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On Tuesday in Zhuhai, Karen Khachanov celebrated his first ATP singles title in nearly five years. The top seed eased past Yoshihito Nishioka, 7-6 (2), 6-1, to lift the trophy. Khachanov initially saw his break lead erased by the left-hander and was two points from dropping the opening set when

Move over, David Hasselhoff. Here comes Jannik! Jannik Sinner joked about his lanky physique after a straightforward victory at the 2024 Australian Open, joking about how he’s been spending his days off after easing into the third round without dropping a set.

First Roger, then Ana and Serena: Oscars night in Hollywood had its fair share of Grand Slam champions. After Roger Federer and wife Mirka walked the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre, Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams followed suit. Ivanovic, the 2008 Roland Garros champion was accompanied by her husband,

Having (narrowly) lost her first round-robin match of the tournament to Karolina Pliskova two nights ago, Garbine Muguruza needed to win against Barbora Krejcikova on Friday night to keep her semifinal hopes alive at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara. And win she did, battling to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory

Simona Halep vs. Garbiñe Muguruza The Romanian and the Spaniard have been, along with Jelena Ostapenko, the most impactful WTA players of the past five months. Halep reached the French Open final and is now one win away from becoming No. 1 for the first time. Muguruza won Wimbledon, and

Svetlana Kuznetsova says she and other players are tired of talking about Maria Sharapova. The controversy about Sharapova's anti-doping suspension became a big topic again this week when she played Eugenie Bouchard, who had called Sharapova a "cheater" in a recent interview with a TV station in Istanbul. Following her

Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova pulled off the biggest upset of the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday afternoon, ousting No. 2-ranked Simona Halep in a round-of-16 stunner, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Vondrousova went into the match with an 0-5 record against Top 10 players, but she came out swinging with confidence, using

Hot weather is creating concern about the state of the courts at Wimbledon, with steps being taken to repair the worn grass on Centre Court. There have been complaints by players, with Kristina Mladenovic and Alison Riske asking to be moved from Court 18 because of the state of the

Karolina Pliskova acknowledged having a few nerves as she stepped on court as the No. 1 player for the first time, but still came away with a victory in her opening match in Toronto. "I had a little bit before my match because I really wanted to win this one,

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — French Open champion Garbine Muguruza finished off a first-round match for the first time at the Brisbane International, and extended Sam Stosur's unhappy run in the process with a 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-5 win on Monday. The fourth-seeded Muguruza saved three set points in the first

PARIS (AP) — Alizé Cornet was given a standing ovation and a farewell trophy after playing the final match of her long tennis career, a 6-2, 6-1 loss to No. 7 seed Zheng Qinwen in the first round of Roland Garros on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Cornet is a Frenchwoman who

Dominic Thiem plans to keep pursuing his goal of winning a Grand Slam, but says his French Open experience shows why it's so tough these days. The Austrian fell 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to Rafael Nadal in the final, the second straight year he has been defeated by the Spaniard.

Considering the way 2019 has started for Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys, their upcoming match at the Volvo Car Open will be a welcome one indeed. Keys entered the clay-court tournament on a three-match winless streak, which included losses in Indian Wells and Miami under conditions that would best suit

World No. 10 Aryna Sabalenka reached the Abu Dhabi quarterfinals on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Ons Jabeur, improving to 12-0 since losing to the Tunisian at Roland Garros last October. Since Jabeur won that third-round clash in Paris, Sabalenka’s been unstoppable—she went 9-0 the rest of the

Looking back at the racquets I chose to use as a kid, a pattern reveals itself: Whatever was good enough for the No. 1 player in the world was good enough for me. First, when I was 11, came the black-and-orange Donnay Borg Pro. Never mind that this board-stiff frame

Only in Italy, I suppose, could Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Juan Martin del Potro play second fiddle to Andreas Seppi, but such was the case at the Foro Italico this evening. Seppi had the Roman crowd in an uproar during his comeback win over Stan Wawrinka, so much so that there

Looking back, the fourth-round matchup between Rafael Nadal and Kei Nishikori was over in a hurry. For the first three games, it went one way; for the last 23, it went the other. You wouldn’t know it from the final score—6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in Nadal’s favor—but Nishikori started out red

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza ended Anett Kontaveit´s 12-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-4 victory Sunday that propelled her into the semifinals at the WTA Finals. Muguruza, who will be playing in her first semifinals of this tournament since 2015, needed the win to advance to the semifinals

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka won the first set of her first-round match in just 24 minutes, and her final set 6-1. Yet her as-expected victory over Irina-Camelia Begu was not without cause for concern. Azarenka was actually down a break in the final set before the No. 79-ranked player