ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP)—Juan Martin del Potro had 12 aces in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win over Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, reaching his first quarterfinals of the year at the ABN AMRO tournament on Thursday. The second-seeded Argentine will face Jarkko Nieminen, who beat Matthias Bachinger of Germany 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

WASHINGTON (AP)—Setting up the first all-Canadian final on the men's tennis tour, 13th-seeded Vasek Pospisil edged sixth-seeded Richard Gasquet of France 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 Saturday night at the Citi Open, where he'll face Milos Raonic for the title. On a muggy evening, Pospisil was two points from losing while

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) —Australia took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Czech Republic in the first round of the Davis Cup on Friday as Thanasi Kokkinakis and Bernard Tomic won both opening singles matches. Kokkinakis came from two sets down to upset Lukas Rosol 4-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3

The first week of a major is all about upsets. With that in mind, we're counting down the five most stunning Wimbledon results, starting on Wednesday, June 27 and ending on Sunday, July 1. No. 3: Lori McNeil (No. 22) d. Steffi Graf (No. 1) First round, 1994; 7-5, 7-6

LONDON (AP) — Defending champion Matteo Berrettini stayed on course for back-to-back grass-court titles by recovering from a set down to beat lucky loser Denis Kudla and reach the Queen's Club quarterfinals on Thursday. Berrettini won, 3-6, 7-5 (5), 6-4 and will be one of just two seeded players in

Simona Halep emerged with her 20th career title on Saturday by beating Elena Rybakina in the Dubai final. The match came down to the final seconds as the world No. 2 came back to win, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5). Halep fought back from a set down as well as a 1-3

SAO PAULO (AP)—Argentina's David Nalbandian beat Chilean qualifier Jorge Aguilar 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a difficult first-round match at the Brazil Open on Wednesday. Nalbandian had 11 aces and broke serve four times to beat Aguilar in 2 hours, 12 minutes in the indoor clay-court tournament. Argentina's Horacio Zeballos, who

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Donna Vekic became the first seeded player ousted at the ASB Tennis Classic when she lost 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3 to Belgium's Kristen Flipkens on Monday in a rain-interrupted first-round match. After losing a first set which was punctuated by rain delays and a five-minute

ATLANTA (AP)—Top-seeded defending champion John Isner advanced to the Atlanta Open final for the fourth time in the tournament's five-year history, beating practice partner Jack Sock 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday. Isner will face Israel's Dudi Sela in Sunday's final. Sela defeated Benjamin Becker, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the second semifinal.

ROME (AP) Rafael Nadal beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to win his record sixth Italian Open title. Djokovic had 41 unforced errors, including a double-fault on the last point to give Nadal his 49th career title and his 35th on clay. Nadal won the Italian Open for

“Nice match on clay, first match. Jeez! First match here, tough.” Jessica Pegula’s post-match reaction said it all Tuesday night. The world No. 5 lost the first five games of her clash with fellow American Amanda Anisimova, before battling to a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) victory at the Credit One

LONDON (AP)—Former champion Petra Kvitova became the first player to reach the quarterfinals at this year's Wimbledon, beating Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 7-6 (5), 6-3. Kvitova served for the first set at 6-5, but was broken at love and then lost four straight points in the tiebreaker to trail

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — Donna Vekic of Croatia upset Britain's Heather Watson 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in the opening round of the Family Circle Cup on Monday. The 18-year-old Vekic raced out to a 6-3, 4-2 lead before Watson, the 16th seed, took seven of the next eight games to

BRISBANE, Australia -- Former No. 1-ranked Lleyton Hewitt turned back the clock with a gritty 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over second-seeded Kei Nishikori on Saturday to advance to the Brisbane International final and a possible meeting with Roger Federer. Hewitt, 32, handled the heat better than his opponent as the

ZADAR, Croatia (AP) Marin Cilic swatted aside Frenchman Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Sunday to send Croatia into the Davis Cup final for only the second time. The 2014 U.S. Open champion won 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 to give Croatia an unassailable 3-1 lead with one singles rubber left to

Parents of newborn children crave quiet time, but tennis' most famous father turned the solitude of Centre Court into a playpen. Thumping 25 aces off the back wall and gliding around the court smoothly, Roger Federer dismissed Gilles Muller, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3, to cruise into the Wimbledon third round for

PARIS (AP) Roger Federer finally cracked under the unrelenting serve of John Inser, losing 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to the 13th-seeded American in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. The 17-time Grand Slam champion looked like he might grind out a win, saving all six break

BASTAD, Sweden -- Fernando Verdasco and Carlos Berlocq will play for the Swedish Open title Sunday. Spain's Verdasco, seeded eighth in the clay-court tournament, beat fifth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov in one semifinal Saturday. Verdasco came from behind and broke the Bulgarian's serve in the third set to win 7-6 (3), 5-7,

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Caroline Wozniacki will have to wait until at least the French Open to claim an elusive first Grand Slam title after being beaten 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 by Garbine Muguruza in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday. Wozniacki, who came under criticism while finishing No.