HOUSTON (AP)—From Nicolas Almagro's vantage point, there was nothing unusual about John Isner's serves on Sunday. They were as difficult as always. Isner had seven aces and won the battle of big serves with a 6-3, 7-5 victory in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. ''His serve

Thursday’s a special day in the tennis world as one of the sport’s all-time greats, Serena Williams, turns 38. Just by doing that, the current World No. 9 has written herself even deeper into the history books, becoming just the fourth woman ever to be ranked in the Top 10

Women to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: SERENA WILLIAMS Ranked: 1 Age: 33 Country: United States 2015 Match Record: 25-1 2015 Singles Titles: 2 Career Singles Titles: 66 Major Titles: 19 - French Open ('02, 13), Wimbledon ('02, 03, 09, 10, 12), U.S. Open ('99, 02,

Former Top 45 player Jeff Tarango is playing the USTA National Father-Son tournament this week at the La Jolla Beach and tennis Club with his 11-year-old son, Jackson. The 45-year-old Tarango, who still plays regularly and has won the USTA National 40s singles before, said in 2012 that his son

Roger Federer tells USA Today that he likes being the president of the ATP Players Council. “I used to run away from taking decisions,” he said. “I never saw tennis this way -- doing that many different things. I thought it was a little bit of press, practicing and playing

PARIS(AP) James Blake of the United States has beaten Fabrice Santoro of France 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters. Blake broke Santoro's serve twice in each set on Sunday. He next plays fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain. The 36-year-old Santoro is playing in his final season

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina(AP) Former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero beat seventh-seeded Marcel Granollers 6-7 (7), 6-0, 6-3 at the Copa Telmex on Wednesday to reach his second quarterfinals in two weeks. The all-Spanish, second-round match on clay took 2 hours, 27 minutes to finish. Ferrero also made the quarterfinals last

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Robin Soderling and David Ferrer advanced Thursday to the semifinals of the season-opening Capitala exhibition tournament. Soderling outlasted Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) and Ferrer rallied to beat sixth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Zayed Sports City. Soderling will take

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Robin Soderling and David Ferrer advanced Thursday to the semifinals of the season-opening Capitala exhibition tournament. Soderling outlasted Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) and Ferrer rallied to beat sixth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the Zayed Sports City. Soderling will take

Andy Murray's victory over Igor Kunitsyn in Dubai ended with a relatively straightforward 6-2, 6-3 scoreline, but the early stages of the match featured a single game that lasted almost as long as some sets. With Kunitsyn serving, the second game of the match lasted 24 minutes and went to

Svetlana Kuznetsova is trying to work out a coaching contract with Amelie Mauresmo’s former coach, Loic Courteau. The Russian is hoping that he will join her in Montreal. Kuznetsova also talked to her former doubles partner Mauresmo about coaching her, but doesn’t think that the Frenchwoman wants to go back

BEIJING (AP) U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will miss next month's China Open because of an infection on her right foot. The three-time major title winner tweeted Tuesday that she had a mole removed under my right foot and the wound got infected'' and her Web site saysKim has

MADRID (AP) Rafael Nadal says he hopes that Alberto Contador's doping case will be cleared up soon to stop the tremendous damage'' caused to all sports. Nadal says on Spanish radioall of this is horrible for other (athletes).'' The world's top-ranked tennis player cites cycling as the sport most

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—Women’s tennis pioneer Fern Lee “Peachy” Kellmeyer has been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, joining Andre Agassi in the Class of 2011. Kellmeyer’s induction in the contributor category was announced Thursday. She was the first director of the WTA in 1973 and now is a

Like every year, Rafael Nadal is practicing hard for the clay season. After retiring from his semifinal match against Roger Federer at Indian Wells and then dropping out of the Miami Open due to a knee injury, it may seem like the Spaniard may have a harder time on dirt

VIENNA (AP)—Austrian tennis player Stefan Koubek, who was ranked a career-high No. 20 in 2000, has announced his retirement. Currently ranked No. 261, Koubek will end his career with an exhibition match July 30. Koubek says “I wanted to play Roland Garros and Wimbledon one more time but I won’t

Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena, as well as Janko Tipsarevic and his beau Biljana attended fellow Serbian ATP star Viktor Troicki's big day in Belgrade. The 30-year-old married his girlfriend Aleksandra Djordjevic at the Crown Plaza on Sunday.

Dominic Thiem saved his best trick shot for last in 2018. He combined tennis and soccer for a smooth move, shared with his half million Instagram followers. The world No. 8 is at his usual offseason training base in Tenerife (the largest of Spain's Canary Islands).

It's madness, I tell you! Fuzzy yellow ball style. Follow along this week for our Top 17 takeaways and outtakes from the 2017 Sunshine Double in California and Florida. Check out No. 17 here. First, Stan Wawrinka, the Indian Wells runner-up, referred to his compatriot Roger Federer as an "asshole"

1 Victoria Azarenka returned from maternity leave in Mallorca, and it's safe to say, she's never looked better.