Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki admits that she temporarily lost her passion for tennis. “I’m just really enjoying tennis and happy to be out there,” the now world No. 10 told reporters in Dubai. “I think at one point it felt like just a job. It was like ‘Okay, you

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 11:25 p.m. Thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal has lost to Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals. Nadal lost their 58th showdown 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2. It's only the third time Nadal has lost at his favorite tournament.

Grigor Dimitrov, who faced his idol Roger Federer last week in Basel and lost in straight sets, said the 17-time Grand Slam champion proved to be an unpredictable opponent. “He wasn’t easy to play against, but that’s what I expected. Sometimes I was expecting certain shots and in actual fact

Gilles Muller, who lost against Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of Queen's, said that the British No. 1 has significantly improved this year. The 32-year-old, who is ranked No. 48, said that he and Murray used to hit when they were teenagers in Spain and he knows the Scot really

NEW YORK—This January, Jessica Pegula led Katie Boulter by a set and a double break in Perth. She lost the match. Two months later, in San Diego, Pegula led Marta Kostyuk 5-1 in the first set. She lost the match in straight sets. So when Pegula stepped up to serve

Simona Halep now says that she isn’t sure when she will undergo a planned surgery on her nose. During her Fed Cup appearance, when Romania lost to the Czechs, 3-2, at home, she said that her stuffed-up nose felt better and she wants to keep playing. After losing in the

"This is just a match I will never forget. I hope the people who watched the match will think the same. At this moment, it's really painful. "I was just trying to -- you know, I was behind all the match. Every time I was serving to stay in the

Caroline Wozniacki strikes back at Martina Navratilova for saying that the Slam-less Dane never deserved to be No. 1. "I would never say Martina was No. 1 when there was no-one playing, or that she was the best when no-one was playing. That would be disrespectful," Wozniacki told reporters in

Former world No. 1 Roger Federer, who has won only one title this year and lost in the fourth round of the U.S. Open, says it’s not always easy to be known as a natural touch player, especially when he has off-days. “It’s always been a fine line, especially in

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, who lost to Andy Murray in the Montreal final and to Roger Federer in the Cincinnati final, says that he is not pleased with how he is playing overall. Earlier this year, Djokovic won three big events on hard courts—the Australian Open, Indian Wells, and

We’ve reached that time of year again: The dry season, or as I like to call it, Appearance Fee February (anybody got a catchier name than that?). For those of us in the U.S., the first post-Super Bowl weekend also marks the end of the NFL for nine long months.

We know what the World Tour Finals has lost this year: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. This match will show us what the tournament has gained. The 30-year-old Monfils and the 23-year-old Thiem are at different stages in their careers, but they both made their (losing) WTF debuts on Sunday.

Kei Nishikori said that his goal is to win Roland Garros. The world No. 5 won Barcelona last year and reached the final at Madrid, but he lost to Martin Klizan in the first round in Paris. Nishikori beat Klizan in the semifinals of Barcelona and won the title with

WASHINGTON (AP) — Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino on Monday in her return to singles play after more than a year away. The seven-time Grand Slam champion lost 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Citi Open in Washington in her first singles match since last

MADRID (AP) Sara Errani lost in the first round for the third time this season, losing 7-5, 7-5 to Camila Giorgi at the Madrid Masters on Saturday. The 15th-seeded Errani was broken seven times in the all-Italian match. She had already been defeated in the first round at the Australian

PARIS -- Sam Querrey says he won Sunday at the French Open because he didn't care if he lost. The highest-ranked American on the men's tour credited a more positive attitude for a first-round victory over Lukas Lacko, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Merely by winning a match, Querrey equaled his best

MADRID (AP) — The International Tennis Federation says France and Serbia have been given wild-card entries for the 2020 Davis Cup Finals. They will join the four semifinalists from this year’s inaugural revamp: Britain, Canada, Russia and Spain. Serbia lost to Russia in the quarterfinals, while France was eliminated in

Andy Murray, who lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Indian Wells, admits that over the past couple of years he has not playing well enough against his main rivals, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Djokovic. The last time he defeated any of those three was in 2013 at

After a highly successful and encouraging first round, American men hit a bit of a roadblock on the first day of the second at the Australian Open. John Isner, Ryan Harrison, Steve Johnson and Noah Rubin all lost on Wednesday. Three of the four defeats weren’t terribly surprising, especially 20-year-old