On Tuesday night in Melbourne, Serena Williams powered her way past Simona Halep, 6-3, 6-3, to defeat the world No. 2 for the 10th time in 12 meetings. For a place in Saturday's Australian Open final, Serena meets the day's first winner, third-ranked Naomi Osaka. Our live blog below details

MADRID (AP) — Iga Swiatek's struggles continue. Again unable to move well on the court, the five-time Grand Slam champion extended her streak of not reaching a final after a demoralizing 6-1, 6-1 loss to Coco Gauff in the semifinals of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Swiatek hasn't gotten past

MELBOURNE—Jenson Brooksby is once again a professional tennis player. After a two-year absence, the 24-year-old American returned to tour competition at the Australian Open, the venue of his last match played back in 2023. In that tournament, he stunned 3rd-seeded Casper Ruud in the second round. Today there would be

Simona Halep admits she's lacking match toughness going into the Australian Open, but says she isn't putting too much pressure on herself. The world No. 1 finished 2018 sidelined by a back injury, and she currently has no coach following Darren Cahill's decision to take a break from the tour.

During Laver Cup media day, first-time participant Ben Shelton exuded confidence about taking a leadoff role for Team World in Vancouver. “Excited to be kicking things off tomorrow. Looking forward for the chance to set the tone for the team,” he said Thursday. A day later, Shelton—making his first appearance

Dayana Yastremska charmed the Rod Laver Arena crowd as she continues to cast a spell on the 2024 Australian Open, riding a wave of momentum that began in qualifying and has landed her in a maiden major quarterfinal, shocking Victoria Azarenka, 7-6 (6), 6-4. “My heart, I feel like it’s

MELBOURNE, Australia -- As three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic held the Australian Open trophy in a photo shoot before Friday's draw, he joked that having his fingerprints on it may in some way help him win the title for a fourth consecutive year. The draw certainly didn't dent Djokovic's chances,

Rafael Nadal will play for his first title in more than two years in Bastad, Sweden on Sunday after he rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Croatian qualifier Duje Ajdukovic in Saturday's semifinals of the ATP 250 Nordea Open. Nadal trailed by a set and a break against

MADRID(AP) A victory over Rafael Nadal in a clay-court final has Roger Federer feeling good about his chances heading into the French Open. It's not the first time. Federer broke a sluggish Nadal once in each set for a 6-4, 6-4 win Sunday that earned him a second Madrid Open

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Sixth-seeded John Isner overcame a slow start Tuesday to win his rematch against Radu Albot in the first round of the Delray Beach Open, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Isner lost to Albot last week in the first round of the New York Open, and had been

“Sometimes it feels like a little bit of Russian roulette (smiling). Sometimes you're a spectator on your own court.” That was the description Belinda Bencic gave to press Monday evening about facing Jelena Ostapenko. The No. 16 seed, one of the streakiest players on tour and toughest to sustain a

Elena Rybakina defeated Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of Indian Wells on Friday, 6-2, 6-2, to set up an Australian Open final rematch against Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday at the WTA 1000 event. Having beaten her in the fourth round of this year’s Australian Open, 6-4, 6-4, Rybakina is just

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An hour after his win, Andy Murray still hadn't been able to get any video to see how he twisted his ankle and tumbled to the ground. There's a good chance the most-viewed clip by that stage at the Australian Open was of the between-the-legs shot

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal acknowledged during the French Open that he's never been all that good with numbers. "Math," he said, smiling as he turned his right thumb upside-down, "was the only subject that I failed in the last year that I had the chance to go to school."

PREVIEW: Mark Knowles and Jimmy Arias take a look at the Top 16 seeds slated to compete in the women's and men's singles draws at the 2023 Australian Open.

After Rafael Nadal had made one of his most astonishing career comebacks from the brink to defeat Daniil Medvedev, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6, in their round-robin clash at the ATP Finals in London, the Spaniard was typically candid and self-effacing in his post-match interview. Realizing he had escaped from the

Novak Djokovic said he may have damaged his chances in the 2013 Wimbledon final by playing too erratically in the beginning of the first set of his 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 loss to Andy Murray. The world No. 1 added that Murray also out-served him and that he wasn't advantageous enough

NEW YORK—CiCi Bellis bellowed. The 16-year-old from Atherton, California had just watched gleefully as Kimiko Date-Krumm’s final backhand sailed long, giving her a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the first round of the U.S. Open qualifying tournament. She turned toward the baseline corner seats, shook her fists at her coach,

Jannik Sinner vs. Alexander Zverev in the 2025 Australian Open final is a rare meeting between the Top 2 seeds at a Grand Slam event, but it’s also something of a surprise. While most people picked Sinner to make the final, fewer believed that Zverev would survive in a half

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 11:45 p.m. Emma Raducanu has set up an all-teenager U.S. Open women's final. The 18-year-old from Britain beat No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-4, becoming the first player to come through qualifying to reach