Karolina Pliskova and Sofia Kenin will go into the US Open as the top two seeds, and some questions about whether their lofty rankings mean much of anything. On Sunday, at the Western & Southern Open—held at the very same venue as the looming Grand Slam—both the Czech and the

Venus Williams' 22nd Roland Garros appearance ended in the first round at the hands of No. 9-seeded Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 6-3. It's the fifth time Williams has left Paris without a singles win. With a 1-1 career record against Williams, the Ukrainian wasn't the obvious favorite. She has been dealing

MONTREAL (AP) — A weary Simona Halep, upset over how her matches are scheduled, beat Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the final Rogers Cup final. The top-ranked Romanian will play for the title Sunday against the third-ranked Sloane Stephens in a rematch of Halep's victory in the

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Naomi Osaka is making the most of this unusual year both on and off the court. Although much of the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, she managed to reach two finals in just four tournaments played, walking away with her second US Open title last month. The 22-year-old

“Very strange” was how Novak Djokovic described the fan-free atmosphere inside the O2 Arena for his first match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Monday. He talked about how blessed he had been to experience so many great “atmospheres” in that building in the past, and told the fans watching

PARIS—Caroline Garcia, hurt by recent criticism at home, decided to change her approach before the French Open, and is now in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal. The 23-year-old Garcia won both her matches for France in the 2016 Fed Cup final, but went back and forth about playing the team

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Teenager Daria Kasatkina doesn't just upset the top-ranked player in the world. She also can win a tournament. The 19-year-old Russian showed patience and poise Sunday to beat fellow teen Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1 to win her first WTA event at the Volvo Car Open. It

The only thing predictable about Tuesday’s opening-round blockbuster at Roland Garros between Victoria Azarenka and Jelena Ostapenko was the unpredictability of the Latvian's presence on court. Azarenka survived 6-4, 7-6 (4) over the 2017 Roland Garros champion in a match that featured 13 breaks of serve—including eight in a row

It's not usual for Venus Williams to play a Wimbledon tune-up tournament, but this week she's entered in one for just the fourth time in her storied career. On Wednesday, she toppled Aliaksandra Sasnovich to advance to the second round of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham, 6-3, 6-4. "I

Jannik Sinner’s rise up the ATP ranks has been nothing short of meteoric. This time last year, the Italian phenom sat outside the Top 100 with just three ATP level wins to his name. Now, the 19-year-old is projected to reach a new career-high ranking of No. 43 following his

Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev will face Matthew Ebden in the semifinals of the Open 13 Provence after winning his quarterfinal match in Marseille on Friday. The 25-year-old Russian needed just an hour and 15 minutes to topple Jannik Sinner, 6-2, 6-4, and extend their head-to-head series to 2-0. “[It is my]

Before each day of play at the Australian Open, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. For full coverage of the season's first Slam, go to our tournament page. The 35-year-old American and the 24-year-old Brit may not seem to have much in common, but they’re in similar boats at

PARMA, Italy (AP) — American teenager Coco Gauff stormed to her second career singles title as she comfortably dispatched Wang Qiang 6-1, 6-3 at the Emilia-Romagna Open in her first clay-court final on Saturday. The 17-year-old Gauff also won the doubles title with Caty McNally later Saturday, becoming the youngest

In an interview with El Partidazo and El Transistor radio, the Rafael Nadal said holding tournaments would be difficult even with no fans in the stands. "That is not the issue," he said. "The issue is what is required for organization of any event in tennis. "The [soccer] league is

Gael Monfils and Andy Murray served up a spectacular week of content for tennis fans across the globe via the Frenchman's Twitch account. The two notable players talked about all things ATP Finals, and more, all week long on the online streaming service. The Frenchman and the Scot wrapped up

Stuttgart marks the first time in nearly three years that the WTA Top 4 reached the final four of a tournament. But it hasn't been as uncommon to see the world's top two women reach the final round of an event—it happened as recently as Indian Wells, when Victoria Azarenka

From time to time, the difficulty of winning an ATP Masters 1000 tournament is compared to the difficulty of winning a Grand Slam tournament. This is because of how Masters events are scheduled. Masters champions must win a Friday quarterfinal, a Saturday semifinal, and a Sunday final—sometimes after playing on

CHENNAI, India (AP)—Marin Cilic’s preparations for this month’s Australian Open suffered a setback Monday when he lost to Kei Nishikori of Japan 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 in the first round of the Chennai Open. The second-seeded Cilic broke his opponent in the fifth game to grab the opening set, but

PARIS (AP)—Andy Murray will have to raise his game in Paris if he is going to have any chance of fulfilling his ambition of winning a Grand Slam singles title. The fourth-seeded Briton reached the second round of the French Open with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 win over French qualifier