TORONTO (AP) Swiss teen Belinda Bencic won the Rogers Cup on Sunday, following her upset of Serena Williams with a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 3-0 victory over an ailing Simona Halep. The 18-year-old Bencic won her second WTA Tour title after breaking through this summer on grass in England at

The 2016 French Open was the culmination of all-court excellence for Novak Djokovic—a masterful title run that completed a career Grand Slam. From his first-round match to his final championship point, it aired on Tennis Channel. In its 10th year of broadcasting Roland Garros, Tennis Channel allowed viewers to watch

On Sunday, 61st-ranked Alison Riske mounted a courageous comeback against top-seeded Kiki Bertens to claim her second career WTA title. The American was down 6-0, 4-1 before clawing her way back to upset Bertens, 0-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5, on home soil in 's-Hertogenbosch. "I'm just really proud of myself. I

On Friday in Shanghai, Alexander Zverev notched his first Top 10 victory of 2019 with a 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3 win over two-time champion Roger Federer in the Rolex Shanghai Masters quarterfinal. “Finally starting to kind of play the way I should play, really," said Zverev. "I was playing really

Nicolas Jarry is one win away from becoming Chile’s first ATP Masters 1000 champion in 25 years. On Friday, the No. 21 seed overcame 14th-seeded Tommy Paul, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3, for his third three-set victory in his run to the Rome final. With grandfather Jaime Fillol cheering him on,

A storm looked to be on the horizon at the start of Tuesday’s Roland Garros play. Dark, profuse clouds moved in—droplets of rain soon began firing—but the sun fended off its provoking opponent to reemerge victorious. Eighth seed Juan Martin del Potro found himself facing his own pounding thunder early

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Did you know the Big 4 haven’t all been in the semifinals of a tournament together in three years? They were one point away yesterday, before Milos Raonic came back to beat Rafael Nadal in their three-hour quarterfinal. Still, we’ve got four players in the Top 6 in

Twice this season, Kiki Bertens led Ashleigh Barty by a set before the Australian turned the tables to score three-set wins in Sydney and Miami. On Saturday, Bertens was primed to flip the script in the Beijing semifinals, but was unable to shut the door when the match was on

As the BNP Paribas Open gets underway in Indian Wells, consider the presence of those who are absent. World number one Serena Williams, victorious at this event in ’99 and ’01, has withdrawn. Defending champion Victoria Azarenka, also a winner in ’12, remains on maternity leave. A two-time titlist, Maria

Each day this week, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches at the Italian Open. Simona Halep [6] vs. Laura Siegemund Has The Siege of the WTA come to an end? The way Siegemund went through the draw at Stuttgart last month, it looked like we had a new French

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Last week, Destanee Aiava became the first player born this millennium to win a main draw match at a WTA event. Next week, the 16-year-old Australian will be the first player born in the 2000s to play in the main draw at a Grand Slam tournament,

Dominic Thiem returns to competition at Buenos Aires but withdrawals have hit this week's other events. Thiem has not played since retiring with illness in the second round of the Australian Open. His coach, Gunther Bresnik, would not specify what the illness was but said Thiem could slowly get back

Naomi Osaka is playing exceptionally well this week in New York at the Western and Southern Open, but the world No. 10 pressed paused to address more important matters. Following the shooting of Jacob Blake, the sports world collectively united in sitting out of their respective games and matches in

It’s possible, if Serena Williams goes on to reassert her dominance over the rest of the summer, and caps it with a title in New York, that we’ll look back on her 7-5, 6-0 win over Andrea Petkovic on Saturday as the day she turned her season around. In her

The third day at the ATP Finals was nothing short of thrilling as Dominic Thiem and Rafael Nadal battled across two tight, entertaining sets. On the doubles court, Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof secured their spot in the semifinals. These are the Top 5 Photos from Tuesday in London. (All

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP)—France rallied from two sets down to defeat Serbia in doubles Saturday and take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final. Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra overcame Nenad Zimonjic and Viktor Troicki and the hometown crowd in Belgrade Arena to win 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.

NEW YORK (AP)—Juan Carlos Ferrero outlasted seventh-seeded Gael Monfils 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the U.S. Open’s third round after a thrilling match that lasted nearly five hours. The crowd of more than 10,000 in Louis Armstrong Stadium saluted both players with a standing ovation

MONTPELLIER, France (AP)—Defending champion Ivan Ljubicic beat Albert Montanes of Spain 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday and will play Gael Monfils of France in the Open Sud de France final. The fourth-seeded Ljubicic never faced a break point and sealed the win with his 18th ace. He won every point on

The ITF has suspended Wayne Odesnik for two years for HGH possession. Australian customs officials found eight vials of the banned hormone in his luggage when he arrived Down Under for the Brisbane tournament in January. The incident became public in March, when Odesnik pleaded guilty to illegally trying to

1. IMPOSE YOUR WILLProfessional tennis has no shortage of good athletes, but Tsonga is among the best. I admire the way he takes advantage of this. As big as Tsonga is—6-foot-2 and 200 pounds—he seems even bigger to his opponents because he constantly applies pressure, moves forward, and announces