It was only a matter of time before Tennys Sandgren really tapped into his inner musician. The Nashville native chose a folksy country song to cover in his latest Instagram video—despite a well-known preference for hard rock and heavy metal. Sandgren was accompanied by Mikael Torpegaard on vocals and guitar.

LONDON (AP)—A year after stunning Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, Lukas Rosol lost his first-round match at the All England Club against a qualifier ranked 121st. Rosol, who came in ranked 35th, was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 Monday by Germany's Julian Reister. Their match was on tiny

LONDON (AP)—Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the International Tennis Federation's world champions for 2013. Djokovic captured the men's award for the third straight year, and Williams took the honor for the fourth time. Djokovic started the year by winning a third straight Australian Open and was runner-up at Wimbledon

TIANJIN, China (AP) -- Varvara Lepchenko and Alison Riske set up an all-American quarterfinal match at the Tianjin Open with straight-set wins on Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Lepchenko defeated 18-year-old Chinese wild-card entry Liu Fangzhou 7-6 (3), 7-5, while the sixth-seeded Riske beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-4, 7-6 (3). Also,

MONTPELLIER, France (AP) -- Two-time champion and local favorite Richard Gasquet will take on big serving Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the final of the Open Sud de France. The Frenchman, who won in 2006 and 2013, defeated his Davis Cup teammate Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday in a

TORONTO (AP) Canadian tennis player Aleksandra Wozniak is returning after an 11-month injury layoff. Tennis Canada said Wednesday that Wozniak, the Blainville, Quebec, player once ranked No. 21 in the world, will play a Challenger Series event in Winnipeg, Manitoba, starting Aug. 22. The 27-year-old Wozniak, currently ranked 696th on

GENEVA -- Roger Federer will try to move on from his stunning Wimbledon loss by playing at the clay-court Swiss Open, where he debuted as a 16-year-old. Federer, who lost in the second round last Wednesday against Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky, said Tuesday on his official website that "I'm really looking

Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia are halting their highly successful doubles partnership, with Garcia deciding to increase her attention on singles. "At Dubai, Caroline Garcia explained to me she wanted to finish our partnership in doubles to concentrate on singles," Mladenovic told French reporters in Acapulco.

UMAG, Croatia (AP) Fabio Fognini defeated Andrej Martin 6-4, 6-1 to win the Croatia Open on Sunday. The fourth-seeded Italian, who had played in Umag for nine consecutive years, secured his fourth career singles title and his first since February 2014 at Vina del Mar, Chile. Fognini was impressive on

BERLIN (AP) — Francisco Cerundolo got Team World off to a winning start at the Laver Cup with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Team Europe's Casper Ruud on Friday. The Argentinian, who is ranked No. 31, overcame five double faults to earn one point for his team at the indoor

My post the other day, A Night of Historical Importance, generated a fair amount of interest. After posting, I battened down the hatches for the storm to come, but I was truly surprised by the number of TennisWorld readers who shared my sentiments, if not always for the same reasons,

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Serena Williams stumbled once, unable to plant her right foot. It was one of the few times she looked vulnerable Friday night. The unseeded Williams put on a clinic with precision serving and a sharp ground game to get the better of second-seeded Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-3,

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) Novak Djokovic made his return after missing six weeks with a back injury and defeated Xavier Malisse 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday. The top-ranked Serb overcame some difficult moments before improving his record this season to 65-3. Djokovic arrived

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NEW YORK—Novak Djokovic is getting plenty of kudos for winning the 2023 US Open, but among a star-studded crowd assembled on Arthur Ashe Stadium, his most heartfelt congratulations came moments after capturing his 24th Grand Slam title. Minutes after dispatching 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, Djokovic, who paid

Andrey Rublev battled past Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals of Shanghai on Saturday, 7-6 (7), 6-3, to move into the fourth Masters 1000 final of his career—he’s now a win away from his second career Masters 1000 title, having won his first on the clay of Monte Carlo earlier this

Daria Kasatkina is a woman of the people. After a three-set win over Barbora Krejcikova at the WTA Elite Trophy that thrilled fans at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, the world No. 17 gave them an even better present: She and girlfriend Natalia Zabiiako's must-see vlog, Kasatkina &

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Jessica Pegula improved to 48-0 in 2023 when winning the first set, grabbing 10 of the last 12 games to beat Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-2 in the opening match of round-robin singles competition at the WTA Finals on a windy Sunday night. Neither woman had won