RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway pulled out of the Rio Open clay-court tournament on Thursday with an abdominal injury. Ruud told a news conference that he was still feeling the effects of an injury he picked up during Sunday's final of the Argentina Open, which

Nick Kyrgios says he should be fit for the Australian Open, despite a knee injury that appeared to affect him this week. "It is not terrible, but it is not great," he told reporters at the Hopman Cup, where he played singles but withdrew from the mixed doubles. "I had

ROME (AP) — Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Italian Open with a hip injury. Tournament organizers made the announcement Tuesday, shortly before the 18th-ranked Australian was to face Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. Kyrgios will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, who lost

Paula Badosa has withdrawn from her Adelaide International semifinal with a thigh injury, handing fifth-seeded Daria Kasatkina a walkover into the final. Veronika Kudermetova then followed suit, opting not to play against Belinda Bencic because of a left hip injury. It means Kasatkina will play Bencic in the tournament final

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray has pulled out of next week's Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati because of an ongoing hip injury. The top-ranked Murray has not played since his Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to Sam Querrey on July 12. Murray said in a post on his Facebook page Wednesday

Eugenie Bouchard had to take a trip to urgent care after a freak injury scare during pickleball training, the Canadian recently revealed on social media. The 30-year-old shared a series of Instagram Stories where was seen with a swollen and bruised left eye after being struck by the hard plastic

Kevin Anderson will be sidelined until the clay-court season because of a shoulder injury and ankle surgery. The 29-year-old South African, in an announcement on Facebook, said he had been told to take some time off for his shoulder, and decided to also have ankle surgery during his layoff. "I've

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Novak Djokovic says he has withdrawn from the China Open because of an elbow injury. The defending champion says he is ''extremely disappointed'' to miss the tournament in Beijing, where he has won four consecutive titles and has 29 victories in a row. The 29-year-old Djokovic says

LONDON (AP) — Neither a nagging injury to his left hip nor a brief rain delay seemed to pose any challenge to Andy Murray. The top-seeded Murray opened the defense of his Wimbledon title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on Monday in the opening

BEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams pulled out of the China Open with a left knee injury on Friday, raising doubts about whether she'll be fit enough to defend her title at the WTA Finals in Singapore later this month. Playing in obvious pain at times and with strapping on her

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal pulled out of the Paris Masters on Friday because of a right knee injury, putting in doubt his participation in the ATP finals. The top-ranked Spaniard, who had his knee taped during the third set of his third-round win over Pablo Cuevas, said he wouldn't

Injuries were one of the top stories of the last two weeks of the Mutua Madrid Open, at least as far as the ATP was concerned, from Jannik Sinner’s hip injury and Carlos Alcaraz's arm problem, to mid-match retirements by Daniil Medvedev and Jiri Lehecka—not to mention the continued specter

Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from Indian Wells with the same arm injury that has kept her sidelined since the Australian Open, tournament organizers announced. The former world No. 1 first experienced soreness in Wuhan last season, and withdrew from her first scheduled event of 2016 in Brisbane.

American Sloane Stephens has withdrawn from the U.S. Open because of a right foot injury. The announcement Friday means that Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig becomes the 32nd and final seed, as Stephens had been seeded 24th. Had Puig remained unseeded, she could have met one of the top players

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Miami Open that begins next week because of a left forearm injury. Sharapova announced the decision on Friday. She'll be replaced in the main draw by American Jennifer Brady.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Andy Murray has pulled out of the Miami Open with a right elbow injury. The world's top-ranked player and part-time South Florida resident made the announcement in a tweet on Saturday, saying he will turn his focus to the upcoming clay-court season. Murray lost his

MADRID (AP) — Home-crowd favorite Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the Madrid Open on Thursday because of muscle injuries, saying he didn't want to risk making things worse before the French Open. The third-ranked Spaniard blamed his injuries on the "really tight" schedule that is part of the "demanding sport" of

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PARIS (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has withdrawn from the French Open because of a left knee injury. The former Australian Open runner-up from France says in a video posted on his Twitter account that he has not recovered following surgery. The 37th-ranked Tsonga has not played since losing in the

PARIS (AP) — Frenchman Gael Monfils has pulled out of next week's Paris Masters because of a rib injury. The eighth-ranked Monfils, a U.S. Open semifinalist this year, has already qualified for the season-ending ATP finals in London next month. He is making his first appearance at the finals. Tournament