LONDON (AP) Since 2006, only five teenagers have managed to reach the men's third round at Wimbledon - and three of them went on to become Grand Slam champions: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Marin Cilic. So a couple of kids could find themselves in good company if they can

ROME (AP) Serena Williams got her clay-court season off to a strong start with a 6-4, 6-3 win over 51st-ranked Anna-Lena Friedsam in the second round of the Italian Open on Tuesday. Having missed the Madrid Open last week due to a fever, top-ranked Williams showed no signs of illness,

Arnold Pompan’s four children each played tennis growing up, each of them played tennis in college, and each of them became All-American tennis players. But none of them learned the game from their father. “I was only their chauffeur,” Pompan said about his early involvement in the game, or lack

On the ATP Challenger Tour, the spotlight often shines on ambitious young talents eager to ascend the ranks of world tennis. However, it's also a battleground where seasoned veterans, aiming for a resurgence, cross paths with these rising stars. Such was the case recently when former Grand Slam champion Marin

PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek, who has struggled lately, and Carlos Alcaraz, who has not, got off to good starts in their French Open title defenses Monday, recording straight-set victories to reach the second round. Swiatek was up first in Court Philippe-Chatrier and defeated 42nd-ranked Rebecca Sramkova 6-3, 6-3. Swiatek

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Novak Djokovic has defeated Dudi Sela in straight sets to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Djokovic won the last four games of the first set before completing a 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 win in 1 hour, 29 minutes. The fourth-seeded Serb broke Sela seven times. Djokovic set up his match

MASON, Ohio (AP) Kim Clijsters benefited from her opponent's injury and moved into the final of the Cincinnati Open. Ana Ivanovic hurt her left foot only 12 minutes into their semifinal match on Saturday. She got the foot taped and played two more points, then hobbled off the court in

Serena Williams says she does not expect to be able to return this season reinjuring her foot and pulling out of next week's event in Linz. "After practicing yesterday morning I felt discomfort in my foot and tests by my doctor revealed that I had unfortunately re-strained it, as a

MILAN (AP) Serena and Venus Williams will face Italians Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta in an exhibition tournament in Milan on Dec. 3. Local organizers say the program will feature four singles matches and one doubles match at the Mediolanum Forum. Both Williams sisters recently returned from lengthy injury layoffs,

BERN, Switzerland (AP) Roger Federer has been included on the Switzerland Davis Cup team which will face Australia in a World Group playoff. The Swiss Tennis Federation says Federer and 14th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka will be joined by Stephane Bohli, Marco Chiudinelli and Alexander Sadecky for the Sept. 16-18 playoff in

NEW YORK (AP) Britain's Oliver Golding won the U.S. Open boys title Sunday with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic. Golding, the No. 13 seed, had four set points in the first but couldn't close it out, forcing him to play 2 hours,

Each day in Paris, Baseline will showcase some of the on-court looks of the day. Day 1 at Roland Garros started with a bang, with the women standing out the most. 1 Anastasia Potapova

Monday would have been the start of the 2020 Wimbledon championships, and players around the globe are feeling nostalgic for the crisply manicured lawns of the All England Club. Past champions and participants took to social media to share their thoughts and best photos at missing the grass-court Grand Slam

EASTBOURNE, England (AP)—Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt will be joined by 11 of the world’s top 50 players in next month’s grass court Eastbourne International. Defending champion Michael Llodra and fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are also playing in the tournament, which comes between Queen’s and Wimbledon in the short grass

Caroline Garcia has been on fire in Asia these past few weeks, but she still makes time for her fans. The Frenchwoman is riding an eight-match winning streak into the Beijing quarterfinals. Last week in Wuhan, she won the biggest title of her career with wins over Angelique Kerber, Dominika

The offseason is really short, so training can get intense and exhausting—or at least that's the excuse we're giving world No. 35 Daria Gavrilova for her mishap. The Russian-turned-Australian was practicing her serve when she smashed herself in the shin in one of the more painful mistakes in tennis. It's

Dominika Cibulkova and her new hubby Miso Navara are enjoying a dream vacation in the Maldives, and they want everyone to know about it. The Slovak earned a worthy celebration after winning the biggest title of her career at the WTA Finals in Singapore.

PARIS (AP) French Open organizers say Gael Monfils has withdrawn from the clay-court Grand Slam tournament because of a viral infection. The 14th-ranked Monfils reached the Monte Carlo Masters final this season but a drop in form over recent weeks resulted in early exits in Madrid and Rome. He was

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) China's most successful tennis player is just ``three more steps'' from making tennis history, a prospect that makes her mother very nervous. Li Na's mother supports her career, but can't bring herself to follow it. `She can't watch me play tennis. I'll ask her many times, 'Please

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