TORONTO (AP) — Naomi Osaka's recent struggles continued Tuesday with an early exit at the National Bank Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion retired from her first-round match with a back injury. She was trailing 7-6 (4), 3-0 against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi when she withdrew from the contest. "I felt

At Flushing Meadows, all eyes will be on Serena Williams in her farewell tournament. The 23-time major singles champion is set to play Monday, likely under the lights in the evening on Arthur Ashe Stadium. But what about her opponent? Danka Kovinic presents a first-time meeting for the icon, though

Each day until the US Open, we'll highlight one statistic from Serena Williams' unparalleled career that will in all likelihood never be broken.

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Playing his first match in almost two and a half months, Novak Djokovic made a blistering return to action at the Laver Cup on Saturday night, needing just 72 minutes to defeat US Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. Djokovic hadn’t played a match since winning the

There are some very notable shifts on the new WTA rankings this week, including another new career-high for the only teenager in the Top 50. Coco Gauff rises from No. 8 to No. 7 after reaching the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 event in San Diego, which was the seventh

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Iga Swiatek returned to the site where her masterful rise in 2022 began with a 37-match win streak. And what a statement the world No. 1 made at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open in Doha Wednesday. On paper, Swiatek’s opening match presented intrigue. Across the net was Danielle Collins, one of

Felix Auger-Aliassime had won all three of their previous meetings—he had never even been broken in any of them, holding all 31 of his service games (and saving all 11 break points he faced). But Carlos Alcaraz got his revenge at Indian Wells on Thursday night, breaking the Canadian three

Elena Rybakina had lost four deciding sets to Aryna Sabalenka coming into championship Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open. Wanting history to avoid repeating itself, the Kazakh ensured their Australian Open final rematch was wrapped up in straight sets. Rybakina defeated the No. 2 seed, 7-6 (11), 6-4, saving two

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the top-ranked players in tennis, got past adverse weather conditions and challenging opponents on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals. Alcaraz overcame two rain delays totaling 2 hours, 35 minutes and 14th-seeded American Tommy Paul, who beat him

The WTA’s $8 million China Open returns to Beijing for the first time since 2019. Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka will pick up their race for No. 1, and Coco Gauff will play her first match as a major champion. China Open - Beijing - $8,127,389; WTA 1000 - Hard

Sebastian Korda is heating up as the 2023 season enters its final weeks. On Thursday at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the 23-year-old reached the biggest semifinal of his career after battling past countryman Ben Shelton, 6-7 (10), 6-2, 7-6 (6), to win the first-time encounter in two hours and 55

Jessica Pegula secured her passage into the WTA Finals Cancun semifinal stage in style, overpowering top seed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets during Tuesday’s round robin action. It was a statement win for the American, who had lost her previous four matches in a row to Sabalenka, including all eight

Although injury may have cut her career short, Anett Kontaveit still got to say goodbye to tennis on her own terms after enjoying a dream farewell in Tallinn, Estonia over the weekend. The former world No. 2 put on a show in front of her home crowd with a sold-out

It was far closer than their only previous encounter at Cincinnati (in New York) last summer, but Maria Sakkari got the better of Coco Gauff for the second time in two meetings on Saturday, battlng back from a double break down in the first set to beat the American teenager

Throughout the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, we'll preview the upcoming days' must-see matches. Rafael Nadal vs. Albert Ramos-Viñolas:Nadal Nick Kyrgios vs. Ivo Karlovic: Kyrgios Nadal vs. Kyrgios Because of Thursday night’s wrath-of-God rain in Cincinnati, this will be a two-match day for a couple of players. One of

Garbine Muguruza defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-0, on Saturday for her first Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam championship. After saving two set points in the first set, the Spaniard rallied to take the opener and then dominated the second set, handing the American a bagel to complete a decisive

Before each day of play at Indian Wells, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. For full coverage of the season's first Masters, go to our men’s and women’s tournament pages. KEI NISHIKORI [4] VS. DAN EVANS The records say that Evans and Nishikori are 1-1. I remember their last

Coco Gauff was impressive in the first tour-level match of her career on green clay in Charleston on Tuesday night, cruising past Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-3, 6-0, in the first round of the WTA 500 event. It was also the 50th tour-level match of Gauff’s career, and she improved to 31-19