NEW YORK (AP) — This was Roger Federer at his hard-to-beat best, so unlike the pair of uncomfortable five-setters he labored through to begin the U.S. Open. Federer's back looked just fine, his movement precise, his strokes absolutely on-point. It all added up to a straightforward 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP)—Fifth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia defeated Timea Babos of Hungary 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday to reach the third round of the e-Boks Open. Mona Barthel of Germany also advanced to the third round, defeating Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-3, 6-2, while Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia moved

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal overcame a sore knee to open his bid for a seventh Barcelona Open title with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the second round Wednesday. Nadal had a bye in the first round after defeating Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters

NICE, France (AP) Second-seeded John Isner hit 16 aces to reach the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice in a tight all-American contest with Steve Johnson on Tuesday. Isner was made to play for nearly two hours by the 55th-ranked Johnson before sealing a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 victory. ''It

MADRID (AP) — Being more positive is paying off for former No. 1 Naomi Osaka early in her clay-court season. Osaka kicked off her clay campaign with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over qualifier Anastasia Potapova in the first round on the Madrid Open center court on Friday. "I'm honestly

VALENCIA, Spain(AP) Nikolay Davydenko of Russia has cruised into the second round of the Valencia Open with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Colombian qualifier Alejandro Falla. Also, Tomas Berdych beat Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-3, 6-4 in the hard-court tournament at the City of Arts and Sciences. In other opening-round

MELBOURNE—When Johanna Konta saw the Australian Open draw and learned that she would be facing former No. 1 Venus Williams, she said that she would be happy even if the match only lasted an hour. Konta ended up upsetting the No. 8-seed Williams, 6-4, 6-2. Venus, 35, has won seven

INDIAN WELLS, Calif (AP) — Leylah Fernandez outlasted ninth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday night. Fernandez, the U.S. Open runner-up, fought off a break point in the eighth game of the third set for a 5-3 lead. Pavlyuchenkova

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Mardy Fish eased into the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, beating Andreas Beck of Germany 6-1, 6-1 on Monday. The American has had a mixed year so far, losing in the second round of the Australian Open and beaten by 388th-ranked Albano Olivetti in

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic has been eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon, losing to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. The 15th-seeded Serb reached the fourth round at the All England Club last year. Her loss Tuesday was the first in the

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Ana Ivanovic has won her second-round match at the Australian Open. The fifth-seeded Ivanovic beat Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday to advance to a third-round match against either Russian Alisa Kleybanova or Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France. Brianti received treatment from a trainer for a lower back

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) Yuichi Sugita of Japan came back to defeat Colombia's Nicolas Barrientos 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Claro Open on Monday. Sugita will play fourth-seeded Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic in the round of 16 of the ATP 250 hard-court tournament. In

For the first time since the 2004 U.S. Open, when Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, and Jennifer Capriati reached the fourth round, the United States has four women in the round of 16 of a major. Jamie Hampton, Sloane Stephens, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, and Serena are into the round of

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) There was a moment when Bernard Tomic didn't think he'd get past the first round of qualifying for Wimbledon, much less into the second week of the tournament. Now he's the youngest player in 21 years to reach the fourth round of the grass-court Grand Slam after

PARIS(AP) Agnieszka Radwanska beat Oxana Lyubtsova 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Open GDF Suez, and Monica Niculescu, Nathalie Dechy and Emilie Loit also advanced to the second round. Lyubtsova won only four points on her serve in the match. Radwanska will next face Alisa Kleybanova, a

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki moved into the third round at Wimbledon by beating Virginie Razzano of France 6-1, 6-3. Wozniacki has never won a Grand Slam title, losing in her only final appearance at the 2009 U.S. Open. At Wimbledon, Wozniacki's best result was reaching the fourth round

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — French qualifier Gregoire Berrere weathered storms on and off the court to beat two-time champion John Isner 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the first round of the ASB Classic in New Zealand. Matches were moved indoors Tuesday as tropical Cyclone Hale battered Auckland with

PARIS(AP) Andy Roddick advanced to the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career, beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday. The sixth-seeded Roddick is only the second American to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Andre Agassi in 2003. Robby

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) Filippo Volandri of Italy beat eighth-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania 75, 6-1 in the first round of the Brazil Open on Monday. In other first-round matches in the clay-court event, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain defeated Fernando Romboli of Brazil, 6-4, 6-2 and Pablo Andujar

Copyright All England Club Taking on Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of Wimbledon, Roger Federer reached another huge career milestone. The Swiss hit his 10,000 ace in the first set. It's lucky he got it done as Dolgolopov retired in the second set, propelling Federer to the second round.