TOKYO -- Sam Stosur knocked two-time champion Maria Sharapova out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, reaching the semifinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (10) victory over the Russian. Stosur broke Sharapova to go up 5-3 in the second set but then lost nine straight points as the Russian sent

It seems there’s no such word as ‘rusty’ in Maria Sharapova’s vocabulary. Prevented from playing the warm-up tournament in Brisbane by a collarbone injury and playing with her left ankle strapped, the world No. 2 polished off compatriot Olga Puchkova, 6-0, 6-0, in 55 minutes on Rod Laver Arena to

ISTANBUL, Turkey—Coach Carlos Rodriguez says that Li Na has to play more freely and display more self-belief if she is going to be able to upset Serena Williams in the final of the WTA Championships. Williams is 9-1 against the former Roland Garros champion and defeated her 6-0, 6-3 in

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- The Czech Republic leveled its Davis Cup World Group tie with the Netherlands at 1-1 on Friday after Tomas Berdych swept aside Igor Sijsling in the opening singles. Berdych, an Australian Open semifinalist, dominated throughout as he cruised to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 victory for the

Portuguese wild card Rui Machado stretched, but couldn't extended Gimeno-Traver past two sets.

Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka will play each other at the Australian Open for the third year in a row, with their previous two matches both going five sets. Djokovic won the first encountered in the fourth round before going on to take the 2013 title. The next one, in

Andre This is just a quick little bonus post, coming off the press conference set-up by Longines to (among other things) help raise money for Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf's pet charities (For Steffi, Children for Tomorrow and the Andre Agassi Foundation). Both of them, by the way, looked great,

Second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas is two wins away from securing his second title in as many weeks. On Thursday, the Greek handled a tough test from red-hot Jan-Lennard Struff, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to earn his semifinal berth in Dubai. Struff, who beat fifth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round, and

U.S. Davis Cup captain Jim Courier discusses his experience coaching against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic for the first time. Djokovic defeated John Isner and Sam Querrey in singles matches to lead Serbia to a 3-1 victory in the quarterfinals. “Novak is such a complete tennis player,” Courier said. “We’ve

BEIJING (AP) Rafael Nadal suffered another early loss when he fell to Grigor Dimitrov for the first time 6-2, 6-4 in the China Open quarterfinals on Friday. Nadal's only two singles titles of the year were in April, and he hasn't reached a final since because of a left wrist

Aljaz Bedene could return to the Slovenian Davis Cup team in a bid to play the 2020 Olympic Games. The 27-year-old became a British citizen in 2015, but has been prevented from playing Davis Cup because of an ITF rule change at the beginning of 2015 that prohibits players from

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Even without Serena and Venus Williams, the United States was too strong for Australia in their Fed Cup playoff, clinching a spot in the elite eight-nation World Group next year with a 4-0 sweep. CoCo Vandeweghe replaced Madison Keys in the opening reverse singles match on Sunday

Tatjana Maria, who accused Alize Cornet of gamesmanship during their second-round French Open encounter, says she received backing in the locker room and is also considering legal action against officials. Maria said she and her husband spoke to attorneys not long before Maria took to the doubles court to play

Fourhand is our weekly roundup of the latest on- and off-court buzz​. DOUBLING UP Serena Williams was in South Beach last weekend to celebrate her baby shower with her family (including sisters Venus, Lyn and Isha, and mother Oracene) and friends at the 1 Hotel and Homes South Beach resort.

The champion model calls for monastic focus. Bjorn Borg, holed-up in an austere hotel room. Chris Evert, ordering room service night after night. Others we’ll politely exclude, who reveled in never reading a book, visiting a museum, seeing a play, listening to classical music, strolling into a café. Then there

On Tuesday, Andy Murray announced that the Paris Olympics would be the final tennis tournament of his career. To celebrate his legacy, we're counting down five of his most amazing career stats, one a day, until the tournament begins on Saturday. Yesterday, we kicked things off with his 2012 US

Simona Halep made a shocking retirement announcement in Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday following a 6-1, 6-1 defeat to Lucia Bronzetti at the Transylvania Open. The former world No. 1, who was off the court for 19 months due to a doping suspension, was able to resume her career in March 2024

A day after a grueling 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 first-round win over Karen Khachanov, Daniil Medvedev had a quicker day at the office in Doha on Wednesday, storming past Zizou Bergs in straight sets in the second round of the newly-upgraded ATP 500 event, 6-2, 6-1. And with that victory over

A friendly reminder to future competitors facing Carlos Alcaraz in breezy conditions: the four-time major winner doesn’t shy away from wind, he welcomes any gusts that come his way. Grigor Dimitrov experienced a taste of that Wednesday night when the two-time defending Indian Wells champion dominated their fourth-round encounter, 6-1,

HIGHLIGHTS: Djokovic mounts two-set comeback over Tsitsipas to win second French Open