LONDON -- Sloane Stephens is hardly accustomed to leaving a Grand Slam tournament this quickly. The 18th-seeded American's run of reaching the second week at six consecutive majors -- the longest active such streak among women -- ended abruptly Monday at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 7-6 (6) first-round loss to

WATCH: Raducanu saved two set points in the opening set and survived nearly three hours in oppressive heat.

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It used to be that John Isner only seemed unhappy when he was overseas. Get him in the USA, and he was a fish back in water. Now it may not be enough for the U.S. No. 1 to play in his home country. Yesterday, after his loss to fellow

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, while American men had mixed results, with No. 8 Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick knocked out and John Isner winning. Djokovic broke Anderson’s serve once in each

PARIS (AP)—Novak Djokovic extended his perfect season into the French Open, beating Thiemo de Bakker 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 Monday in the first round. The second-seeded Serb improved his 2011 record to 38-0—and stretched his winning streak to 40—on the second day of the tournament at Roland Garros. And he barely

NEW YORK—If I’d have asked you to name a few U.S. players who might pull off surprising wins at the 2012 U.S. Open, would you have singled out Bradley Klahn. . . Mallory Burdette. . . or even Brian Baker, the most likely to succeed among unseeded Americans at this

LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 9:10 p.m. Maria Sharapova lost in the first round at Wimbledon after fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko came from a set and a break down to oust the former champion. Sharapova served for the match at 5-3 in the second set

Eugenie Bouchard tossed her racquet down, sat in her chair, and waited as her coach, Nick Saviano, rushed onto the court to talk to her. When he got there, she buried her face in a towel. “I know, it’s overwhelming,” Saviano said. It certainly wasn’t going as planned. This was

Hard-court and clay-court tournaments share space on the calendar this week before the start of the U.S. Open Series, which leads up to the season's final Grand Slam in Flushing Meadows. While several top players are recovering from grass-court—and wedding—season, many of the rank-and-file are back on court making mid-summertime

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Roger Federer moved within one victory of his 14th Grand Slam title with another dominating victory, ousting Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 Thursday to reach the Australian Open final. Roddick, who undertook a rigorous offseason training regime designed to help him beat Federer and top-ranked Rafael Nadal, was

One year after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia's reintegration into the world of sports threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War. Russia remains excluded from many international sporting events, but that could soon change. Next year's Paris Olympics are fast approaching and

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ The U.S. women's gymnastics team's bid for a third straight Olympic title is off to a rocky start. The four-woman group led by Olympic champion Simone Biles

Coaching confusion confounds Rublev during drama-filled opener NEW YORK—At one point during Andrey Rublev’s drama-filled opening match at the US Open, the No. 9 seed let out a groan of frustration, flopped down at the end of a packed Court 5 and took a seat. Absolutely nothing was going his

The days are flying by here, in a steady torrent of words tapped out my small keyboard. Every night the press room empties little by little until all that’s left are the American and Canadian reporters. Their deadlines are much later in the U.S. because of the time difference. You

• 103647558 By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director Hey, everyone. As I post this, the Typepad servers are still acting up. We've been told the problems should be resolved shortly, so I hope you'll stick around; what's a Deuce Club without Comments, right? Today's DC is packed with both a

NEW YORK -- Right from the start, Roger Federer looked very little like, well, the Roger Federer who routinely reached the final weekend at Grand Slam tournaments. In the opening game of his fourth-round match at the U.S. Open, the owner of 17 major titles got passed at the net

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 10:50 p.m. Serena Williams has opened an online shop for her fashion line. She announced the venture with a series of tweets that described the path she took from the original idea more than a decade ago to

For a player so blissfully in his element on this surface, there has been a certain joylessness about Rafael Nadal during his clay campaign this year. Not from lack of success - as in the previous three years, he has dominated the European spring circuit, defending his titles in Monte

PARIS—Today, in place of the customary Grounds Pass, I'm posting the article that I was in the process of writing when John Isner began to do his epic thing again yesterday, and all of us were called to the press box in Chatrier to bear witness. (See my Racquet Reaction