PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic will head to the ATP Finals oozing with confidence. The top-ranked Serb will take on his rivals at the year-end event starting next weekend on an 18-match winning streak, fresh from a 40th Masters 1000 tournament win. Djokovic, who has not lost a match since

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner won his 20th match of 2024 to reach the Miami Open semifinals for the third time in the past four years with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tomas Machac on Wednesday. Sinner, seeded second, will take on No. 3 seed

Novak Djokovic has been the most successful player at Masters 1000 events since that level of tournament began in 1990—not only does he hold the record for most career Masters 1000 titles with 40 (Rafael Nadal is next with 36), but he also holds the record for most Masters 1000

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Johanna Konta opened her season with a tough 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over U.S. Open finalist Madison Keys at the Brisbane International on Monday. Fifth-seeded Konta entered the Australian Open tuneup tournament after losing her last four matches in 2017, including a first-round exit at the

BEIJING (AP) — Former top-ranked players Venus Williams and Simona Halep both lost in the second round of the China Open on Monday. Williams lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to ninth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, who saved two match points in the final set to outlast the seven-time Grand Slam champion

Do matches take too long, in turn hurting the product and turning potential spectators and players off to the sport? Does the calendar need to be modified or shortened? These are questions that tennis fans, officials and commentators have long debated. And on Friday, speaking to reporters at the Wuhan

NEW YORK—When it began, Friday’s nightcap had the makings of an unmitigated blowout. Maria Sharapova, five-time major winner and former No. 1, was facing 18-year-old, 139th-ranked Moscow native and Florida resident Sofia Kenin, who hadn’t won a Grand Slam match before this week. For two games, Kenin worked to calm

Playing lucky loser Henri Laaksonen in the second round of the French Open, Novak Djokovic raced to the finish line in just an hour and 33 minutes, posting a 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 victory. "I think I served well," Djokovic said. "I used my forehand from different parts of the court

For the first time since 1983, a British woman will feature in the semifinals of Roland Garros. Johanna Konta continued her torrid clay-court run, defeating 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens, 6-1, 6-4, in the first quarterfinal on Court Philippe Chatrier Tuesday. “To be out here and play one of

SINGAPORE (AP) — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki earned her first victory at this year's WTA Finals, beating Petra Kvitova 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 on Tuesday. Elina Svitolina earned her second straight win in the other group match, outlasting Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. The results mean all four players are still

As the world turns its eye to Paris for the French Open, Tennischannel.com and Tennis.com partnered with Sinclair stations to get us in the mood for Roland Garros. Both sites will showcase a French food recipe from eight of the top French restaurants from around the country. Played on a

Simona Halep vs. Kiki Bertens We’ve been wondering which WTA contenders might begin to round into form as the French Open approaches, but few of us had Bertens being one of them. Maybe we should have. She reached the semifinals in Paris last year, and she beat Daria Gavrilova on

The No. 3-ranked Elina Svitolina, who lost her first match in the WTA Finals against Simona Halep in Singapore on Monday, says that staying positive has been important to her rise this season. “There was couple of matches that I lost were painful, to have bad memories. I learned a

Novak Djokovic made news off the court in Indian Wells last week with his comments, or lack thereof, about the ATP Tour's leadership structure. This week, the ATP Tour's leader on the court made more news he could do without: he lost his third-round match (his second match at the

Rafael Nadal vs. Fabio Fognini As you would expect, the Spaniard leads the Italian in their head to head by a solid margin, 7-3. But ever since Fognini broke through against Rafa in a chaotic three-setter in Rio in 2015, this has become something of a rivalry. Fognini went on

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Garbiñe Muguruza dominated Paula Badosa in a 6-3, 6-3 victory on Tuesday and will play for the WTA Finals title for the first time in her career. The sixth-seeded Muguruza, who lost in the semifinals in 2015, is the first Spaniard to reach the singles final

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-seeded Daniel Evans of Great Britain beat 95th-ranked Taro Daniel of Japan 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match Thursday night at the San Diego Open ATP 250. The 32-year-old Evans reached his fourth tour-level quarterfinal of the year. The world No. 25, who was coming off

HIGHLIGHTS: Andy Murray d. James Duckworth, 6-3, 6-4

Novak Djokovic's comprehensive 6-3, 6-3 win over Rafael Nadal in Key Biscayne gave the Serb his fourth Miami title (and the Spaniard his fourth Miami final-round defeat), his 18th Masters title, and his second career Indian Wells-Miami double. And perhaps even more down the road:

HALLE, Germany (AP)—Top-seeded Roger Federer eased into the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open by beating Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. The Swiss player needed just 52 minutes to overcome Falla, and will play Philipp Kohlschreiber in the last eight after the German’s 6-4, 7-5 victory over