Fifteen-year-old American Cori “Coco” Gauff booked her spot in the main draw of the Citi Open in Washington DC on Sunday, beating Japan’s Hiroko Kuwata in the final round of qualifying, 6-1, 6-2. After needing 68 minutes to beat No. 338-ranked Maegan Manasse in the first round of qualies on

NEW YORK (AP) -- Serena Williams will face an up-and-coming American player in the first round of the U.S. Open. The 32-year-old Williams has won 17 Grand Slam titles. At age 18, Taylor Townsend is in her third major tournament. Townsend is a former top-ranked junior player who reached the

PARIS (AP) -- Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round at the French Open by beating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 7-5, 6-2 Wednesday. Sharapova won the French Open title two years ago and lost to Serena Williams in last year's final. With Williams losing earlier Wednesday, the seventh-seeded Sharapova takes

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Andy Roddick has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon by defeating friend Jurgen (YER-gin) Melzer, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3. Roddick had 33 aces Saturday, the final one on match point. He improved to 9-0 against Melzer, and he's 22-3 this year in tiebreakers. Roddick, seeded

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—For the first time since her debut appearance at the All England Club 15 years ago, five-time Venus Williams failed to get past the first round of Wimbledon. The seven-time Grand Slam champion was eliminated 6-1, 6-3 by Elena Vesnina of Russia at Wimbledon on Monday, the latest

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29, 2025 – Tennis Channel, its app and website will provide complete, live coverage as the United States Davis Cup team battles Taiwan in the opening-round qualifiers January 30-31. The competition will determine which nation advances to September’s second round of the yearlong event and is part

Well, this may be a first. After losing to Novak Djokovic in the second round of Doha 6-3, 6-4, Horacio Zeballos stopped as he was exiting the court to ask for a selfie.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—American teenager Sloane Stephens says maturity is making her more of a threat, and she's into the third round at Wimbledon. Stephens saved five set points in the opening set Wednesday and beat No. 23 Petra Cetkovska 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3. `I'm 19 and I do still have

PARIS -- Sam Querrey recovered from a humiliating first set to beat second-seeded Novak Djokovic 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. It was the first time since the Miami Masters in March 2010 that Djokovic has been eliminated so early in a

NEW YORK (AP)—Unseeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia has advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over 21st-seeded Zheng Jie of China. Ivanovic, the former world No. 1 who now stands at No. 40, needed 56 minutes Wednesday to defeat Zheng at Arthur Ashe

PARIS (AP) Defending French Open champions Rafael Nadal and Francesca Schiavone were given first-round matches in Friday's draw against Americans who own a combined two career match wins at Roland Garros. The top-ranked Nadal's bid to tie Bjorn Borg's record of six titles at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament will