STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Big-serving Lukas Rosol, who stunned Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, beat fifth-seeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Mercedes Cup. Rosol beat the Spanish star in the second round at the All England Club earlier this month,

NEW YORK (AP)—Mikhail Youzhny briefly slowed Spain’s march through the U.S. Open bracket. The 12th-seeded Russian beat Tommy Robredo, the lowest-ranked man left in the draw, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals. The 41st-ranked Robredo was one of a record six Spanish men to reach

NEW YORK (AP) Mikhail Youzhny briefly slowed Spain's march through the U.S. Open bracket. The 12th-seeded Russian beat Tommy Robredo, the lowest-ranked man left in the draw, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals. The 41st-ranked Robredo was one of a record six Spanish men to

MADRID (AP)—Defending champion Spain has hired former French Open finalist Alex Corretja as its new Davis Cup captain. The Spanish tennis federation said Tuesday that Corretja has a two-year contract. He replaces Albert Costa, who left this month after leading Spain to two Davis Cup titles in three years. Corretja

On Tuesday, world No. 8 Juan Martin del Potro defeated Spanish veteran David Ferrer 6-4, 7-6 (3) at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Del Potro, who is fresh off a title run at the Acapulco Open, had to work for this win, but he looked strong in doing

MELBOURNE, Australia -- David Ferrer has continued his career-long mastery of Nicolas Almagro, rallying from two sets down for a 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win in an Australian Open quarterfinal Tuesday. It was Ferrer's 13th consecutive victory over his Spanish Davis Cup teammate. Almagro served for the match

Australian Open Tuesday Order of Play WTA at 7 PM (Monday evening) – A Radwanska vs Suarez Navarro WTA at 8:45 PM (Monday evening) – S Williams vs Sharapova ATP at 10:30 PM (Monday evening) – Federer vs Berdych ATP at 3:15 AM – Djokovic vs Nishikori MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)

MADRID(AP) Mardy Fish of the United States lost to Tommy Robredo 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 Tuesday in the second round of the Madrid Open. Fernando Verdasco advanced with 6-3, 6-2 win over Juan Carlos Ferrer in an all-Spanish match on clay at the ``Magic Box'' tennis center. After dropping the

Fernando Verdasco, last year's quarterfinalist Juan Carlos Ferrero and Nicolas Almagro all went out at Wimbledon on Tuesday. An ailing Verdasco lost 7-6(9), 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4 to Fabio Fognini, later saying he had problems with a nail, his groin, his elbow and his left arm. Ferrero exited 6-2, 6-7(8), 7-6(5),

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Sixth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open in straight sets to French qualifier Alexandre Sidorenko on Tuesday. The St. Petersburg-born Sidorenko, playing his first tour-level match this year, produced some timely big serves to win 7-5, 6-2 against his Spanish

UMAG, Croatia (AP) Croatia's Borna Coric beat Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-3 in hot and humid conditions on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Croatia Open. Seventh-seeded Coric felt at home with the weather, converting four out of 11 break points and scoring 35 winners to defeat his Spanish

The Spanish wire service EFE reports that Bernard Tomic admitted to Spanish police that it was indeed his father, John, who assaulted his hitting partner, Thomas Drouet. The incident occurred in Madrid on Saturday at 3:40 PM on a street outside of a player hotel. Drouet was found laying on

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fourth-seeded David Ferrer advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Tuesday, coming back from an hour-long rain delay to close out a 7-5, 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over No. 13 Richard Gasquet. Ferrer joined Rafael Nadal as the second Spanish player to make the

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — American players Taylor Fritz, Mackenzie McDonald and Tommy Paul all won their first-round matches at the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday. The fifth-seeded Fritz beat Finnish qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori, 6-1, 6-4, and will next face Paul, who defeated Spanish player Pedro Martinez, 6-3, 6-2. McDonald

HONG KONG (AP) — Top-seeded Elina Svitolina kept alive her chances of reaching the WTA Finals in Singapore by beating Australian wild card Priscilla Hon 6-2, 6-3 at the Hong Kong Open on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Garbine Muguruza gave herself a belated birthday present by defeated Spanish compatriot Sara Sorribes Tormo

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ugo Humbert beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 to help France get off to a winning start against Switzerland in the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Tuesday. Humbert's victory gave France an unassailable lead after Adrian Mannarino defeated Dominic Stricker 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Fifth-seeded Tommy Robredo beat Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round of the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday. Youzhny won more points than his Spanish opponent overall, but lacked consistency on the key points in a match between two 33-year-old veterans. Robredo

MADRID (AP) — Roger Federer looked as comfortable as ever on his return to clay. Showing no signs of rust after skipping clay-court tournaments the last two seasons, Federer cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Richard Gasquet at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Federer needed less than

Madison Keys lost the first eight games of her Mutua Madrid Open quarterfinal Tuesday. Her opponent, Ons Jabeur, was coming off a comprehensive win over Jelena Ostapenko that also included an opening bagel set. When Keys finally got on the scoreboard, she raised her arms in triumph. The moment foreshadowed

SHANGHAI (AP) For the second straight year, Roger Federer found himself in trouble in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters. This time, he couldn't pull through. The 17-time Grand Slam champion was broken late in the third set against Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Tuesday and lost 7-6 (4),