Getty Images The two sets Serena Williams played in her Roland Garros opener were the definition of night and day. After a 72-minute opening set, Serena Williams stepped on the gas to deflate Kristie Ahn in the second, needing 29 additional minutes to complete a 7-6 (2), 6-0 victory. With

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic is well aware that his two-track pursuit of men's tennis history at the U.S. Open — the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than a half-century and a https://apnews.com/article/sports-tennis-wimbledon-aefd91176c6393429be7b610bdca8603 — means all eyes will be on him when he is on the court. "I'm

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After a one-year break due to Covid, the Laver Cup is back. This time it’s on home soil for Team World, at the TD Garden in Boston, likely in front of a very rowdy crowd. Boston sports fans are notoriously raucous, and even though the Bruins or Celtics aren't playing,

The US Open is almost here. Except this year won't be the same. Multiple players have opted out of the tournament, including Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer is also out, having undergone a second surgery on his right knee. But that leaves room for players seeking their first major, such as

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 2:20 a.m am American tennis player Frances Tiafoe had a small, late-night crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium going wild on every point in an upset win that pushed the record for the latest finish

In past years, we heard the phrase “limping to the finish” a lot at this late stage of the season. By the time the Paris Masters rolled around, after 10 months of non-stop tennis, the ATP tour could look like a march of the walking wounded. For the most part,

Game-wise, this will be smooth versus funky. Dimitrov patterned his playing style, right down to the service stance, on Roger Federer’s, while Medvedev doesn’t seem to have patterned his on anything that has come before. If the appeal of Dimitrov and Federer is that they make everything look easy, Medvedev’s

Before each day's play at the 2021 Miami Open, we'll preview three matches to look out for. Andreescu is 20—Anisimova is 19. Could this be the first match of a rivalry that blooms in distant future? After being MIA for the entirety of 2020 thanks to an unrelenting left knee

On Sunday, Novak Djokovic found a way to break another record at the Rolex Paris Masters when he came back from a set down to beat Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. The win gives him a record-breaking 37 Masters 1000 titles as he passed Rafael Nadal who holds 36. Although

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Many, but not all, of the ATP’s best will be back in action this weekend for the Western & Southern Open—which will be held in New York instead of Cincinnati this year—as well as the US Open. It’s been more than five months since they were last on court, at

On Sunday, Stefanos Tsitsipas made a winning start to his 2023 Roland Garros campaign, fighting off four set points in the fourth set tie-break to close out Jiri Vesely, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7). It was the 50th Grand Slam win of his career. And the milestones keep coming for

On Wednesday, USTA celebrated its inaugural Pride Day at the US Open. Rainbows were prominent throughout the grounds, from wristbands on ball persons to lights on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Messages popped up on scoreboards reminding spectators of the occasion. Pre-match coin tosses featured same-sex couples, including former Top 100 player