World No. 3 Coco Gauff came out swinging in her first match of this year’s WTA Finals in Riyadh, defeating Jessica Pegula in straight sets in an all-American round-robin clash, 6-3, 6-2. And with that victory, Gauff achieved a number of things. First of all, she snapped Pegula’s 14-match winning

MASON, Ohio (AP) -- By now, everyone knows Roger Federer's itinerary for Cincinnati: Get his game in order, raise the winner's trophy, leave town with a lot of confidence for the U.S. Open. Might as well rename it the Federer Cup. Federer won his unprecedented sixth title in Cincinnati on

The 2016 French Open was the culmination of all-court excellence for Novak Djokovic—a masterful title run that completed a career Grand Slam. From his first-round match to his final championship point, it aired on Tennis Channel. In its 10th year of broadcasting Roland Garros, Tennis Channel allowed viewers to watch

Rafael Nadal’s triumphant two weeks in Paris didn’t just earn him a record-extending 14th Roland Garros title or a record-extending 22nd Grand Slam title—it also added 2.2 million Euros, or approximately $2.34 million, to his ever-growing career prize money total. And with that new chunk of change, Nadal not only

Each day before play at the Monte-Carlo Masters, we’ll preview and predict three must-see matches. Stan Wawrinka [3] vs. Jiri Vesely

Earlier today, Andy Murray announced that the Paris Olympics would be the final tennis tournament of his career. With the event set to begin in five days, we'll be counting down five of his most amazing career stats, one a day, until play kicks off on Saturday. Starting with… Becoming

“He’s human,” a TV commentator said when Joao Fonseca plunked an easy overhead into the bottom of the net on Thursday. Does that fact seem a little too obvious to bother mentioning? In fairness to the announcer, it had been easy to forget over the past few days that the

Everyone’s hearts and prayers are with two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova after a home invasion. Kvitova stated that she was "shaken, but fortunate to be alive" after she badly injured her left hand while defending herself against a man with a knife in her apartment in the Czech Republic. Kvitova

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga continued his run at the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech on Friday. He eliminated Lorenzo Sonego, 6-3, 6-2, to inch closer to his second title of the year. After winning only five matches in 2018 due a left knee injury that needed surgery, the 2019 season has

OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) -- Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain ousted eighth-seeded Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 6-1, 7-6 (3) Monday to reach the second round of the Portugal Open. Carreno Busta broke his opponent five times in the match, but also lost his serve three times in the second set before

NEW YORK—Bethanie Mattek-Sands, who will play Serena Williams in the third round of the U.S. Open, says she will attack the world No. 1 whenever she can. “She’s playing great. Right now she's on a mission to get a record, and I’m here playing my game,” Mattek-Sands said. “I think

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NEW YORK -- Hard to believe this is the same Rafael Nadal who was home during the U.S. Open a year ago, nursing a bad left knee. Hard to believe this is the guy sent packing in the first round of Wimbledon in June, losing against someone ranked 135th. Looking

Coco Gauff pulled off a massive upset at the 2024 WTA Finals, defying a 1-11 head-to-head against Iga Swiatek to stun the former world No. 1, 6-3, 6-4 and guarantee herself a spot in the semifinals. "It feels great. I knew going into the match that, despite our head-to-head, I

Remember the start of the season, when we wondered if Rafa and his knees were ever going to be the same again? That was a long time ago. If anything, Nadal has been better than ever in 2013. Going into Roland Garros, he has won six of the eight tournaments

Andrey Rublev battled past Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals of Shanghai on Saturday, 7-6 (7), 6-3, to move into the fourth Masters 1000 final of his career—he’s now a win away from his second career Masters 1000 title, having won his first on the clay of Monte Carlo earlier this

As if he didn’t break enough records over the last week, Novak Djokovic hits another landmark after his triumph at the ATP Finals, surpassing $180 million in career prize money earnings. Djokovic went into the year-end championships with $176,231,853 in career prize money, but with his $4,411,500 payday for lifting