PARIS (AP)—Vania King of the United States came back to edge Elena Baltacha of Britain 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Thursday in the French Open’s second round. The 115th-ranked King is in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for only the second time in 20 tries. She and Bethanie Mattek-Sands,

Lyon, Basel, Linz, St. Pete = slow tennis week in the States. So slow that Topic A is the ATP’s upcoming experiment with round robins at some smaller events. The tour’s (stated) idea is that more fans will get to see the top players if they’re guaranteed to play two

SYDNEY (AP) Defending champion Li Na moved into the second round of the Sydney International with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova on Monday. The fourth-seeded Li won the first nine games and finished off the first-round match in 66 minutes. Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova had a 6-2,

Daniil Medvedev was the surprise story of the first round when he ousted No. 5 seed Stan Wawrinka, but he upped the ante in round two with some fairly bizarre behavior. The 21-year-old Russian was frustrated with the officiating from chair umpire Mariana Alves—so irate that in the fifth set

STUTTGART, Germany (AP)—Eighth-seeded Marion Bartoli of France beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-1 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on indoor red clay. Kristina Barrois, a wild card entrant from Germany, defeated Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-4 in another first-round

Simona Halep defeated Venus Williams in straight sets in the third round of the Australian Open, and her reward is a fourth-round match against none other than Serena Williams. There wasn’t much between Halep and Venus early on in each set, but Halep pulled away after a few games both

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Christina McHale of the United States reached the third round at a fourth consecutive Grand Slam tournament. Now comes the hard part: Trying to make it to the fourth round, something she's never done. The 28th-seeded McHale, a 20-year-old from Englewood Cliffs, N.J., struggled a bit to

LONDON (AP) It's not necessarily the heat, and it's not necessarily the humidity. When it comes to playing through high temperatures at Wimbledon, a tournament known more for its rain delays than its sunny disposition, it's about keeping the points short. ''Because the points are much quicker, you don't feel

Petra Kvitova survived a tough opening-round test in the form of Francesca Schiavone, prevailing 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 to book a place in the second round. This match was always going to be a contrast of styles—Kvitova’s flat, margin-less hitting against Schiavone’s tenacious court coverage and exaggerated spin—but for Kvitova, whose

Shuai Peng defeats No. 9 seed Agnieszka Radwanksa 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the U.S. Open. Radwanska was 17-6 on North American hardcourts this season.

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Defending champion Roger Federer has cruised into the fourth round of Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Frenchman Arnaud Clement. After dropping sets in each of the first two rounds, the second-seeded Swiss advanced in just over an hour and a half on Centre Court on

NEW YORK (AP) Ninth-seeded Tomas Berdych made it through the first round of the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over Romain Jouan of France on Monday. Berdych, the 2010 Wimbledon finalist, had lost two of his last three first-round matches at Flushing Meadows. He has never

It's been a long, long week for CoCo Vandeweghe. On Monday, she was in control of her first round match at the Australian Open, rushing out to a 6-1 lead over 2015 US Open finalist Roberta Vinci. But then the Italian was up a break in the second set and

All 16 remaining men will play fourth-round matches on Monday. Let's get right to it: (1) Novak Djokovic vs. Viktor Troicki —Head to Head: Djokovic leads 11-1 The world No. 1 has dominated his wing man and Davis Cup teammate, winning 11 in a row, including a comeback in the

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Serbians Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic say they have put their once bitter rivalry behind them. The two former No. 1s, who at one point weren’t speaking to each other, will meet in the third round of the Australian Open. They have not played each other since March of 2011,

Ben Shelton showed his fighting spirit at Indian Wells on Monday, rallying from 5-3 down in the second set for a 6-3, 7-5 win over Karen Khachanov. And it was much more than just any third-round win. With Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Brandon Nakashima and Marcos Giron having already won

MELBOURNE—Madison Keys, who will face Ana Ivanovic in the third round of the Australian Open, said that she made sure to dig deep in the first two rounds. And she knows she will likely have to do that again against the former world No. 1. The No. 17th-ranked Keys bested

LONDON (AP)—Former champion Lleyton Hewitt has lost to German qualifier Dustin Brown in the second round of Wimbledon. Hewitt, who upset 11th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in the first round, was overwhelmed by Brown's aggressive strokes and lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2. The 189th-ranked Brown achieved his best Grand Slam performance