BASTAD, Sweden (AP)—Serena Williams defeated Klara Zakopalova 6-0, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the Swedish Open. After losing the first eight games, the Czech managed to break Williams' serve and tie the set at 2-2. Zakopalova used the momentum to keep the set close, but top-ranked Williams broke back

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Top-seeded Sachia Vickery beat second-seeded Alexandra Kiick 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday to win the USTA Girls' 18s National Championship at Barnes Tennis Center. Vickery, the 17-year-old Miramar, Fla., player who is 230th in the WTA Tour rankings, overcame a slow start and finished strong to close out

Gael Monfils lit up Court Philippe Chatrier like only he knows how on Tuesday night, clawing back from a fourth-set blow-out and a 4-0 deficit in the fifth set to outlast Sebastian Baez, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 7-5, in a match that ended at 12:18 a.m. on Wednesday morning. It

VIENNA (AP)—Robin Haase, a Dutchman ranked No. 63, upset top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (4) on Saturday to set up a final against Tommy Haas at the Erste Bank Open. The second-seeded Haas rallied past Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (0). The German, who won in

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland cruised past Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-1, 6-2 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Grand Prix Hassan II. The 2010 champion will next play Tommy Robredo of Spain, who beat Benoit Paire of France 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-0. Robredo played

You might say the odds were stacked against Marin Cilic at the Hangzhou Open. He entered the 250-level tournament in China with an 0-4 record in tour-level matches this season, ranked 777th in the world rankings, and without an ATP Tour title since 2021. When the soon-to-be 36-year-old dropped the

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (AP)—Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic won her third WTA singles title by coming from the brink of defeat to beat Garbine Muguruza of Spain 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 in the Brazil Cup final on Saturday. Playing in her third final this year, the 32nd-ranked Zakopalova won 11 straight

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Jeremy Chardy of France advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Australia's Matthew Ebden on Monday. Israel's Dudi Sela also advanced with a commanding 6-1, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Falla of Colombia. Chardy, who took just 1 hour, 5 minutes

The United States swept its way into the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Saturday, getting the winning point in a 4-0 victory over Uzbekistan from the doubles team of Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. They beat Sergey Fomin and Sanjar Fayziev 6-2, 6-4, after Tommy Paul and

A near-improbable escape secured Jessica Pegula a fifth career WTA singles title on Sunday at the ecotrans Ladies Open. The fourth-seeded American saved five championship points, all on her serve in the third set, to topple Anna Kalinskaya 6-7(0), 6-4, 7-6(3) to win her first title of 2024. It was

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and his eighth career Grand Slam while extending Andy Murray's misery at Melbourne Park. Djokovic beat Murray 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 in Sunday's final, relegating the Scotsman to runner-up status for the fourth time in four tries

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal defeated Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-0 Saturday to reach the final of the Barcelona Open. He will play for the title Sunday against Nicolas Almagro in a match between Spaniards. Almargo defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 6-1 in the other semifinal to advance to his second

GUANGZHOU, China (AP)—Romania's Monica Niculescu took advantage of a dozen double-faults by Alize Cornet to beat the Frenchwoman 6-4, 6-0 to win the Guangzhou Open on Saturday. The No. 60-ranked Niculescu captured the second WTA Tour title of her career, following her win in Florianopolis last year. The Romanian didn't

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shut out in the first set, seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov shut down David Goffin the rest of the night at the U.S. Open. Dimitrov won 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 in the third round Sunday in a matchup of two 23-year-olds. ''His game was just too good in

On Sunday, Grigor Dimitrov was down 1-3 in his first two sets with Dominic Thiem. On both occasions, the world No. 3 was unable to consolidate his break of serve, and Dimitrov roared back, with interest, to pull away from last year’s Australian Open finalist, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. Questions arose

Jessica Pegula is back up and running—in more ways than one. Making her first appearance since the Australian Open and with new co-coach Mark Merklein watching on, Pegula cruised Wednesday night at the San Diego Open. Taking on qualifier Jule Niemeier, the top seed moved forward, 6-0, 6-4, to close

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Top-seeded Victoria Azaranka beat seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the final in the Southern California Open. Azarenka, the Belarus player ranked No. 3, won a sloppy match against the Serb as both players committed more unforced errors than hit winners. The

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Anett Kontaveit stretched her winning streak to 12 matches by beating Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-0 on Friday to secure a spot in the semifinals at the WTA Finals. The 25-year-old Estonian now has won 28 of her last 30 matches, including her title run at Ostrava.

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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Alison Van Uytvanck won her second title of the season Saturday in a keenly fought final at the Tashkent Open against Sorana Cirstea. The Belgian prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 after nearly two and a half hours. The turning point came when she saved six break points