The Break: Latest headlines and Australian Open preview

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO SATURDAY Andy Murray will try to overcome whatever lingering exhaustion he might have after two five-set matches and more than 10 hours of action at the Australian Open when he plays Roberto Bautista Agut for a place in the fourth round. Murray played the

WATCH: Eubanks returned to the TC Live Desk for the first time since making a career breakthrough at the Miami Open.

WATCH: Zhang made history with his quarterfinal run at the Mutua Madrid Open.

NEW YORK—Elina Svitolina started her US Open campaign on Tuesday with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 victory over Anna-Lena Friedsam, and then quickly settled into her post-match routine. There’s the cooldown, stretches and treatment in order to get ready to do it all over again in two days. Before then, of

PARIS (AP) — Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Masters on Thursday in a rare scheduling protest with the fatigued Italian criticizing organizers for failing to give him enough time to rest following an early-morning finish in his previous game. "I am sorry to announce that I am withdrawing

By winning his record-extending 40th Masters 1000 title in Paris, Novak Djokovic has increased his lead over Carlos Alcaraz in the race for year-end No. 1 to 1,490 points—9,945 to 8,455—putting him on the verge of finishing No. 1 for a record-extending eighth time. The only way Alcaraz can become

Amid one of the most chaotic Australian Open women’s tournaments in recent memory, 19-year-old Linda Noskova only added to the drama as she stunned world No. 1 Iga Swiatek 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday. With only 12 seeded players even making it into the third round—equalling the lowest ever across

Tennis' most talented skier has a friend in skiing's biggest tennis fan. Former Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn heaped praise on Jannik Sinner this week, telling the ATP website that the Australian Open champion reminds of her another one of her superstar friends in the sport: Roger Federer. “I always thought

The battle for the ATP No. 2 ranking is something tennis fans have been keeping an eye on throughout the Indian Wells fortnight, and now it’ll all come down to just one match. The winner of the blockbuster semifinal clash between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner on Saturday will leave

MADRID (AP) — Andrey Rublev beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Madrid Open final where he will meet Felix Auger-Aliassime. Auger-Aliassime advanced after Jiri Lehecka had to retire at 3-3 in the first set of their semifinal and joined the list of players injured at the

Alexander Zverev kept his indoor winning streak alive in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Saturday, stunning Rafael Nadal in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, to win his 12th match in a row. After the abbreviated clay-court season wrapped up at Roland Garros, Zverev went 8-0 to win back-to-back titles

It's finally upon us: the inaugural, season-starting ATP Cup—a World Cup-style team event contested among top men's player's from 24 nations. With six groups, three host cities and an unconventional format, it can all be a lot to take in. So here are some key elements to take note of

It takes a certain spirit to achieve the impossible. Vladimir Voltchkov was the last qualifier to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in men’s tennis famously inspired by repeated Wimbledon viewings of the 2000 film Gladiator. Two decades later, Aslan Karatsev—whose name literally means “lion”—has repeated the herculean feat at the

This final will have ramifications in two long-running ATP races, one involving the Big 3, and the other involving the Next Gen. The first one, of course, is the race currently being run between Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to see who will wind up with the most

WATCH—ATP Race to London update:

It’s a must-win scenario for Rafael Nadal at the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday afternoon: the Spaniard needs to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has already qualified for the semifinals, just to have a chance at joining the Greek in the final four of the season-ending tournament. If he loses, he’s

U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish previewed the 2021 US Open through two lenses while doing press for Breaking Point, the forthcoming Netflix documentary about his battle with an anxiety disorder. “Look, on one hand, we were looking ahead after Wimbledon and thinking, ‘Man, how epic is the US Open

Linz and Luxembourg are never going to be confused with Wimbledon and the US Open. But the way Coco Gauff is playing right now, we may come to remember all four of these tournaments, rather than just the two majors, when we recall the season Gauff arrived on the world

On Monday, Dominik Koepfer picked up his first career Australian Open win over lucky loser Hugo Dellien, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. He'll be put to a bigger test next when he faces Dominic Thiem on Wednesday. Before he takes the court against the No. 3 seed, let's get to know Koepfer