Roger Federer, who won his Hopman Cup opener, says he has confidence in his left knee as he returns to competition. Federer, sidelined with knee problems since Wimbledon, indicated that the injury has stopped affecting him. "For three or four weeks, I've stopped thinking about it, because I don't have

Kei Nishikori, the No. 10 seed at the U.S. Open, says he does not know whether he is fit to play following surgery to remove a cyst in his right foot. Nishikori withdrew from Masters events in Toronto and Cincinnati as a result. He has decided to play the U.S.

World No. 6 Petra Kvitova says self-imposed pressure got the best of her in a, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 upset loss to Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum in the Australian Open first round. It was Kvitova's first opening-round loss in Melbourne since her 2009 debut. “Unfortunately I didn't play well,” Kvitova said. “Probably

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Mirra Andreeva was a set away from being the youngest player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 16-year-old Andreeva took the first set off 2021 French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova in the round of 16 on Sunday, later admitting that's

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal has become used to making comebacks in an injury-ravaged career. This last one, though, may be the most unexpected — and satisfying. Sidelined by a wrist injury for two long stretches last year, Nadal didn't believe he'd be playing at his top level and

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, who was nearly knocked out of the first round of Roland Garros by Alberta Brianti, says that her mind was all over the place in her 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory. The Belarusian was down 0-4 in the second set and faced two break points in

WATCH: Match highlights as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga falls to Marin Cilic in the 2022 ATP Monte Carlo first round.

No good deed goes unpunished? Caroline Wozniacki's seemingly simple offer to give Daria Kasatkina a lift from the airport to the official player hotel for the Credit One Charleston Open got a little complicated over the weekend. Fans first got a glimpse into "Driving Miss Dasha" on social media on

On Wednesday, David Goffin announced on Instagram that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Goffin is coming off a first-round exit at Roland Garros, where he fell to eventual quarterfinalist Jannik Sinner, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3.

The pros are gathering in Paris as we speak. For a U.S. tennis fan, the city represents a mirror universe—kind of like that Star Trek where Kirk and Scotty travel through the looking glass and meet a version of Spock who has a goatee. My first experience in this alternate

TORONTO (AP) Canada's Eugenie Bouchard will be coached by Marko Dragic at the Rogers Cup, splitting with Sam Sumyk after six months and a drop in the rankings. Bouchard fell from No. 7 to No. 26 in the world, exiting from tournaments in the early rounds this season. Last year,

Andy Murray says that the timing of Davis Cup ties should be changed to increase player participation. The top-ranked men's players have only played intermittently in recent years, although with high level of success. Switzerland, the defending champion, saw both Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka skip this year's first round

PARIS—Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference Friday concerned rival and nemesis Rafael Nadal. The third was about the difficulties of making a successful return from injury, the way Nadal has, reaching the final at all eight tournaments he's played

Andy Murray tells the Times Magazine (of London) that giving himself a pep talk during a toilet break in the 2012 U.S. Open final keyed his win over Novak Djokovic. Murray, who had failed to win a major in his first four attempts, won the first two sets and then

ISTANBUL, Turkey—Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic admits that she stopped loving the game when she almost fell out of the Top 30. Jankovic has since climbed back into the Top 10 and will compete in the WTA Championships for the fifth time this week. “Once you’re used to being in

First Lady Michelle Obama attends Serena Williams’ 6-3, 6-1 victory against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and sits in the player box with Serena's mother, Oracene Price. The crowd at Serena’s match was apparently louder and more excitable than they usually are during Wimbledon, where the Olympics are being played. "It's

Australian Jarmila Gajdosova is optimistic that she has turned the corner and is ready for a full-scale comeback after battling a seven-month illness. The former world No. 25 just returned after spending much of the season trying to recover from a bout of mononucleosis, which reduced her to spending entire

Dominic Thiem's comeback from wrist surgery is gaining momentum heading into 2023. The 29-year-old Austrian fell below the Top 300 this season but then turned around his play to return to the Top 100, reaching three ATP semifinals. Now he's looking to get back to the top of the game

Caroline Wozniacki is confident that her new coaching relationship with former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson will work out. Wozniacki and her father Piotr, who is also her coach, have decided to hire the Swede for the rest of the summer. Johansson, who like Wozniacki lives in Monaco, may come

Andy Roddick, who hasn’t reached the semifinals of a major since taking Roger Federer to five sets in the 2009 Wimbledon final, believes that he can go deep at the All England Club this year. The three-time finalist is seeded No. 8; last year, he was stunned in the fourth