VIENNA (AP) — No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev paid for not closing out Lorenzo Musetti and lost their Erste Bank Open quarterfinal on Friday. Zverev won the first set and had momentum in the second, where he led 3-0 in a tiebreaker. But the top seed lost it from there, 2-6,

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.— Sloane Stephens is the defending champion at the Miami Open, but she got lost on her way to the new venue. As the dateline indicates, the tournament has moved from Crandon Park in Key Biscayne to the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. "This is how much

After admitting that his five-set record (4-10) is atrocious, John Isner tries to explain where his confidence has gone. Isner lost in five sets to Thomaz Bellucci in the fourth rubber of the United States’ 3-2 victory over Brazil in Davis Cup. Isner has now lost six five-setters in row,

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Wimbledon champion Andy Murray lost his comeback match from a three-month injury layoff in the opening round of the Mubadala Championship on Thursday. Murray lost 7-5, 6-3 to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 72 minutes. Tsonga will meet Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the exhibition

Greetings, Tribe. I've got to make this one pretty quick, because I need to bolt before 3 PM to make the run up to the farm in game-rich Andes. This is a bit of a bummer. My wife Lisa and I had planned to go to a holiday party given

Jarkko Nieminen, who lost to Nicolas Almagro in the first round of the Stockholm Open, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, will retire this week. The 34-year-old Finn, who is also playing doubles this week, says he is very pleased about his career as a whole and was thrilled that the Swedish

Top-20 player Belinda Bencic says on Twitter that she is pulling out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, another blow to a Swiss tennis team that lost Roger Federer this week, too. Bencic, who is No. 16 in the WTA rankings, says Wednesday that she is "not completely ready" to

Jack Sock may have lost the war on Friday in Shanghai, but he won a really cool battle. The 24-year-old was facing Gilles Simon in his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal. The tweener lob he pulled off in the first set (the set he won, of course) is one for

Juan Monaco has ended his 2013 season, as his injured right wrist has not recovered properly, the Argentine press is reporting. The world No. 35 has lost his last three matches.

The Shanghai Masters 1000 event has begun, launching what might be called the final quarter of the Masters year. After Shanghai, we have the Paris Indoors (another Masters 1000 event) and then the ATP World Tour Finals. The Masters Series concept has been shown to have great legs, an attribute

Everyone knows the Hopman Cup can be a lot of fun, and now Roger Federer has brought, or banged, that point home by playing the digital bongos on the "Bongo Cam." Earlier on Wednesday, he lost a tight battle to teenager Alexander Zverev, 7-6 (1) 6-7 (4) 7-6 (4), before

Trivia: Ashleigh Barty’s the only woman to reach the quarters of both majors so far this year. Who are the three men to do it? Check back tomorrow for the answer. The last spots in the semifinals are up for grabs That’s two men’s quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic-Alexander Zverev and Dominic

WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jack Sock called the surface at the Citi Open "probably the worst court on tour" after losing to Kevin Anderson in the semifinals on Saturday. The eighth-seeded Sock lost to Anderson, the No. 15 seed from South Africa, 6-3, 6-4. Despite winning his first three matches

The upsets kept coming at Wimbledon on Tuesday as two-time champion Petra Kvitova, a popular pre-tournament champion pick, lost to 50th-ranked Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. Not only does Kvitova have tremendous history at Wimbledon, lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish in 2011 and 2014, but she also came into

Nick Kyrgios is one of the most exciting young players to break out of the ATP pack in a long time. Nick Kyrgios is also the first exciting new player to call a timeout and withdraw from tour play just when his momentum has him poised to break through to

BASTAD, Sweden (AP) — Caroline Wozniacki struggled with injury Sunday as she lost the Swedish Open final to Katerina Siniakova. The 56th-ranked Siniakova, who had injury problems of her own, took advantage of Wozniacki's inconsistent serving to win 6-3, 6-4 for her second career title. "I couldn't imagine a better

Alexander Zverev entered 2019 having won the season-ending championships in London. He'll enter the French Open in Paris having won just six matches over his last eight tournaments. The soon-to-be former No. 5, whose ranking was as high as No. 3 in January, lost to Matteo Berrettini on Tuesday at

PARIS—Lucie Safarova, who lost to Serena Williams in the French Open final, believes the American could win all four Grand Slam titles this season. The world No. 1 has won three consecutive majors; her last loss at a Slam came in the third round of 2014 Wimbledon to Alize Cornet.

Andrea Petkovic, who lost to Carla Suarez Navarro in the Miami semifinals, says she’s happy to see the Spaniard and her unusual game inside the WTA Top 10. Suarez Navarro will be ranked there on Monday despite her loss to Serena Williams in the final. Petkovic praised Suarez Navarro’s performances

Agnieszka Radwanska rips Victoria Azarenka for allegedly exaggerating injuries during the world No. 1’s semifinal victory over her in Doha last week. The 22-year-old Pole said she was "angry" with Azarenka, who has beaten her three times this year. Interestingly, the two have socialized and both are good friends with