MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Rafael Nadal will begin his quest for a ``Rafa Slam'' with a first-round match against Marcos Daniel of Brazil at the Australian Open. The tournament draw held Friday put Nadal in the top half along with Andy Murray and Robin Soderling, providing tough potential opponents en route

PARIS (AP)—Australian Open finalist Li Na moved into the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday, beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 6-2. The sixth-seeded Li, who this year became the first Chinese player to get to the final at a major tournament, will next face No. 9 Petra

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7) to Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia in the first round of the Open 13 on Tuesday. Simon did not face a break point in the first set, where he broke Gabashvili once, but dropped his serve twice in

PARIS (AP) — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Bothered by her surgically repaired left wrist, 12th-seeded Madison Keys of the United States was upset in the French Open's second round 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 by 290th-ranked qualifier Petra Martic of Croatia. Martic was the lowest-ranked

PARIS(AP) Justine Henin has reached the third round of the French Open by beating Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3. Henin is playing at Roland Garros for the first time since 2007, when she won the tournament for the fourth time. Henin returned to the tour in January

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Top seeds Barbora Zahlavova Strycova and Sofia Arvidsson lost opening round matches in straight sets Tuesday at the Cellular South Cup. No. 1 Zahlavova Strycova, of the Czech Republic and ranked 56th, was eliminated 6-1, 6-3 by Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands. No. 2 Arvidsson, a Swede

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Rafael Nadal will begin his quest for a ``Rafa Slam'' with a first-round match against Marcos Daniel of Brazil at the Australian Open. The tournament draw Friday put Nadal in the top half along with Andy Murray and Robin Soderling, providing tough potential opponents en route to

SHANGHAI (AP) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was ousted in the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, losing 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4 to Kei Nishikori of Japan. The fourth-seeded Frenchman fought off two match points with aces before hitting a backhand long to hand Nishikori the win. The loss will hurt

Eugenie Bouchard, who fell in the opening round in Brisbane, says she is "not completely ready" for the start of the season. Bouchard was defeated in three sets by Shelby Rogers, though she said she was pleased to be back competing. "I definitely feel kind of rusty," she acknowledged. The

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Third-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia defeated Laura Robson of Britain 6-4, 7-6 (8) on Wednesday to reach the second round of the e-Boks Open. Jankovic lost her serve five times but managed six breaks, and will face Russia's Yulia Putintseva. Fellow Serb Bojana Jovanovski also advanced

PARIS (AP)—Eighth-seeded Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man in history to reach the fourth round at the French Open, beating Gilles Simon of France 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 Friday. Raonic has twice made the fourth round at the Australian Open and twice at the U.S. Open, but his

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick took an easy road to the third round at the Australian Open on Wednesday with routine victories that kept them on track for a semifinal showdown at the season’s first Grand Slam. The thread that ties them together from 2009—Roger Federer, who beat

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Santiago Giraldo of Colombia eliminated 13th-seeded Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 7-5, 6-3 in the opening round of the Barcelona Open on Monday. Giraldo saved two set points in the first set and four of five break points in the second. He will play Albert Ramos, who beat Ruben

PARIS (AP)—Eighth-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russia and Agnes Szavay of Hungary have both reached the second round of the Open GDF Suez tournament. The 34th-ranked Szavay was leading 6-3, 1-0 against Olga Govortsova when the Belarus player retired Monday, and the 29th-ranked Vesnina advanced 6-1, 6-4 against Alexandra Dulgheru of

LONDON (AP) -- Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard did their best Saturday to get the Canada Day celebrations started early at Wimbledon. Raonic and Bouchard advanced to the fourth round, setting up Monday matches a day ahead of their July 1 national holiday. Raonic became the first Canadian to advance

Over the years, the opening round at Wimbledon has produced many dramatic moments: from shocking upsets to debuts that gave a glimpse of good things to come. Here’s a look at five matches from the All England Club that have had an impact on the game as a whole and

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Thursday at the Australian Open (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Defending champion Roger Federer is through to the Australian Open's third round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a night match at Rod Laver Arena. Federer maintained his record of

PARIS—John Isner, who has reached the third round at the French Open after topping Paolo Lorenzi, says that in the past few weeks he has stopped putting pressure on himself and started to play better. In the first four months of the season, the world No. 22 didn’t go deep

UMAG, Croatia (AP) — Unseeded Marco Cecchinato defeated fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 to open the Croatia Open with an upset result on Monday. The 105th-ranked Italian broke his 36th-ranked opponent twice in the opening set, and did the same in the decisive third set after the

PATTAYA, Thailand(AP) Fifth-seeded Peng Shuai of China reached the second round of the Pattaya Open on Monday when Mara Santangelo of Italy retired with an ankle injury despite leading. Peng won 3-6, 5-2 after Santangelo injured her ankle while attempting to hit a backhand in the third game of the