What was life like for Marcus Willis before he became Wimbledon’s darling? We know that the 25-year-old Brit, who shocked Ricardas Berankis in straight sets in the first round in London, lives with his parents and is a tennis instructor who charges about $40 an hour for lessons. We also

PARIS (AP)—Melanie Oudin of the United States has beaten Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 6-0 to reach the Open GDF Suez's second round. Oudin, a U.S. Open quarterfinalist last year, next plays Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat seventh-seeded Virginie Razzano of France 6-3, 7-6 (3) at Stade Pierre de

Victoria Azarenka plans to play Miami following her second-round defeat at Indian Wells, but says she cannot announce the rest of her schedule at the moment. "A week ago I wasn't sure I was going to be here," she said following her first-round win at the tournament. "I'm definitely going

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The boys from Down Under are down and out at Wimbledon. For the first time since 1938, no Australian man will be playing in the second round at the All England Club after former champion Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic and Matthew Ebden all lost on Tuesday. Tomic was

WATCH: Anisimova visits the Tennis Channel desk after her opening-round win.

The field of women's-tennis players has been famously deep in recent years, and one of the effects of that is that no seed is safe in the early rounds. Even Top 10 stars have to worry about the drawing unseeded names with enough firepower to put the rest of their

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Third-seeded Novak Djokovic has reached the fourth round of Wimbledon after a straight-sets victory over Spain’s Albert Montanes. The third-ranked Djokovic dominated the 28th-seeded Montanes, winning 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in just over 1 hour, 45 minutes on Friday. The 23-year-old Serb, who has not dropped a set since

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Kim Clijsters has advanced to the third round at Wimbledon by beating Karolina Sprem 6-3, 6-2. Playing first Wednesday on Court 1, Clijsters committed just 13 unforced errors and erased the only three break points she faced. The No. 8-seeded Clijsters, who returned from retirement last year, is

PARIS(AP) Novak Djokovic was as surprised as anyone by the way he played in the French Open's third round. I cannot allow myself to have such a bad performance as I had today,'' he said.I cannot allow myself to be that defensive. This is not me. This is not

PARIS (AP) Serena Williams lost in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Tuesday at the French Open. The fifth-seeded Williams was two points from victory several times in the second set, including leading 5-1 in

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

Roger Federer says he surprised himself with his performance against Tomas Berdych on Friday, winning in straight sets in the third round of the Australian Open. Federer, playing his first event since Wimbledon, improved his play significantly from the first two rounds, hitting 40 winners and just 17 errors against

FEZ, Morocco(AP) Marta Domachowska of Poland beat fourth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-4, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Grand Prix SAR. Domachowska broke Kirilenko, who reached the Barcelona Open final two weeks ago, five times. The 109th-ranked Domachowska will next face either Petra Cetkovska of Czech Republic

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (AP)—Third-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic cruised into the second round of the Brazil Cup with a 6-3, 6-3 win over 17-year-old Croatian Donna Vekic on Tuesday. Zakopalova, trying to reach her third final this year, broke Vekic's service twice in the final set to close out

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Andy Roddick has beaten French veteran Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open on Friday. After the match, Santoro, who has said he plans to retire this season, was given a bottle of champagne and a dinner invitation from Tennis

PARIS(AP) Andy Murray quickly overcame a shaky start and advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 Sunday. The third-seeded Murray was broken in the opening game of the first set, but he immediately broke back to make it

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -- Pablo Carreno Busta saved two match points to defeat Italy's Paolo Lorenzi 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 and reach the second round of the Croatia Open on Monday. Lorenzi won the first set and got an early break in the second, but the 57th-ranked Carreno Busta then won