NEW YORK (AP) -- Two-time champion Venus Williams is back in the third round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2010, a year before she announced she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. The 19th-seeded Williams, at 34 the oldest woman left in the draw, did

Juan Martin del Potro's physical condition is a slight concern going into his big French Open encounter on Saturday. The former Grand Slam champion is scheduled to meet No. 1 Andy Murray in a highly-anticipated third-round meeting, but he picked up a groin injury in the second round. The pair

Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka both won their second-round matches on Wednesday to set up a mouthwatering third-round encounter between former No. 1s at Wimbledon. Azarenka was the first of the two to win through, losing the first two games of her match against Ajla Tomljanovic before winning 12 games

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Sorana Cirstea rallied to defeat home favorite Andrea Petkovic 2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Nuremberg Cup on Tuesday. Petkovic was 2-0 up in the second set, but the sixth-seeded Romanian fought back and won the last four points in the

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) Former runner-up Albert Montanes advanced to the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II on Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over qualifier Franko Skugor on Monday. The 35-year-old Spaniard reached the final of the clay-court tournament back in 2007. Argentina's Facundo Bagnis also advanced with

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Maria Sharapova defeated Venus Williams 6-1, 6-3 in a lopsided match-up between Grand Slam champions on Friday night to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open. Sharapova and Williams have 11 majors combined -- four for the Russian, and seven for Williams. The 32-year-old Williams broke

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Early-round losers at the Australian Open will receive a significant pay raise as part of what tournament organizers say is the biggest purse in tennis history. Responding to player demands for a bigger slice of the prize money, Tennis Australia moved to avert a potential boycott of

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) Seeded players Karin Knapp and Ajla Tomljanovic lost in the first round of the Nottingham Open on Monday as top-level women's tennis returned to the central England grass-court venue for the first time in 42 years. The fourth-seeded Knapp lost 6-4, 6-2 to Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium,

NEW YORK (AP) -- Svetlana Kuznetsova lost her first-round match at the U.S. Open for the first time since 2005, the year she was the tournament's defending champion. Kuznetsova, seeded 20th this time, was beaten 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday by 82nd-ranked Marina Erakovic of New Zealand. ''It's disappointing,

KATOWICE, Poland (AP) Unseeded Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland upset sixth-seeded Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-0 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Katowice Open. In another first-round match, ninth-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium eliminated Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-1, 6-4. Next, Voegele will face Magda Linette

SAO PAULO (AP) Defending champion Federico Delbonis lost to lucky loser Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Brazil Open on Tuesday. Bagnis, ranked 117th in the world, broke service once in the first set and once in the third to win the match between Argentines

PRAGUE (AP) -- Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was eliminated in the first round of the Prague on Monday on a day of upsets. The fourth-seeded Kuznetsova was lost 6-4, 6-3 to Shuai Zhang, the Chinese player's first win over the Russian in five meetings. Another unseeded

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Qualifier Florian Mayer defeated sixth-seeded Viktor Troicki 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the opening round of the Mercedes Cup on Tuesday. Troicki was the runner-up last season, when the tournament was still played on clay. It is now played on grass, as a tuneup for Wimbledon. Troicki went

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka advanced in contrasting styles Saturday to the fourth round at the Australian Open. Williams, the tournament favorite aiming for a third consecutive major title, recovered from a break down in the second set to win six straight games and finish off a

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY Top-ranked Ash Barty and defending champion Naomi Osaka play their second-round matches as they head toward a possible meeting in the fourth round at Melbourne Park. Rafael Nadal, seeking a record 21st Grand Slam singles title, also is in action. Nadal is tied

One of the most dynamic and eloquent arguments for why Davis Cup is not just a tradition, but a treasure, was delivered over the course of the past three days, as representatives of the global game produced the most memorable and compelling first round of World Group play in many

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open tennis tournament (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Two former Grand Slam champions made it to the second round at the French Open. Petra Kvitova beat Anna Bondar 7-6 (0), 6-1 in the first round at Roland Garros and Victoria Azarenka defeated

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Roger Federer extended his streak by reaching the third round for the 17th straight Australian Open, and registered his 299th match win at a major. Federer, playing his 65th consecutive major, advanced 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 over Alexandr Dolgopolov. He lost in the third round in his first

PUNE, India (AP) — Fifth-seeded Robin Haase started the new year with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 victory over Blaz Kavcic in the first round of the Maharashtra Open on Tuesday. Kavcic broke the serve of 42nd-ranked Haase three times, but the Dutchman eventually came through to line up a match

STOCKHOLM (AP) American Jack Sock and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open with hard-fought wins on Tuesday, while Finland's Jarkko Nieminen ended his singles career with a defeat against Nicolas Almagro. Seventh-seeded Sock hit 11 aces to beat Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain