LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked women's doubles player Bethanie Mattek-Sands needs surgery after dislocating her right kneecap and rupturing her patellar tendon during a singles match at Wimbledon. "One of the most painful injuries that I've had," the 32-year-old American said on Facebook Live on Saturday, "and I've had a few

MADRID (AP) Fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of the Madrid Open because of a back injury. The 26-year-old Azarenka says she ''tweaked'' her back during her opening match against Laura Robson and that the pain persisted during her second-round win over Alize Cornet. Azarenka had been scheduled to play

PARIS (AP) — Just a few months after thinking she might never play tennis again, Petra Martic is through to the fourth round of the French Open. Martic was sidelined for 10 months with a back injury shortly after she lost at Wimbledon qualifying last year. It was initially thought

MONACO (AP) — Rafael Nadal is aiming to make his comeback from a hip injury at the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters next month, organizers said Wednesday. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has been sidelined with a left hip flexor injury since the Australian Open, and pulled out of hard-court tournaments

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Dominic Thiem outlasted Milos Raonic 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the BNP Paribas Open final after Roger Federer advanced when Rafael Nadal withdrew because of a knee injury. A somber Nadal announced his withdrawal a couple hours before he was scheduled

Rafael Nadal believes the injury he suffered during his quarterfinal match against David Ferrer at the Australian Open was a hamstring tear. Nadal told reporters afterwards that he did not want to discuss details of the injury out of respect for his opponent, but was quoted by wire service EFE

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic and No. 4 Victoria Azarenka both say they have recovered from injuries. Djokovic pulled out of the Cincinnati final with a shoulder injury, while Azarenka did not play Cincy due to a wrist injury. "The shoulder in Cincinnati didn't feel good obviously, and throughout the whole week

Germany's Andrea Petkovic will miss the London Olympics as her ankle injury has yet to heal. The world No. 18 was forced to pull out of Roland Garros and Wimbledon due to the same injury. Petkovic tore ligaments in her ankle at Stuttgart in April after having just returned from

David Ferrer has withdrawn from the Montreal Masters with an ongoing elbow injury. On Twitter, the world No. 7 announced that the injury that kept him from playing Wimbledon and Davis Cup will also delay his opening to the hard-court season. "I'm still not fit from my elbow injury," said

Carlos Alcaraz has made a winning return to the tour from injury, battling past Laslo Djere in front of a packed crowd in Buenos Aires on Wednesday night, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, in his first match in 104 days. It was also his first career match in Argentina, and some of

GENEVA (AP) — Second-ranked Daniil Medvedev lost his comeback match Tuesday after a six-week injury layoff, beaten 6-2, 7-6 (5) by Richard Gasquet in the second round at the Geneva Open. Medvedev, who underwent hernia surgery last month, cautioned Sunday he was often a slow starter on clay courts. So

Novak Djokovic has been ruled out of Serbia’s upcoming Davis Cup tie against Denmark due to the hamstring injury that forced him to retire at the Australian Open. The former world No. 1, 37, lost the first set of his semifinal to Alexander Zverev before opting not to continue, having

These pros have battled with injuries that took them out of the game for more than three months. 1 Injuries: left wrist Time Away: February 2014 – February 2016* Ranking Before: No. 5 Ranking After: No. 1,042 Current Ranking: No. 144 Comeback Performance: Semifinals, Delray Beach 2016 * The one-time

PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of finishing the season as the top-ranked player took a hit after a 6-3, 6-4 loss to qualifier Roman Safiullin in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday. In his return from injury, Alcaraz dropped serve four times and made 27 unforced

Novak Djokovic, who has reached the final of Montreal, said he is having problems with a chronic arm injury. The Serb called for the trainer during a straight-sets semifinal win against Jeremy Chardy, saying that the injury was bothering him but is something he has had before. "It comes and

Bethanie Mattek-Sands is back training again following her attention-grabbing injury on court at Wimbledon, despite still wearing a full leg brace. The 32-year-old American dislocated her kneecap and had surgery to repair a torn patella tendon three weeks ago. She recently posted videos of her training efforts on social media,

The WTA has confirmed that Serena Williams has joined Victoria Azarenka in withdrawing from Doha. Williams is out with the back injury she sustained during the Australian Open. Sabine Lisicki has also withdrawn, due to a shoulder injury.

The Danish press reports that the shoulder injury that forced Caroline Wozniacki to retire against Sofia Arvidsson at the Swedish Open does not appear to be serious. It’s the same injury that Wozniacki suffered at the 2008 French Open in her match against Sorana Cirstea.?? "I could feel something in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal's comeback from hip surgery is on hold after he withdrew from the Australian Open with an injury a week before the start of the season's first Grand Slam tournament. The 22-time major champion said Sunday on social media that medical tests he took in