Each day of the tournament, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches at the French Open. Round 2 of Kvitova’s comeback will take place in the Bullring. There, she’ll face a thoroughly tested Mattek-Sands, who won three qualifying matches last week and came back from a steep first-set deficit in

Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic started his title defense on Monday against world No.57 Philipp Kohlschreiber. The German put Djokovic to the test and forced the 15-time Grand Slam champion to come up with big shots. At 2-1 in the first set, the German was pulled wide by a down-the-line

Frances Tiafoe looked to be smooth sailing through his first-round match at the Australian Open Monday afternoon, until he wasn’t. Once leading Arthur Rinderknech by two sets, the No. 17 seed found himself in a decider after a testing turn of events. Up 5-2 in the fourth set, Tiafoe couldn’t

Sporting bodies in the United Kingdom will soon find out if they meet new government requirements for female board membership. The Daily Telegraph reported that seven of the country’s most popular—and profitable—sports are on track to fail the test. Out of 14 total UK sporting bodies, seven are set to

A year ago, Taylor Fritz was a set away from reaching the Monte Carlo final. On Sunday, he exited in the first round after being dealt a difficult opening test. Lorenzo Musetti defeated the No. 13 seed Fritz, 6-4, 6-4. The Italian capitalized on four of his five break points

Andrey Rublev is one of the few "veterans" in the Milan draw. The 21-year-old was a finalist at last year's inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals. But this time around, his patience is being severely tested. The world No. 68 needed five sets (albeit abbreviated ones) to get past Taylor Fritz

NEW YORK—Coming into his fourth-round match at the US Open, Rafael Nadal had never really been in danger of losing, but he had been tested twice, dropping the first set in his two previous matches. It was a different story on Labor Day, as the match was never in doubt.

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The top two seeds at the Yarra Valley Classic were tested by their respective opponents on Wednesday in Melbourne, but prevailed in deciding sets to reach the quarterfinals. A day after returning for her first singles match in nearly a year, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty found a stiffer challenge

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco both won in straight sets on Friday to set up an all-Spanish final at the Mexican Open. Top seed and defending champion Ferrer was tested but prevailed against Colombian Santiago Giraldo 7-5, 6-4, while Verdasco defeated Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-3, 6-3. Ferrer

Simona Halep says that she was not among the players who talked to Eugenie Bouchard about playing Maria Sharapova. On Monday, Bouchard upset former world No. 1 Sharapova in three long sets. She had previously called the Russian a "cheater" in her return from a 15-month ban for testing positive

NEW YORK -- The Williams sisters overcame a minor scare Wednesday. Next up: A major test. Venus and Serena Williams overcame two service breaks in the second set to advance to the U.S. Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova. The Williams sisters,

MELBOURNE – There had been dozens of tests for Dominic Thiem all evening inside Rod Laver Arena as he tried to win this grueling quarterfinal versus Rafael Nadal. He had led two sets to love and been taken into a fourth. He had served for the match and lost that

The doubles draws are winding down at the French Open: Doubles Take has your daily look at what’s happening. As expected, top seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were tested in their round-of-16 match against Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke. The Australian Open champions escaped with a 7-5 third-set win

Caroline Wozniacki kept herself occupied during changeovers by testing her strings with a tension monitor. If a device for monitoring the stress level of her supporters existed, it might well have resembled an EKG reading as the fourth seed stared down a one-set, 4-5 deficit to Sofia Arvidsson. Managing spiking

Caroline Wozniacki kept herself occupied during changeovers by testing her strings with a tension monitor. If a device for monitoring the stress level of her supporters existed, it might well have resembled an EKG reading as the fourth seed stared down a one-set, 4-5 deficit to Sofia Arvidsson. Managing spiking

Top-ranked Naomi Osaka survived yet another grueling test from the tricky Hsieh Su-wei in a matchup that has proven to be one of the more entertaining rivalries of 2019. Osaka eventually overpowered her much smaller opponent to win a three-set battle, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, in the third round of

Professional tennis will return this week in Palermo. It will also take a leap into the unknown. Little more than half an hour before qualifying was set to begin on Saturday, the WTA announced that an unnamed player had tested positive for the coronavirus. The matches went on, the event

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Tommy Haas set the tone early with his serve, and he kept his game in tune long enough to upset No. 4 Novak Djokovic and reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time. Now comes the toughest test of all at the All England Club: a matchup against

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Andy Roddick slumped forward in his changeover chair, hands covering his grass-stained baseball cap, stung by his third loss in a Wimbledon final, all to Roger Federer. This one was quite unlike the others, in 2004 and 2005: This one ended 16-14 in the fifth set, a test