The two round-robin groups for the WTA Championships in Istanbul are set. The tournament begins on Tuesday. No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki heads the Red Group, which also includes No. 3 Petra Kvitova, No. 6 Vera Zvonareva and No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska. No. 2 Maria Sharapova leads the White Group, which

Dan Evans is turning out to be the breakthrough fairy tale story of the Australian Open and he's doing it without a logo on his shirt. The Brit beat Bernard Tomic in straight sets to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time. The win comes one

UMAG, Croatia (AP) Serbian qualifier Nikola Cacic spoiled Aljaz Bedene's 27th birthday by beating the British player 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 for his maiden win on the ATP tour on Monday. In the only other main-draw match, Leonardo Mayer of Argentina beat local wild card Nikola Mektic 7-5, 6-2. From 5-3

PARIS—Karolina Pliskova has reached the fourth round at the French Open, but says that, at times, she is still too gloomy. “I’m too negative sometimes,” she said. “And even on the court. So I want too much sometimes, and then I'm even missing even more than I would be missing.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) The Djokovic family did not enjoy any success at their home tournament. After defending champion Novak Djokovic pulled out of the event, his brother Marko lost in the first round to Filippo Volandri on Monday. Marko Djokovic, a wild-card entry, was broken four times and never forced

PARIS (AP)—Mardy Fish of the United States reached the French Open’s third round for the first time by beating Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1 Thursday. Fish, of Tampa, Fla., is seeded 10th at Rolland Gars, making him the top American in the field. It’s also his

MELBOURNE—Nick Kyrgios, who has reached the third round of the Australian Open, said he got much faster during the off-season. The 20-year-old Aussie beat Pablo Cuevas in the second round and will next face No. 6 seed Tomas Berdych, whom he has never played. Last year Kyrgios reached the quarterfinals

NEW YORK (AP) Serena Williams reeled off the last eight games and reached the U.S. Open's fourth round with a 6-4, 6-0 victory Saturday over 42nd-ranked Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, who upset the American at the Australian Open in January. The fourth-seeded Williams hit eight aces and won 32 of

STOCKHOLM (AP) James Blake made it through to the second round of the Stockholm Open after coming from behind to beat seventh-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday. Bellucci broke an error-prone Blake twice in the first set. Blake found his rhythm in the second, breaking Bellucci in

Paris always presents an embarrassment of riches (and sometimes britches) in the style department. After all, its Champs-Elysées boulevard in the 8th arrondissement represents the shopping mecca of that city, if not the country and the continent on the whole. Another major tournament breeds another round of the Spin's take

Call it Panic Monday: A backlog of third-round matches combined with an unexpectedly rainy day at Wimbledon left three of the women’s quarterfinalists undecided; on the men’s side, four fourth-round meetings had to be put off. So instead of a clean slate of four women’s quarterfinals, we’ll see a mixed

John Isner, who beat Kevin Anderson in the third round at Indian Wells, said that he is feeling better overall despite losing two singles matches against Great Britain in Davis Cup. ''Davis Cup is a completely different animal," world No. 20 said. "I have done a pretty good job putting

STUTTGART, Germany (AP)—Caroline Wozniacki lost in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday, falling to Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-1. The former top-ranked Dane squandered a 3-0 lead in the first set and never recovered after losing the tiebreaker. Also, fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova of