MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic are set to begin quests for their seventh Australian Open titles on Tuesday at Melbourne Park under sunny skies and temperatures not quite as high as forecast. Williams, who plays Belinda Bencic in the second match on Rod Laver Arena, is

SHANGHAI (AP) — Jeremy Chardy has lost track of how many times he's lost to Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Novak Djokovic. It's a lot. Chardy set up a 12th career meeting against Djokovic — he thought it was a 15th — after beating Maximilian Marterer of Germany 6-3, 7-6

World No. 1 Ashleigh Barty was in trouble early on in both sets but bounced back each time, moving past Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-2, 6-4, and into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday night. Alexandrova had been one of the players to watch coming in, scoring wins over

HALLE, Germany (AP) Top-seeded Roger Federer overcame a 4-1 deficit in the second set to beat Malek Jaziri 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday and stay on course for his ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open. Federer caught up and broke serve for 6-5, before serving out the match. Jaziri sent

NEW YORK (AP) Ivo Karlovic hit 61 aces, the most in a U.S. Open match, during his five-set victory in the first round. The 6-foot-11 Croatian broke the previous record of 49, established by Richard Krajicek in a 1999 quarterfinal loss. Karlovic, who is seeded 21st, beat Yen-hsun Lu of

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Serena Williams and sister Venus won at the BNP Paribas Open to set up a third-round clash in the desert tournament. Serena got by No. 29 seed Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the second round on Saturday in her return from

NEW YORK -- Quickly putting aside one poor set, defending champion Andy Murray finished strongly and beat 81st-ranked Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the U.S. Open's third round. After dropping the third set, then opening the fourth 1-all, the No. 3-seeded Murray powered his way

Coming into Tuesday, Dominic Thiem had played 217 tour-level matches on clay. Ben Shelton had contested zero. Both players were among the group advancing at the Millennium Estoril Open in setting an intriguing second-round meeting. For Thiem, he’ll hope this is the start of a new trend after coming in

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Big-serving Nick Kyrgios remains on course for his first career title after beating second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to set up an Open 13 final against fourth-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic. After Cilic had downed No. 8 Benoit Paire of France 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3

TOKYO (AP) Top-seeded Kei Nishikori came from a set down to beat American lucky loser Donald Young 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Japan Open. Nishikori had been drawn to face Nicolas Almagro, but the Spanish player withdrew because of illness. Young, who had lost

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PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams loses in 4th round of French Open in straight sets to 21st-seeded Elena Rybakina.

Another day, another five-set match to dig into! With Jannik Sinner forcing a fifth set on Tuesday in his quarterfinal with Daniil Medvedev, there have now been 36 matches to go five sets at this year’s Wimbledon. The total breaks the record for a single major event that was previously

PARIS -- Serena Williams came from behind in the third set Tuesday and advanced to the French Open semifinals for the first time since 2003 when she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Williams had been beaten the last four times she reached the Roland Garros quarterfinals, most recently in

BASTAD, Sweden (AP) Top-seeded David Ferrer came back from a set and 2-0 down in beating French qualifier Calvin Hemery 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the second round of the Swedish Open on Thursday. The two-time former champion had a first-round bye, and was having a first meeting with Hemery, who

LONDON (AP) In 2009, Serena and Venus Williams played against each other for the fourth time in a span of eight Wimbledon finals. They haven't met in an all-Williams match at the All England Club since. With one victory apiece Friday, they will set up the latest installment of their

Victoria Azarenka cruised past fellow Belarusian Vera Lapko in straight sets at the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night to set up a blockbuster second round clash with Serena Williams. After falling behind 2-0, 40-0, Azarenka reeled off 10 games in a row to build a 6-2 4-0 lead against

ROME (AP) — Seven months ago, Jannik Sinner twice had chances to accomplish something few tennis players have been capable of: taking a set from Rafael Nadal at the French Open. The Italian teenager served for the first set at 6-5 in the Roland Garros quarterfinals and was up a

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Fifth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro recovered from a slow start to defeat U.S. qualifier Rhyne Williams 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, made several unforced errors to drop the first-set tiebreaker,

PARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams' disappointing return to tennis continued when she lost in straight sets to 68th-ranked Katerina Siniakova in the second round of the Emilia-Romagna Open on Tuesday. Top-seeded Williams, who accepted a wild-card invitation for the Parma tournament after losing her opening match at the Italian