1 The United States lost for the fourth time in 161 ties after leading 2-0, falling to Croatia, 3-2 in Portland, Ore. On Sunday, Marin Cilic took out John Isner, 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-4, and then Borna Coric beat Jack Sock, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Croatia will host France, a

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A rematch is in sight for Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie in the Rio Open final. Both advanced to the semifinals of the clay-court tournament on Friday and could repeat last weekend's Argentina Open decider, which the Spaniard won. Defending Rio Open champion Alcaraz beat

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) -- Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic upset top-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4 on Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the Nuremberg Cup on Thursday. Kerber squandered a 4-0 lead in losing the first set. Pliskova held her serve twice in the second,

PARIS -- Former French Open champion Li Na started fast at Roland Garros to beat a nemesis. The 2011 titlist raced to a 4-love lead after 20 minutes and defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-4 in the first round Monday. Seeded No. 6, Li came into the match 0-3 on

PARIS(AP) Maria Sharapova rallied again at the French Open on Sunday, moving into the fourth round by beating Li Na of China 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. Sharapova is making her return to Grand Slam tennis after almost a year off with a right shoulder injury. She lost the first set of

Emiliana Arango scored the first WTA win of her career on Wednesday in Bogota. The young Colombian took out No. 4 seed Veronica Cepede Royg, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. Arango is just 17 and ranked No. 510. She's no stranger to success though, having reached as high as No. 8 on

American Mardy Fish advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 6-0, 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic. Fish is seeded 19th and is one of only seven Americans ranked in the top 100. He joins Taylor Dent and ninth-seeded Andy

Nole Patrol is TENNIS.com's Wimbledon blog that will provide on-site news, insight and commentary on Novak Djokovic as he aims for a fifth consecutive Grand Slam singles title. LONDON—James Ward had the honorable and difficult task of being one of the two men to begin play on Wimbledon’s Centre Court—the

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) -- Maria Sharapova defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 7-5 Sunday as Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Fed Cup with a 4-0 victory in the World Group first round tie against Poland. ''It is never easy to play after a long journey, new surface and very little

JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Kevin Anderson of South Africa will aim for his first ATP title at the SA Tennis Open after defeating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinal on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Anderson will play unseeded Somdev Devvarman of India in the final on Sunday. The Johannesburg-born

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Jelena Jankovic has reached the second round at Wimbledon by beating Julia Goerges 6-4, 7-6 (0). The former No. 1 was pushed by Goerges in the second set Tuesday but cruised in the tiebreaker after a number of unforced errors from the German. Goerges missed an overhead smash

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP)—Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki rallied from a set down to reach the Danish Open quarterfinals with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic on Thursday. Wozniacki was broken five times in the first set, where only one of the games went with serve. But

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Australia won its Davis Cup qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-0 to secure a spot in this year's 18-team final in Madrid. The Australian doubles pair of John Peers and Jordan Thompson defeated Mirza Basic and Tomislav Brkic 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday on hard courts at

Novak Djokovic stops Rafael Nadal’s 37-match winning streak on clay by beating the Spaniard 7-5, 6-4 to win the title in Madrid. The Serb is 32-0 this year, including big titles at the Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami and now Madrid. He has beaten No. 1 Nadal in three of

The second round at Roland Garros got underway on Wednesday in Paris, and Rafael Nadal, the men’s presumptive favorite, looked every bit the part. The nine-time champion improved to a perfect 6-0 in sets this week with a commanding 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 win over Robin Haase in a match that

BEIJING (AP) — Unseeded Aleksandra Krunic made a remarkable comeback to oust sixth-seeded Elina Svitolina in the first round of the China Open on Saturday. Krunic dropped the first nine games of the match and was down 4-1 in the second set before prevailing 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4). In another

PERTH, Australia (AP)—France qualified for the Hopman Cup final when Richard Gasquet finished off a 6-2, 6-4 win over Fernando Verdasco on his fifth match point Thursday to secure a 2-0 victory over Spain. Marion Bartoli gave the French a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-three match when she beat Anabel

LONDON(AP) Defending champion Russia will face Italy on outdoor clay in the Fed Cup semifinals. The International Tennis Federation said Monday the best-of-five series will be played in Castellaneta Marina on April 25-26. Russia has won four of the last five Fed Cup titles and is 4-0 against Italy. But

UPDATE: Stefanos Tsitsipas has defeated Alexander Zverev, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, to reach his first Grand Slam final. The 22-year-old Greek was 0-3 in major semifinals before today. We will have more on this match to come.

TOKYO (AP) — Garbine Muguruza began her reign as No. 1 with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Monica Puig on Wednesday, earning a spot in the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open. Playing in her first tournament since earning the WTA's top ranking, the Wimbledon champion broke Puig to go