Steve Tignor previews the men's semifinals at Wimbledon. Most, but not all, signs point to an Isner win in this battle of the geriatric—i.e., over 30—giants. Isner leads their head to head 8-3, and he has won their last five meetings; the last time Anderson turned the tables against his

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Six-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-4 Saturday to ease into the Barcelona Open final, where he will face fellow Spaniard David Ferrer for a fourth time. Nadal dominated from the start, winning 21 of 27 points to break Verdasco's first three service games and set

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Top-seeded Roger Federer eased past United States teenager Frances Tiafoe 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday. Federer never faced a break point in the 61-minute match and won every point when his first service landed safely. A seven-time champion at

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams says she doesn't remember much about the first time she played Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open. It was 11 years ago, after all, way back in 2005. But she does remember the outcome. ''I was down a match point. I remember hitting it as

NEW YORK—“Do something different, Donald!” This was the advice that a woman deep in the stands on Court 17 kept giving to Donald Young today. Virtually every time he lost a point, he received the mysterious instruction. People around me chuckled, but I couldn’t decide: Were her words completely idiotic,

We’ve seen the 250s and the 500s; now it’s time for the men try their luck at the European indoor circuit’s big 1000-point event in Paris. The 2013 season is winding down, but it hasn’t quite unwound yet. Neither the No. 1 ranking, nor all of the spots at the

This 17-point roundup is about the players who put it all on and inside the lines at the rowdiest major event of the season. The hits started early, and they certainly kept coming. Check out No. 2 here. Sloane Stephens was having a hard time. Seven weeks ago, she had

Kevin Anderson won the biggest match of his career in Wednesday's Wimbledon quarterfinals when he came from two sets and match point down to stun eight-time champion Roger Federer. It's debatable whether his next win, in the next round, surpasses that shocker in proverbial "bigness." But that next win was

LONDON (AP) Steve Johnson of the United States beat fourth-seeded Richard Gasquet 7-6 (2), 6-2 on a rain-hit opening day of the Wimbledon warmup tournament at Queen's Club on Monday. In a match that was delayed and then interrupted several times by rain, Gasquet held a set point but failed

At long last, live tennis is back thanks to the Tennis Point Exhibition Series. For the first time since the middle of March, when the coronavirus stopped a slew of subsequent tournaments in their tracks, players will compete, "game, set, match" will be called and, just as important, you can

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Andy Roddick advanced to the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time this year when he beat Bjorn Phau 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-3 Thursday at Wimbledon. Roddick hit 13 aces, lost serve once and won 25 points at the net. The three-time Wimbledon runner-up

NEW YORK—A swarm of fans hanging over the rails at the top of the Grandstand were screaming Donald Young’s name with the exuberance of rowdy revelers in Times Square, anxiously awaiting the ball to drop on New Year’s Eve. Pausing at one point to survey his surroundings from beneath the

MELBOURNE—Most of the time, it's easy to tell if someone has just won or lost a point. Even if you didn’t see what happened, there’s a subtle sign in the player's face or stride that tells you whether they’re pleased or annoyed by the result. So last week, when I

Stefanos Tsitsipas took to Twitter over the weekend to discuss an on-going hot topic: coaching during matches. The Greek player believes "it's about time the sport takes a big step forward," and allows coaching on every single point during ATP Tour matches. Tsitsipas strongly believes that on-court coaching should be

Ivanovic, who struggled with her serve during an extended two-year slump, finished Sunday's contest with an ace on match point. "There will be some ups and downs until I get to that level where I feel comfortable playing against top players all the time, but I feel very confident about

On Monday, ahead of the Match for Africa 3 in Zurich, Roger Federer and Andy Murray spent some time promoting the exhibition match... on a floating court in the middle of the Limmat River. The pair played out some points while bobbing lazily on the relatively smooth waters.

Gael Monfils says that while he is favor of the ATP’s 25-second 'time-between-points' rule, he is not completely in favor of its strict enforcement. The ATP, with the support of the Players’ Council, has decided to strictly enforce the rule this year, which has led to complaints by some players.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia(AP) Robin Soderling cruised past Brendan Evans of the United States 6-1, 6-1 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open. Soderling never lost a point on his booming first serve and broke the American five times to wrap up the win in less than an hour.

TIANJIN, China (AP) Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Danka Kovinic 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour to win the Tianjin Open title on Sunday and clinch a spot in the WTA Finals in Singapore. The second-seeded Radwanska broke Kovinic five times and saved all five break points she faced. The Polish

FRISCO, Texas—Casper Ruud needed a little more time to warm down on the bike Saturday after walking away with a dramatic semifinal win at the Dallas Open. The No. 2 seed was two points away from becoming the third seeded player to be tripped up by Jaume Munar this week,