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BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- Fourth-seeded Milos Raonic hit 12 aces and saved all five break points he faced as he beat Steve Johnson of the United States 7-6 (4), 6-4 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday. Johnson, who did not face a break point in the

Frequent practice partners John Isner and Jack Sock are Saddlebrook neighbors, but Isner was feeling some separation anxiety facing his friend today. The defending Atlanta champion could not get close to Sock's serve. Isner closed the gap by stepping closer to the baseline and imposing his sledgehammer forehand — and

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Maria Sharapova could be forgiven if, at times during her first-round match at Wimbledon today, she looked across the net and thought she saw. . . Maria Sharapova. For Kristina Mladenovic, a 20-year old blonde from France, shares many attributes—and some liabilities—with the 26-year-old former Wimbledon champion. Unfortunately, one of

LONDON (AP) Sam Querrey began the defense of his Queen's Club title on Monday by defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-3, 6-4. The American broke to lead 2-0 in the first set and saved seven break points in the next game. In the second set, Nishikori saved three break points

The best laid plans... Roger Federer and Radek Stepanek came out with a similar tactics for their third-round match in Dubai on Wednesday. Federer began on the offensive, looking to knock off forehands and move forward quickly. Stepanek began it in a slightly more specific fashion, by approaching straight at

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When Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are interviewed before they play each other, they typically preface their remarks by saying something along the lines of, “We’ve faced each other many times, so...” You can see why. On Friday they’ll play for the 27th time; all-time rivals John McEnroe and Bjorn

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NEW YORK—Victoria Azarenka swooped forward to greet the ball in mid-air and smacked a forehand swing volley winner to reach match point. On a day when holding serve was a struggle, Azarenka used her whiplash strokes to maintain her grip on the match. The second seed broke serve seven times

Something wonderful is suddenly happening in Great Britain, what with all those British tennis players gaining traction in the rankings, the media, and the public eye. Andy Murray, double-medalist at the London Olympics and recent U.S. Open champ, is at the head of yet another, different “British invasion.” Then there’s

Rafael Nadal had an absolutely historic two weeks at the Australian Open this year, punctuated by an electric 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Daniil Medvedev in the final after seemingly being down and out trailing two sets to love, and even facing triple break point serving at

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He was in all kinds of trouble in the first set—down 5-3, faced a set point down 5-4, down 3-0 in the tie-break, faced another set point down 7-6 in the tie-break—but Stefanos Tsitsipas dug out of all of those holes and eventually beat Serbia’s Laslo Djere in two tie-breaks

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