Not many people have defeated Roger Federer, especially players outside of the Top 100, especially not after fending off three match points and coming back from 2-5 in the third set. Evgeny Donskoy became one of those rare players on Wednesday in Dubai. It was the first time the Russian

"It was pretty tough out there," Zvonareva said. "Sometimes I would hit a great shot, and I think it's a great point, and I don't have that many people cheering for me. But fair enough. She's a great player, and everyone is supporting her here, and I'm sure next time

Garbine Muguruza held the Venus Rosewater Dish for the first time on Sunday after beating another Venus (Williams that is). Muguruza, playing in her second career Wimbledon final, saved two set points in the first set before steamrolling to victory, 7-5, 6-0. She then celebrated with some hardware fun on

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LYON, France (AP) — Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France fended off seven of eight break points to get past Daniil Medvedev of Russia and reach the second round at the Lyon Open on Monday. Simon was made to work for more than two hours and broke Medvedev four times to

By the time a player has earned a third match point, the pulse is likely rising quickly, each one previously surrendered an exponential tension-raiser. In the quarterfinals of the National Bank Open, Camila Giorgi had lost the first on her serve at 5-4, 40-30. The second came and went two

Now that tennis fans are in a brief hibernation period—a nice, relaxing couple of weeks from my point of view—and we have a few minutes to breathe (or sleep), TENNIS.com is filling the gap this week with a series by Joel Drucker on the greatest shots of all time. Monday

NICE, France (AP)—Victor Hanescu of Romania eased into the second round of the Open de Nice with a 6-0, 6-1 win over French qualifier Benoit Paire on Monday. Hanescu, a semifinalist in Casablanca last month, broke his opponent five times and saved the six break points he faced to close

Friday's Play (1) Djokovic d. Haase, 6-4, 6-2 —Dig beneath the surface of this routine scoreline and you'll find Djokovic, who is coping with the passing of his grandfather Vladimir on Thursday, surrendered serve four times. But the top seed ravaged Haase's second serve, winning 17 of 24 points played

Red clay hasn't exactly been a salvation surface for Murray: The three-time Grand Slam finalist has yet to reach a clay-court final in his career, and sometimes struggles to finish points on dirt. A suggestion of Murray breaking through to reach the French Open final may sound as realistic as

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Nikolay Davydenko had nine aces and didn't face a break point in a 6-1, 7-5 win Tuesday over Andreas Beck of Germany in the second round of the Open 13. Davydenko broke Beck's serve three times in the match. The Russian will face fourth-seeded Juan Martin del

Two-time US Open singles champion and Tennis Channel analyst Tracy Austin greatly admires American Jessica Pegula—her work ethic most of all. Pegula’s put in a lot of effort to become a Top 10 player. But to this point, she’s also hit a wall at the majors, going 0-5 in Grand

"I got to my career-high ranking at about No. 120 in the world. Not a lot changed… I just didn’t feel, I say this line all the time, but I didn’t feel—even at that point where I was at my best—that tennis was conducive to happiness." Noah Rubin appears on

"I got to my career-high ranking at about No. 120 in the world. Not a lot changed… I just didn’t feel, I say this line all the time, but I didn’t feel—even at that point where I was at my best—that tennis was conducive to happiness." Noah Rubin appears on

NEW YORK (AP) The `tweener lob Rafael Nadal somehow conjured up to get to match point was so spectacular, he was asked whether he'd ever before hit a shot quite like that. ''Well, actually, yes,'' Nadal said, nodding and laughing. ''Not many times, but I remember one.'' This one certainly

Donna Vekic's reaction to losing the final point to Johanna Konta was all of us. The Croatian battled for just over three hours, only to fall, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 10-8. By the time she made it to the net of Centre Court to shake hands with Konta, she was in

Steve, I read your article about how the ATP results don’t change much over the last few years. I’ve been wondering for a long time if giving out bonus points for beating high ranked players would help? I know they used to have them, but I’m too young to remember