and John McEnroe walk into a skit. What could go right? That's what Saturday Night Live held this past weekend. The show's latest episode's "Bachelor Auction" sketch saw pro-shop employee Chad (Pete Davidson) auctioned off – for a you-cannot-be-serious amount of money – ahead of the

Posted on Roger Federer's 30th birthday, Jon Wertheim's requiem for one of sports' all-time "bromances"—that of Fed and golf titan Tiger Woods—was wistful and timely. We have to wonder what truly goes on behind the scenes with such platonic power couplings, but Fed knows best. And he certainly knows better

The Promenade Plantée in Paris lies on a former railway line that once linked Place de la Bastille to Varenne-Saint-Maur. The 3-miles long walkway is a winding blend of wild plant life and modern landscapes. It begins behind the Bastille opera house and runs above Avenue Daumesnil to the Jardin

Victoria Azarenka has been having a tough time during her elongated return to the WTA tour. On Tuesday, she suffered another setback, losing her first round at the Australian Open to Laura Siegemund, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2. The Belarusian's emotions tumbled out during post-match press.

It’s never too late to go after your dreams. Just ask retired soccer star Diego Forlan, 45, who is set to make his professional tennis debut next month at the Uruguay Open. The former Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Manchester United man was one of the greatest strikers of his

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“We keep fighting. Vamos.” While Paula Badosa’s time at the Miami Open came to an end Friday, the former world No. 2 appears to be in a better place as she prepares for the European clay-court swing. Forced to withdraw from Indian Wells earlier this month with another injury setback,

Over the next two weeks, as the new season begins and the Australian Open nears, our panel of writers and editors will debate the five burning questions on each tour. PETER BODO, Senior Writer: I give Caroline Wozniacki the best shot to win in Oz. She’s started the new year

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Garbiñe Muguruza is 30, flirty and thriving as the former world No. 1 celebrated her milestone birthday by sharing a few snaps from a stunning photoshoot this week. The Spaniard, a two-time Grand Slam winner, began her 30th trip around the sun on Sunday, October 8. But instead of kicking

MOSCOW (AP) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova says she failed a drug test for meldonium at the Australian Open. The drug was only banned in January and there has been a string of failed tests by athletes in several sports since. Here are some things to know about meldonium: WHO'S

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PARIS (AP) — Yannick Noah, the 1983 French Open champion, was appointed as the head of France's para tennis on Thursday. From next year, Noah will be in charge of coordinating wheelchair, visually impaired, deaf and hard-of-hearing tennis activities, the French Tennis Federation said in a statement. Noah had a

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Friday dropped a case against tennis star Alexander Zverev after he agreed to pay fines of 200,000 euros ($218,000) and reached an out-of-court settlement with his former partner. A district court in Berlin ended the trial with the agreement of state prosecutors and