Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retires with a groin injury against Mikhail Youzhny in his fourth round match at the French Open . "In the last match, I had trouble with the glute muscle," he said. "Today, the first time I ran end of the first game, game point for him and he

Following the early exits of No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 3 seed Casper Ruud over the last few days, Stan Wawrinka kept the upsets coming at Indian Wells on Monday, battling past No. 7 seed Holger Rune in a third-round thriller in the desert, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5.

WUHAN, China (AP) Angelique Kerber lost for the first time since becoming the No. 1-ranked player, losing to Petra Kvitova in the third round of the Wuhan Open on Wednesday. Kvitova saved 17 of 22 break points on her way to the 6-7 (10), 7-5, 6-4 win over Kerber, who

Do you often hit overheads into the net? If so, you may have forgotten an old, but useful, piece of advice. The next time you hit an overhead, reach for the sky with your non-hitting arm, point at the ball, and keep your arm up until a few moments before

More than anything else, it’s momentum that makes tennis so nerve-wracking to play. Or, I should say, it’s the fear of momentum. No matter how far ahead you are, every time you lose a point something in the back of your head wonders whether it might end up being the

PARIS (AP)—Needing one point for an upset win over Justine Henin at the French Open, Sam Stosur wavered, hitting a double-fault. The Australian took a deep breath and tried again. This time she launched a confident serve into the corner, setting her up for an overhead slam to seal the

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) Serena Williams punctuated points Saturday with theatrics worthy of a Grand Slam final. There were squeals, knee kicks, pirouettes and fist pumps, sometimes all at once. In other words, Williams appeared to be 100 percent. Showing no lingering effects from a recent knee injury, the seven-time

PARIS(AP) Venus Williams saved a match point before beating her Czech opponent, and Jelena Jankovic joined the seven-time Grand Slam champion in the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating a Slovak. Williams began her match against Lucie Safarova on Wednesday, but play was suspended because of

LONDON (AP) — John Isner hit 64 aces — 64! — and saved two match points while winning a five-setter at Wimbledon for only the second time in six tries. You might have heard of the other such victory: It ended 70-68 in the final set. In this much shorter

LONDON (AP) Dismayed at dropping the first set after being a single point from taking it, Serena Williams sat in her Centre Court sideline chair and cracked her racket against the turf once, twice, three times, four. Then she casually flung the racket, hurling it so far behind her that

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) So what if Maria Sharapova managed to win only two of the first 13 points of her Wimbledon semifinal Thursday, dropping the first three games? So what if she bungled her serve so badly that she double-faulted 13 times? All that mattered to Sharapova was that she

Grigor Dimitrov watched as his opponent, Nick Kyrgios of Australia, dug himself out of a two-sets-to-love deficit. He listened as the crowd in Rod Laver Arena grew louder and rowdier every time their man won a point. And he groaned when, serving for the match at 5-3 in the fourth

Sunscreen dripping from his face, Roger Federer lunged for a lob volley to extend a point before soaring to snap off a smash and seal the opening break of the final set. On a scorching day, the four-time Australian Open champion launched the Fed-berg era showing life in his legs,

By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning - or good afternoon if you happen to be in the European zone like me. I've been watching the night sessions, so I've definitely been around at TW at some point this morning already, US Open time, but, having caught up on

PARIS (AP) -- This is what Maria Sharapova does. She digs herself a big hole in a match, then figures a way out, no matter what it takes. She hits shots left-handed. Takes her time between points. Pumps her fists and screams ''Come on!'' after her opponent's mistakes. And wins.

In a tiebreaker she had to win to have a chance at the semis, baseline bomber Elena Dementieva came to net as if ordained. Not once, not twice, not even three times. In each of the first four points of the third-set overtime, the outcome was determined with Dementieva at

Mornin', everyone. It's official, the clay-court season is upon us, and that's a time of year that always creates some lively discussion. For a good portion of yesterday in the post below there were interesting comments made on the concept of "point construction." Is tennis on clay really more like