PARIS(AP) Top-ranked Roger Federer has lost to Julien Benneteau of France in the second round of the Paris Masters. Federer lost 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. The 15-time Grand Slam champion has never been further than the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters. Benneteau aced his first match point and fell to

NEW YORK—“I feel like if I convert a few more points, a few less errors, then this kind of match is mine.” That was Venus Williams’ subdued assessment of her agonizingly close 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) loss to Karolina Pliskova at the U.S. Open on Monday. Venus’ visor was pulled

Last week in New York the sun came out and the temperature finally, fleetingly, rose above 60 degrees. Walking down Manhattan’s avenues and luxuriating in this welcome burst of warmth, I had the same reaction I always have when spring begins to approach in early March. As I breathed in

UPDATE: On Thursday, Cornet lost to Zhang Shuai, 6-4, 7-6 (3), in the second round.

PARIS (AP) The Latest from the French Open: 9:55 p.m. Nine more seeded players have been sent packing on Day 5 at the French Open. Five of them were in the men's draw - No. 16 John Isner, No. 18 Tommy Robredo, No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 27 Bernard Tomic

PARIS—There are first-rounders that feel like a final, and there was Rafael Nadal vs. Alexander Zverev. Perhaps it made sense that the player who lost the first point—Nadal—also lost the final one. In between Nadal’s drop-shot miss and his forehand error three hours and five minutes later, there was excellent

NEW YORK—“Let’s go, Frances!” a woman in the 10th row cries. She doesn’t say it loudly enough for her player of choice, 18-year-old Frances Tiafoe, to hear her, but it’s the thought that counts, right? “He’s improved so much,” she gushes, mostly to herself. As she speaks, she also whips

SHANGHAI (AP) -- Fabio Fognini of Italy bumped into the Chinese wild card who beat him and gave an obscene gesture to the crowd at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. Fognini, a 10-year professional ranked 17th in the world, was upset by the 553rd-ranked Wang Chuhan, who was making his

Murray has won 21 straight matches, but this will be the toughest test he has faced since that streak began. While his record against Wawrinka is 9-7, Stan has won three of their last four meetings. Even when Murray turned the tables in the French Open semifinals this spring, he

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Reigning NCAA champion Steve Johnson lost his first-round match at the SAP Open on Tuesday to Steve Darcis of Belgium, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), and is still seeking his first tour win. Johnson, who also lost his three previous ATP Tour matches, battled hard against the more

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Stanislas Wawrinka lost in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday, damaging his chances of playing in his first ATP World Tour Finals. Second-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic also lost, falling 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) to big-serving Ivo Karlovic of Croatia. Karlovic had

Ivo Karlovic defeated Marin Cilic in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (2), scoring his first win over the U.S. Open champion in three matches. Karlovic is nearly 10 years older than the 26-year-old Cilic and has never reached a Grand Slam semifinal. He reached the

Rafael Nadal will go into the French Open ranked No. 7, but the nine-time champion still has a high standing among his fellow players. Nadal will not receive a higher seeding at the tournament, officials have said, deciding to stick to their usual method of following the ATP rankings. There

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone lost to Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Korea Open. The eighth-ranked Italian lost to Dushevina for the third time in four meetings. Second-seeded Marion Bartoli advanced at the Olympic Park by beating Nuria Llagostera-Vives

She had lost her only previous meeting against Serena Williams in last year's US Open quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-0 in just 44 minutes, winning only 15 points in a desultory performance where she was in awe of her iconic adversary. She surely approached her third-round rematch with Serena at the Australian

SEOUL, South Korea (AP)—Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone lost to Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Korea Open. The eighth-ranked Italian lost to Dushevina for the third time in four meetings. Second-seeded Marion Bartoli advanced at the Olympic Park by beating Nuria Llagostera-Vives of

LUXEMBOURG (AP)—Rebecca Marino rallied past second-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Luxembourg Open on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Marino of Canada had lost in the first round in seven of her last eight tournaments. Eighth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova also lost, falling 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-1

NEW YORK (AP) -- Maria Sharapova's serve and her groundstrokes were abandoning her. What she had was her conditioning. The five-time major champion rallied from a set down to beat 95th-ranked Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Sharapova overcame nine double-faults

LONDON (AP)—Former champion Lleyton Hewitt has lost to German qualifier Dustin Brown in the second round of Wimbledon. Hewitt, who upset 11th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round, was overwhelmed by Brown's aggressive strokes and lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2. The 189th-ranked Brown achieved his best Grand Slam performance