PARIS - May 28, 2017 - Angelique Kerber, who lost in the first round of the French Open against Ekaterina Makarova, said that she can't find her footing on clay. The world No. 1 has fallen in the opening round of Stuttgart, Rome, and now the French Open. She has

Rafael Nadal and his sterling silver trophy made the media rounds in New York after his U.S. Open victory. In each of his appearances, he said virtually the same thing—thank you, I’m very happy, rain is a part of the sport, no?, I’m gonna keep working hard. On Live with

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Andy Murray moved another step closer to consecutive Australian Open finals, routing Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday in the third round of the year's first major. Fifth-seeded Murray, who lost the 2010 final to Roger Federer, has lost just 17 games through three rounds.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Roger Federer was back to his vintage best, beating Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in a third-round match Friday at the Australian Open. While the defending champion also won in straight sets in his opening-round match against Lukas Lacko, Federer was extended to five tough sets against

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hailey Baptiste defeated fellow American and 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the first round of the WTA's Korean Open on Tuesday. In other matches in Seoul, Amanda Anisimova had an upset 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over sixth-seeded Yulia Putintseva, Polina

DOHA, Qatar(AP) Victoria Azarenka has defeated Jelena Jankovic in the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in the first round-robin group match. Azarenka took advantage of the Serb's shaky forehand to win 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. She took a step closer to the knockout rounds of the lucrative

LONDON (AP)—Andy Roddick was ousted from the grass-court tournament at Queen's Club after losing in the second round to Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. The 43rd-ranked Roddick has been struggling with ankle and hamstring injuries. He was defeated in the first round of the French Open

PARIS—Former college tennis star Steve Johnson says he has matured and thinks he has a shot at beating No. 8 Stan Wawrinka in the third round at Roland Garros. The 25-year-old American has reached the third round of a Grand Slam twice before, losing to Richard Gasquet at the 2012

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—For those of us who are forever scanning the tennis horizon for the game’s next big thing, the fourth-round match between Simona Halep and Genie Bouchard here this morning was a must-watch. Halep is a 22-year-old Romanian who has made a meteoric rise into the Top 10 over

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for the third straight year after defeating Jarmila Gajdosova 6-3, 6-2. Wozniacki broke for a 5-3 lead in the first set Saturday before serving it out on Centre Court. She was never troubled again by the 28th-seeded Australian,

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon by defeating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of the United States 6-2, 6-4, 6-3. Berdych reached the final at the All England Club last year, beating six-time champion Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic before losing to Rafael Nadal. In

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) Fifth-seeded Potito Starace of Italy defeated Daniel Brands of Germany 7-5, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Grand Prix Hassan II. Starace lost only 10 points on his serve and converted three of his seven break points to advance. Filippo Volandri of Italy also

MASON, Ohio (AP) French Open champion Li Na beat Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-4 on Tuesday to become the first woman to reach the third round of the Western & Southern Open, a U.S. Open tuneup. In the first round, unseeded Flavia Pennetta upset 12th-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

WARSAW, Poland (AP)—Elena Dementieva was upset by Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the Warsaw Open on Wednesday, her third straight early round exit on clay. Dementieva, a former French Open finalist, received a bye into the second round. She has only two wins at three tournaments in

Up a break in the first set of his second-round Indian Wells match, Juan Martin del Potro pulled out the big guns. Facing Federico Delbonis, the former world No. 4 hit a stunning tweener lob winner for an early contender for shot of the tournament. Del Potro would seal the

PARIS(AP) Dinara Safina rolled past another opponent at the French Open, beating Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia 6-1, 6-1 in the second round on Wednesday. The top-seeded Safina took a 5-0 lead to open the match, stretching her streak to 17 straight games after winning 6-0, 6-0 in the first round.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Sam Groth of Australia served 26 aces to beat Argentina's Guido Pella 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday and advance to the round of 16 of the Claro Open. The sixth-seeded Australian served 11 aces in the decisive third set alone at the ATP 250 hard court

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) Top-seeded Kim Clijsters beat Monica Niculescu 7-5, 7-5 on Monday in the first round of the Unicef Open, a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon. In the men's tournament, top-seeded Nicolas Almagro lost to Michael Berrer of Germany 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Marcos Baghdatis reached the second round,

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—French Open runner-up Samantha Stosur has been upset in the first round at Wimbledon. The sixth-seeded Stosur lost to 80th-ranked qualifier Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday, the Australian’s fourth first-round exit in eight appearances at the All England Club. Stosur entered Wimbledon with a tour-leading

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic retired from her fourth-round match against Vera Zvonareva at Wimbledon on Monday due to a back injury. The Serb had treatment when trailing Zvonareva 6-1, 3-0 and retired three points later. It is the fourth time Jankovic has bowed out in the fourth round at