Dinara Safina has exited 7-6 (1), 7-6( 3) against Karla Zakopolova in the first round of Madrid. Safina, the defending champion at Rome and Madrid, has now suffered first round exits at both events and is expected to drop towards the bottom of the Top 10 when the rankings are

NEW YORK (AP) French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1, 7-5 Friday in the U.S. Open's third round. The sixth-seeded Schiavone compiled a 29-13 edge in winners. It's the fifth time Schiavone has reached the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows. Next up

Things happen quickly in pro tennis. One moment, Linda Fruhvirtova is down a break in the third set against compatriot Marketa Vondrousova. The next, Fruhvirtova wins her fifth straight game, putting herself in the round of 16 at the Australian Open. And keep in mind, Fruhvirtova is just 17 years

NEW YORK (AP) Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva beat 94th-ranked Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-1, 7-6 (5) Thursday in the second round of the U.S. Open. The No. 7-seeded Zvonareva now has made it to the third round at Flushing Meadows in seven of her eight trips to the tournament. But

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DUESSELDORF, Germany—Nikolay Davydenko lost his fourth straight match Tuesday, falling 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to lucky loser Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in the first round of the Power Horse Cup. Bedene replaced Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the main draw and needed less than 2 hours to add to Davydenko's opening-round

At the start of his third-round Roland Garros match against Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on Saturday, Alex de Minaur had one goal in mind: become the first Australian man to reach the fourth round at the clay-court major in 17 years. By the end of it, the No. 11 seed had

PARIS -- Serena Williams will begin her bid for a second French Open championship and 16th Grand Slam title overall by facing 83rd-ranked Anna Tatishvili in the first round. A year ago in Paris, Williams lost her opening match to 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano, the American's only first-round loss in 50

PARIS (AP) Andy Murray's back felt much better and it showed. Unburdened by the soreness that plagued him in his second-round victory at the French Open, Murray returned Saturday and defeated Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 to move to the round of 16. `When you're playing in Slams, I just

AUCKLAND, New Zealand(AP) Qualifiers John Isner and Bobby Reynolds completed an American sweep of first-round singles matches at the Heineken Open tennis tournament Tuesday. All four Americans in the main draw qualified for the second round; Sam Querrey and Robby Ginepri on Monday and Isner and Reynolds when the first

WIMBLEDON, England—CoCo Vandeweghe, who upset No. 11 Karolina Pliskova in the second round at Wimbledon, believes she can reach No. 1 in the world. The American is currently ranked No. 48 and has reached the third round of Wimbledon for the first time. “I want to be No. 1 in

MIAMI, Fla.—On any other day, the news of world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka defeating the No. 80-ranked player in the world would barely cause a blip in the world of tennis news. But on Friday afternoon at the Miami Open presented by Itau, the sight of Sabalenka celebrating a second-round

NEW YORK (AP)—Gael Monfils of France beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 in the third round of the U.S. Open on Saturday. The 17th-seeded Monfils reached the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows for the third straight year but has never advanced further. The 44th-ranked

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Agnieszka Radwanska, the top seed, and Belinda Bencic, the youngest player in the top world's top ten, both fell at the first hurdle on a day of shocks and rainstorms at the Aegon Classic. Radwanska, a former Wimbledon runner-up, had intended to use the grass court event

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) American Melanie Oudin has advanced to the third round in her first appearance at Wimbledon by beating Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Oudin became the last woman to make the round of 32 with a victory that ended at twilight Thursday. She benefited from 48 unforced errors by

Alexander Zverev has entered next week's ATP event at Geneva, aiming for some more time on court before the French Open. The 22-year-old German fell in his opening round at Rome this week, the seventh time in eight events he has exited in the first or second round. "The match

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Second-seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain was knocked out in the first round of the Mexican Open, losing 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday. Verdasco lost in the first round of the RMK Championships in Memphis last week by Milos Raonic, who beat him in the

With the 2013 tennis season in the past, it's time to dole out our annual awards. Look for the winners—for better or worse—throughout this week on TENNIS.com. (To see what's been unveiled thus far, click here.) U.S. Open, First Round: No. 296 Victoria Duval d. No. 11 Samantha Stosur, 5-7,