Serena Williams raced up to the net for a sitter shot, and with a wide open expanse of blue court in front of her and an afternoon full of frustration behind her, she guided a forehand down the line. Ekaterina Makarova was waiting. The 56th-ranked Russian ripped a forehand pass

A congenial Kim Clijsters walked alongside Maria Joao Koehler prior to their first-round match as if giving the 19-year-old Grand Slam debutante a guided tour of Rod Laver Arena's hallways. A chatty Clijsters led her opponent to the court and helped her hang around for a set before finding her

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

LONDON (AP) One match after a stunning victory over two-time reigning champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon, there was no letdown for Sam Querrey. And Querrey was all too aware people might have wondered whether he could follow that up with another strong performance. ''If I didn't win, there would have

HALLE, Germany (AP) Roger Federer will bid for a record eighth Gerry Weber Open title when he plays Italy's Andreas Seppi after advancing Saturday to his 10th final. Federer defeated big-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) while Seppi won the other semifinal after second-seeded Kei Nishikori pulled out with

NEW YORK (AP) Novak Djokovic was not interested in discussing in any detail why he needed a trainer to work on his right elbow during an otherwise matter-of-fact 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Kyle Edmund on Sunday night that put the defending champion in the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the

The release of confidential athlete records by a Russian hacker group includes data about Serena and Venus Williams, showing use of prohibited substances for which Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE) appear to have been obtained. In addition to the Williams sisters, basketball player Elena Delle Donne and gymnast Simone Biles had

VIENNA (AP) — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga saved a match point before beating Ivo Karlovic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (6) and setting up a final against top-seeded Andy Murray at the Erste Bank Open on Saturday. Murray advanced because defending champion David Ferrer pulled out with a left leg injury shortly before their

Over the years, grass-court tennis on the women’s side has continued to reward the more powerful baseliners on tour, from the Williams sisters—with 12 Wimbledon titles between them—to Petra Kvitova to last year’s champion, Garbine Muguruza. It’s a far cry from the past, where serving and volleying was the norm,

ZADAR, Croatia (AP) — Borna Coric pulled off a through-the-legs lob shot winner that had the crowd bowing in admiration during the Davis Cup semifinals on Friday. Early in the third set of a 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Steve Johnson, Coric ran down a lob and replied with

LONDON (AP) As usual this season, Novak Djokovic was the best player on the court. The top-ranked Serb won his fourth straight title at the season-ending ATP finals on Sunday by beating six-time champion Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic, who won three Grand Slam titles this year and reached the

Grigor Dimitrov, who lost to Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round in Madrid on Tuesday, said he was drained from the Istanbul final, and explained some of his emotions from the racquet-smashing match. "I had a pretty rough final out in Turkey, and then I flew yesterday morning,” he

NEW YORK (AP) The U.S. Open's serve-speed readout board told the world that Andy Murray smacked a serve at 141 mph. He had his doubts. ''Sometimes,'' Murray said, ''the gun can be a bit wrong, possibly.'' Taking 9 of 10 games at the outset, Murray overwhelmed Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2,

It’s been more than 35 years since Ronald Reagan stated, during his first inaugural address, “Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” We discovered heroes in every state, starting with the determined 69-year-old who won a match

Maria Sharapova’s book tour behind her memoir, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, brought her to the Tennis Channel studios for an interview with Justin Gimelstob and Steve Weissman. The book, which details Sharapova’s ascent on the court, along with her trials and tribulations off it—including her recently completed suspension—allowed the

PRAGUE (AP) — United States captain Kathy Rinaldi has had a winning formula since taking over the Fed Cup team, and she's not expected to change anything in this year's final against the Czech Republic. Under her charge since 2017, the U.S. has won five straight matches, including last year's

MATCH POINT: Kevin Anderson completes rout of Kei Nishikori:

It has been a great week for Iga Swiatek, David Goffin and Alexei Popyrin. On Saturday, 19-year-old Swiatek emerged victorious at the Adelaide International. On the ATP front, Popyrin reached a milestone in Singapore, while Goffin returned to the winner’s circle—in Montpellier. (All photos Getty). 1 Swiatek Conquers Adelaide The

All matches will be aired on T2—go to tennis.com/T2 to see where you can stream it—as well as TennisChannel.com and the Tennis Channel app. Download the app on Apple here and on Android here. Saturday, Oct. 19 - Third-Place Match—Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal: 12:30 p.m. ET - 12-minute break

Zheng Qinwen leveled her head-to-head with rival Leylah Fernandez on Friday, defeating the former US Open finalist, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis. “I played great in the first set but in the second set, I lost a bit of my focus,”