NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) — Rain disrupted play at the Nuremberg Cup on Monday, with Mona Barthel the only player to progress on the second day. The German defeated Paula Ormaechea 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 despite an interruption of almost four hours in the first set due to rain. Other matches, including

When an athlete is "thinking of Tokyo" it can only mean one thing right? While the Australian Open has been raging on Down Under, Maria Sharapova is hard at work back at home. She shared her new Nike workout kit, and seems to have her sights set on the 2020

Novak Djokovic has accomplished so much in his career - and, indeed, already this year. He owns 12 Grand Slam singles titles, a total eclipsed by only three men in the long history of tennis. He has won four consecutive major tournaments, something only two other men ever did. He

Novak Djokovic defeated Croatian qualifier Borna Gojo in the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday night, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, for his 85th career win at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year. Having already been the only player with 80 or more wins at all four majors,

Those wishing that Novak Djokovic is still on the singles circuit may breathe a sigh of relief. The Serb shot down the rumors of a romance with a fellow Olympic competitor, javelin thrower Leryn Franco of Paraguay, during a press conference at the US Open. A variety of sources including

NEW YORK (AP) Billie Jean King and World Team Tennis are serving up their 40th season, a feat accomplished only by the big four leagues in the United States. Co-founder King recalls the early years of the mid-1970s when Robert Kraft owned the Boston Lobsters and Jerry Buss owned the

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff will head to the Australian Open with greater confidence in her form and fitness after beating Elina Svitolina in three sets in the Auckland Classic final. The third-ranked Gauff became only the fourth player to win back-to-back singles in Auckland,

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- Andreas Haider-Maurer of Austria beat Daniel Gimeno Traver of Spain on Monday in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open, which returned to the ATP tour following a one-year absence. The day's only main-draw singles match was close until Haider-Maurer seized the initiative in

The Miami Open final on Sunday will be the 23rd time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in a championship tilt. Nadal’s semifinal match against Fabio Fognini was rather straightforward, while Federer’s win over Nick Kyrgios was as drama-packed as it gets. It’s not the only time Federer or

When a historic feat is achieved, a historic racquet is created. In honor of Serena Williams' 23rd Grand Slam title and return to world No. 1, Wilson has joined forces with the American to create a very limited-edition golden racquet. So how limited is this new racquet? Only 23 were

NEW YORK -- Screeching and struggling all afternoon, Victoria Azarenka willed her way into a second consecutive U.S. Open final Friday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Flavia Pennetta. In a match filled with frayed nerves and broken serves, the second-seeded Azarenka won despite committing 25 unforced errors with only

Roger Federer, who will play his first tournament since Wimbledon next week at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, celebrates a very special day today: it's his 38th birthday. Age is most definitely but a number for Federer. Not only has he won his 18th, 19th and 20th career

After dropping the first set to Cam Norrie it was smooth sailing for Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Wimbledon on Friday, as he cruised past the British No. 1 in the next three sets to move comfortably through to the final, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Not only is the

Roger Federer has once again decided not to play in a World Group Davis Cup tie. The Swiss Tennis Federation announced its team that will face Serbia in Novi Sad on January 31, which includes Stanislas Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli, Henri Laaksonen, and Michael Lammer. Federer has only played one Davis

LONDON (AP)—Tomas Berdych will return to Queen's Club for the first time in eight years to tune up for Wimbledon. Organizers say the sixth-ranked Czech has entered the grass-court tournament, which will be played June 10-16. Berdych's only previous appearance at Queen's was in 2005 when he was 19 years

"Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters, and fuck everyone else." On its own, this is a bold statement. It becomes more courageous when considering the person—and story—behind it. These are the words of a woman from Russia, a woman who this year reached the semifinals

LONDON—After losing to Rafael Nadal for the 22nd time in 32 matches in the semis of the ATP World Tour Finals, Roger Federer says he would like to grab more hardware next year. The Swiss ended the season with only one title, his lowest haul since 2001. “Winning five titles

NEW YORK— Watching Daniil Medvedev labor through match after match at this US Open, it seemed that he was playing in borrowed time. This industrious fellow had endured three debilitating weeks in a row on hard courts over the summer, reaching the finals of Washington and Montreal, then winning his

After winning his fourth Australian Open and sixth Grand Slam singles title, Novak Djokovic discusses Roland Garros, the only major he has not won. Djokovic, who defeated Andy Murray in the final, hopped on a 3 AM flight to Europe afterward, as he is scheduled to play in Serbia’s Davis