LONDON (AP) For two sets in Wimbledon's fourth round on Monday, defending champion Novak Djokovic was in serious trouble, unable to solve 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) Kevin Anderson's big serve. Djokovic dropped both of those sets, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), then began working his way back into the match. He took the

ISTANBUL (AP) Unseeded Diego Schwartzman staged a stunning comeback Sunday to upset second-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-0 and claim his maiden ATP Tour title at the Istanbul Open. Playing his first final, the Argentine was trailing 5-2 in the second set before winning four straight

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Open in January will play a 10-point tiebreaker in deciding sets, joining Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in using tiebreakers to avoid long matches. The tournament said on Friday the decision, reported widely a month ago but denied by Australian Open officials, came after

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]

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 3:25 p.m. Karolina Pliskova won the second set of the women's Wimbledon final against Ash Barty. Pliskova came from a break down twice to win 7-6 (4) and level the match. Barty won the first set 6-3 after racing

Roger Federer was pushed to three sets once again in Basel, this time at the hands of Gilles Simon in the quarterfinals. The Frenchman was up a break in the first set behind a sizzling hot volley, that even shocked him. He'd drop it in a tiebreak before securing the

LONDON (AP) — They roared for Roger Federer just for showing up, greeting his arrival at Wimbledon's main stadium as if his mere presence were enough to justify the price of admission. They clapped and yelled when Federer's drop volley capped a 16-minute tour de force of a first set

PARIS (AP) Kei Nishikori rallied from two sets down against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but his bid to become the first Japanese man to reach the semifinals of the French Open in 82 years fell just short of the mark. Tsonga eventually came through to win the quarterfinal 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6,

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Novak Djokovic said he simply got off to a slow start in his opening-round match against Bjorn Fratangelo at Indian Wells. Djokovic dropped the first set and allowed his opponent to break back in the third before securing a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 win. He described it as "just

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest at the Australian Open on Saturday (all times local): 8:20 p.m. Ash Barty has won the first set in the Australian Open final against Danielle Collins and is potentially one more set away from ending a 44-year drought for Australian women at their home

When Sloane Stephens met Sara Sorribes Tormo on green clay in Charleston in April, she found herself down set point before pushing on to win two demanding tiebreakers. A switch to the red dirt Wednesday in Paris at first presented a different story, until midway through the second set—which Stephens

In a battle of clay-court extraordinaires with one-handed backhands as elegant as some of the fans watching them, Dominic Thiem defeated Pablo Cuevas in four sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. It has been a rocky Roland Garros so far for the oddsmakers' No. 3 favorite, with Thiem dropping a set

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Rafael Nadal rallied from a set down and fought off a match point in the third set to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (8), 6-0, 7-5 Wednesday and reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open in pursuit of a fourth title. Zverev, an 18-year-old German ranked

Once again, Madison Keys needed three sets to come away with a win at Roland Garros. But once again, it looked a lot closer than it was as she was in complete control of most of the match. On Saturday, the No. 14-seed American got past Anna Blinkova, 6-3, 6-7

NEW YORK (AP) The latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 12:35 a.m. Rafael Nadal is heading to a fifth set against 32nd-seeded Fabio Fognini in the third round of the U.S. Open. Nadal took the first two sets in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday night, but couldn't close

WIMBLEDON—This Friday afternoon, for the better part of 3.9 sets, Frances Tiafoe had turned Wimbledon’s Centre Court into a highly-captivating form of tennis theatre. In a third-round match, versus defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, Tiafoe had taken a two sets to one lead. Movement, power, touch, accuracy, angles, imagination—categories usually heavily

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) Second-seeded Carina Witthoeft was taken to three sets in her opening match of the Tashkent Open before advancing to the second round on Monday. Witthoeft beat Kristyna Pliskova of Czech Republic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. The German player will take on Donna Vekic or Kiki Bertens next in

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Not the windy conditions nor the sight of good friend Daria Gavrilova on the other side of the net could deter Daria Kasatkina. In a three-set duel between the Russians that lasted well over two hours on Thursday, Kasatkina beat Gavrilova 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 to reach