Reaching the second week of a Grand Slam is a tremendous accomplishment—no matter what path you take to get there. Donald Young and Ryan Harrison have reached the doubles semifinals at Roland Garros—albeit with different partners. After first-round losses in singles, Young and Harrison have made a deep run in

There's no denying that early March is all about Indian Wells, an event Serena Williams would love to win. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has yet to win a tournament since returning to the game from childbirth last year at Indian Wells. She came close in 2018, reaching finals at

PARIS (AP)—Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova hit winners all over the place and was rewarded for her high-risk tennis, reaching the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time on Sunday. The 19-year-old Russian defeated third-seeded Vera Zvonareva 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 on center court at Roland Garros and will next

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Justine Henin's new, philosophical outlook on life and tennis comes with a few fringe benefits. She's dining out more, for one thing. The relentless intensity that characterized the diminutive Belgian as she won seven Grand Slam singles titles before retiring 20 months ago has given way to a

SYDNEY (AP)—Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Max Purcell has accepted an 18-month ban after breaching anti-doping rules, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Tuesday. The Australian player admitted to a breach of rules relating to the use of a "prohibited method" after unknowingly receiving an intravenous infusion of vitamins

PARIS (AP) Novak Djokovic has won 27 matches in a row at Grand Slam tournaments. If he can make that 28 by beating Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final, Djokovic will earn a fourth consecutive major title, something no man has accomplished since 1969. Tough to imagine someone so

Before there was Martina Hingis, tennis had another teenaged, horseback-riding Grand Slam champion who left the game too soon. Her name was Maureen Connolly, and she dominated women’s tennis for three years, until a 1954 riding accident ended her career at age 19. By then Connolly had become the second

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TenniStory: Martina Navratilova, who believes the best-of-five-set format is the reason for the ATP Next Gen's struggles at the Slams

LONDON (AP) One match after a stunning victory over two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, there was no letdown for Sam Querrey. And Querrey was all too aware people might have wondered whether he could follow that up with another strong performance. ''If I didn't win, there would have

Iga Swiatek hasn't found it tough becoming a Grand Slam champion on the court, but she's still adjusting to the attention that comes with it outside the lines. The teenager captured Roland Garros to become the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam singles title, with her victory

LONDON (AP)—Roger Federer has set himself a target of reaching at least 20 Grand Slam titles before he retires. The 29-year-old Swiss took his tally to 16 with a victory at the Australian Open earlier this year, but he failed to get beyond the quarterfinals at either the French Open

It was quite a run for Naomi Osaka in Melbourne. The Japanese player, ranked No. 127 heading into the Australian Open, made her presence felt in her Grand Slam main-draw debut. The qualifier beat Donna Vekic in straight sets in the first round and No. 18 seed Elina Svitolina, 6-4,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Not every tennis player quotes from Goethe on Twitter, keeps a journal and visits art exhibitions during tournaments. Milos Raonic, though, has taken a slightly different path in life. He grew up playing tennis in snowy Canada, not sunny Florida. And his parents, immigrants from Montenegro,

NEW YORK(AP) Rafael Nadal has made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis, beating Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the U.S. Open. Wednesday's action was Nadal's first match at a major tournament since he was upset in the fourth round of the French Open on

For 18 years, David Ferrer has graced the tour with his fiery personality and presence. However, this US Open may be his last Grand Slam, as the Spaniard has said he is retiring after either Madrid or Barcelona in 2019.

Roger Federer vaulted to No. 2 in the rankings after a comeback season saw him win seven titles, including two Grand Slam crowns. The 36-year-old outlasted rival Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final and then dominated the field at Wimbledon for his record 19th career major. Will he find

The prospect of establishing a hint of pecking order in women's tennis during the Rogers Cup in Toronto has plunged as quickly as the temperatures this week. Form, not fame, has ruled, with the world No. 1 and all but one of the seven Grand Slam champions in the field

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Goran Ivanisevic won one Wimbledon title in his colorful tennis career, but the big-serving Croatian believes he might have won even more if he'd had an ex-player as his coach, like many of the top competitors do today. ''Bad luck I did not have someone like me

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—After reaching her first Grand Slam final, the big question for Bethanie Mattek-Sands is what to wear for the occasion? The 26-year-old American, known for her sometimes outlandish fashion sense, and Romanian partner Horia Tecau advanced to the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open on Friday with