Serena Williams says that playing her first match at the U.S. Open since her famous 2009 explosion against a lineswoman in her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters didn't stir anything inside her. Williams defeated Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday. "I feel fine," she said. "Even last time I

Rafael Nadal, who's lost five finals to Novak Djokovic this year, says he will try to replicate last year's performance against the Serb in Monday's U.S. Open final, rather than making any significant changes in strategy. "I think I gonna do serve and volley," Nadal joked. "You know, I have

World No. 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says that despite No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s remarkable season, the Serb still has a ways to go before he can be put in the class of 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and 10-time Grand Slam titlist Rafael Nadal. Djokovic won his second, third and

MOSCOW (AP)—Russian tennis player Mikhail Youzhny says he is quitting Davis Cup tennis because he prefers to spend time between tournaments recovering and relaxing with his family. The 11th-ranked Youzhny also tells Sport-Express that he has stepped down to make way for younger players. Youzhny, who is 28, is Russia’s

Three-time Grand Slam title winner Stan Wawrinka needs a new coach, because Magnus Norman is moving on. Norman announced Wednesday that he was quitting after 4½ years as Wawrinka's coach, saying he wants to spend more time with his two young children. Wawrinka had never been past the quarterfinals at

ROME (AP) Andy Murray has decided to play the Italian Open, fighting off fatigue after winning consecutive clay-court titles. Murray's manager Matt Gentry says Tuesday, ''Andy confirmed to play tomorrow after practice just now.'' In the past two weeks, Murray won his first clay title at the Munich Open, and

LONDON (AP) Andy Murray has become a father for the first time after his wife, Kim Sears, gave birth to a girl. Murray's management company says Sears gave birth on Sunday, a week after the 28-year-old Scot lost the Australian Open final. No further details were provided. It means all

PARIS (AP) The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 9:25 p.m. John McEnroe says he is returning to Grand Slam tennis - as a coach. The seven-time major title winner said Friday on the Eurosport show ''The Commissioner'' that he is going to be a consultant to Canada's

Dustin Brown was hitting balls on the first day of professional tennis since the middle of March, and I had the best seat in the house. The dreadlocked German was traversing brick-red clay with veteran savvy, and tormenting his opponent, Jean-Marc Werner, with an array of spins and blasts. It

After defeating Jie Zheng 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of Stanford, Maria Sharapova says she has been able to return to her old service motion as her shoulder recovers. "I knew eventually I would go back, I just didn’t quite know when,” said Sharapova, who underwent shoulder surgery in

Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the last Australian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title, didn't wait long to congratulate the next, texting Sam Stosur moments after her U.S. Open win to say: ``Twinkletoes, you finally have got what you deserved.'' Goolagong Cawley, who won her second Wimbledon title in 1980,

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—Roger Federer may have the most Grand Slam titles, but John McEnroe says Rafael Nadal is building a resume that could make him the greatest of all time. Federer has won a record 16 Grand Slams, seven more than Nadal. Yet Nadal has a 14-7 record against Federer.

Despite suffering her first loss 47 first-round matches at a major, Serena Williams says she is not devastated about her 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 defeat to Virginie Razzano at Roland Garros. Williams did tear up at the end of her press conference, but said that after suffering a pulmonary embolism

Serena Williams, who once opposed the idea of women playing best-of-five-set matches at the Grand Slams, now seems to have changed her mind. Venus Williams and Angelique Kerber also have said that they would do so, Petra Kvitova says she’s not prepared to do so yet, and Maria Sharapova has

Tommy Haas, who outlasted John Isner, 7-5, 7-6 (4), 4-6 (4), 6-7 (10), 10-8, in four hours and 36 minutes at Roland Garros, says he’s in favor of a fifth-set tiebreaker at all the Grand Slams. The U.S. Open is the only major which uses it. “You look Isner [and]

MIAMI, USA — Emma Raducanu clinched her biggest win of the year on Friday at the Miami Open presented by Itau, and she celebrated like it too. The 2022 US Open champion completed an electrifying 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (3) upset over Emma Navarro in the second round, and threw

It's safe to say that Casper Ruud might not want to see Jordan Thompson across the net from his anytime soon. The 29-year-old Aussie toppled the three-time Grand Slam finalist not once, but twice, on Saturday night in Los Cabos, Mexico to cap a "miracle" week in Mexico and, ultimately,

Elina Svitolina may have changed the surname field on her social media profiles after marrying Gaël Monfils, but that’s all for now says the world No. 6. Going into her first match at the Tokyo Olympics, there was a bit of confusion when a handful of unofficial livescoring websites updated

Andy Murray, who is facing Milos Raonic in the Wimbledon final, says that he is not sure what coaching arrangement Raonic has with John McEnroe, but he’s happy to be back with Ivan Lendl. The 57-year-old McEnroe has been a coaching consultant for Raonic during the grass-court season, but otherwise

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