WATCH: Ruud's best result of 2022 came not on clay, but on hard courts with a run to the Miami Open final.

Tokyo demands the best from its players, as proved by Joao Sousa in the first round of the Rakuten Open. He ran down everything that Martin Klizan threw at him, including an almost-perfect drop shot and lob combo before ending the point with a running inside-out passing shot. Sousa defeated

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic. Azarenka, unseeded here because her ranking fell late last year during an injury layoff, beat No. 8-seeded Caroline

Jack Sock is one fire in Perth at the Hopman Cup; he hasn't dropped a match in singles or doubles. On Thursday, the American also upped the hot shot ante during a 6-2, 6-2 win over Nick Kyrgios. Even the Aussie had to crack a smile at the incredible running

Billionaire Phillip Zepter is considered one of the likeliest candidates to run against Serbian Tennis Federation president Slobodan Zivojinovic in the upcoming election, Blic reports. Zepter was reportedly at the Davis Cup finals where Serbia beat France and also celebrated with the players and other Serbian officials after the victory.

Watch out Ken Solomon, Anna Wintour is coming for your job. The Vogue editor-in-chief and Condé Nast chief content officer recently told the New York Times that she has her eye on running Tennis Channel. "Sway" podcast host Kara Swisher interviewed Wintour about Vogue's latest cover featuring Vice President-Elect Kamala

As Tommy Haas says, he's always up for a fun challenge. What part of running around the snow, doing pushups and jumping into what must be a freezing pool is fun? That's unclear but the 40-year-old did it with enthusiasm on a recent boys trip to Sun Valley, Idaho. The

Roger Federer, who has reached a record 36 consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals, discusses two of his most memorable matches. “I lost first round at the French in ‘03 and then made the quarters at Wimbledon ‘03 [during his first run to a major title], and then beat Sjeng Schalken, I

"I learned a lot, and I thought it was an unforgettable journey of learning for me personally as well," Roger Federer said recently. He wasn't speaking to something found inside the confines of the tennis court. He was addressing his first voyage to Malawi, where the Roger Federer Foundation runs

Andy Roddick’s coach, Larry Stefanki, thinks that his pupil’s title run at Miami is a harbinger of great things to come for the 2003 U.S. Open champion. Stefanki, who joined forces with Roddick, now 27, at the end of 2008, coached Marcelo Rios and Yevgeny Kafelnikov to No. 1 and

Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic runs out of gas of her way to practice in Cincinnati and claims that no players who passed her by on the road stopped to help. "We were driving, me and my coach and my mom and my sparring partner, and all of a

WATCH: Elina Svitolina captivated audiences at the All England Club and back home in Ukraine with her Wimbledon run.

PARIS(AP) Stunned and shaken, Roger Federer stood on center court during the French Open final wondering if the intruder who had just run up to him posed a threat. Luckily, he wasn't, and the Swiss star went on to win the French Open and match Pete Sampras' career record of

Seeded third at Wimbledon despite being ranked No. 2 in the world, Rafael Nadal has seemingly put any disappointment about that behind as he’s steamrolled his way into the quarterfinals. And with this run, the Spaniard has notched another milestone in his career at the Grand Slam level: For the

Caroline Wozniacki freely admitted that she had done “everything you’re not supposed to do before a marathon,” a range of transgressions that began with having run no more than 13 miles in any of her training sessions to staying out until 4 a.m. at a Halloween party three nights before

NEW YORK(AP) A man was arrested at the U.S. Open after running on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium to kiss Rafael Nadal following his victory Tuesday night. Tournament spokesman Tim Curry said police arrested the man for interference with a sporting event. ``We're reviewing what happened and then will

“Honestly, after the [US] Open I was just so excited,” Williams said at the Wuhan Open in China, in October. “I couldn’t wait to play another match.” Venus was referring to her quarterfinal run at last year’s U.S. Open, which ended with a three-set loss to her sister Serena. If

Medvedev in Miami: Daniil ends Chris Eubanks' memorable run in quarterfinals

After winning the USTA $50,000 Party Rock Open in Las Vegas, Melanie Oudin is asked if she gets tired of being solely linked to her U.S. Open quarterfinal run in 2009. “Yes, that’s way over,” she told reporters. “That’s like so long ago now. I’m so past that. Waaaay past

PALERMO, Sicily (AP) British teenager Laura Robson's impressive run at the Italiacom Open ended Saturday with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 loss to eighth-seeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the semifinals. Robson won the Junior Wimbledon title four years ago when she was 14, but this is the furthest she has advanced