KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.— Naomi Osaka’s hot streak had to end somewhere, and end it did on Friday at the Miami Open. World No. 4 Elina Svitolina brought the 20-year-old back to earth with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 win. “[Osaka was] coming here into the match with a lot of confidence

Consider each groundstroke as a sibling. The forehand is the oldest – powerful and assertive; even sometimes, a bully. The two-handed backhand is the middle child, the steady glue that holds the family together, but when necessary, able to flex its muscle. And then there’s the one-handed drive, the special

Elina Svitolina came into her fourth-round match against qualifier Petra Martic knowing that everyone remaining in the draw was on equal footing—a maiden major title is one of theirs for the taking. Perhaps that explains the fifth seed's slow start against the 290th-ranked player in the world, Petra Martic, and

“I managed to serve well in the important moments,” Novak Djokovic said after his 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Alexander Zverev at the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday. “Contrary to the previous match against Daniil [Medvedev], I just managed to find the right shots at the right times.” What did

MATCH POINT: Collins topples Stephens

WATCH: Djokovic speaks with the press following his sixth Wimbledon victory on Sunday.

After two hours of watching Novak Djokovic and Philipp Kohlschreiber face off in Monte Carlo on Tuesday, Tennis Channel commentator Mary Carillo had reached a conclusion: “It’s a weird match.” There was no arguing with her. Djokovic’s 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win, in two hours and 37 minutes under suitably slate-gray

While I was walking on a Brooklyn street a few summers ago, my eye was caught by something beautiful and familiar inside a ground-floor apartment. It wasn’t a painting or a flower or a vintage piece of furniture. It was a flat-screen TV. More precisely, it was what was glowing

MADRID (AP) — Alexander Zverev ended his winless streak on clay against Rafael Nadal on Friday, keeping the Spaniard from winning a sixth Madrid Open. Zverev defeated Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals, picking up his third consecutive win over the 20-time grand slam champion — but first on clay.

It’s a must-win scenario for Rafael Nadal at the Nitto ATP Finals on Friday afternoon: the Spaniard needs to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has already qualified for the semifinals, just to have a chance at joining the Greek in the final four of the season-ending tournament. If he loses, he’s

PRESS CONFERENCE: Rafael Nadal withdraws from Brisbane

WATCH: After suffering an injury, Adrian Mannarino is unable to continue playing after four sets.

SHANGHAI (AP)—Andy Roddick lost to David Ferrer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (2) Friday, while Andy Murray eased into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over qualifier Matthew Ebden at the Shanghai Masters. The second-seeded Scot has won 23 of his last 24 matches since mid-August, with the only loss

BASEL, Switzerland (AP)—Defending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months. The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event

Pounding her clenched left fist against her thigh and oozing intensity as visibly as the sweat streaming from her forehead, Maria Sharapova's love of a good fight remains undiminished. Tennis' glamour queen isn't afraid to get down and dirty when the job requires it. Playing with grit and guts, Sharapova

NEW YORK (AP)—Vera Zvonareva reached her second straight Grand Slam final, defeating top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the U.S. Open on Friday. The 20-year-old Wozniacki made her first major final at Flushing Meadows in 2009 and has been dominant in her run this year. She lost just 17 games

The rain subsided and clouds parted, but Serena Williams still arrived dressed for a storm. Relegated to Court 2 for the second consecutive year, Williams removed her white mini-trench coat, then went to work in creating a successful start to the tournament where she's realized several happy endings. In her

Victoria Azarenka had seen this before, from both players' perspectives. In March, at Indian Wells, the world No. 1 found herself in a third set after leading by a set and 4-0; in that same, crazy match, she rallied from a double-break deficit and eventually pulled out the victory. But

Golf is the individual sport where, they say, you can’t win a tournament early, but you can certainly lose it. With a cumulative scoring system, the adage makes sense. For one match, at least, that cliché applied to tennis. Ana Ivanovic led Serena Williams 3-1 in the first set of

Reading serves as clearly as the sponsor sign on the back wall, Francesca Schiavone was outside the doubles alley when she launched herself into a forehand return that dipped diagonally inside the sideline before Samantha Stosur could take a step toward the ball. Cracking returns on the rise, Schiavone made