MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Rafael Nadal’s bid to win four straight Grand Slam tournaments is over. The injured Nadal lost for the second straight year in the Australian Open quarterfinals, going down 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Nadal, who appeared to have tears in his eyes during a

LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 9:10 p.m. Maria Sharapova lost in the first round at Wimbledon after fellow Russian Vitalia Diatchenko came from a set and a break down to oust the former champion. Sharapova served for the match at 5-3 in the second set

20071008robredoblog_2 By the Letters T...ommy Robredo's win at Metz - the first hard court title of his career - came after he was shut out 6-0 in the first set by Andy Murray. E...rnests Gulbis, playing in his first tournament since his run to the fourth round of the U.S.

MATCH POINT: Garbine Muguruza (SPA) def. Clara Burel (FRA) in the 2022 Australian Open.

WATCH: Taylor Fritz finishes off Rafael Nadal for his first ATP Masters 1000 title

Thursday’s schedule in Canada is loaded with matches you’ll want to be watching, whether that’s in Montreal or Toronto. We’re zeroing in on the men's event, as the meeting between world No. 34 Tommy Paul and world No. 16 Marin Cilic in the National Bank Open's round of 16 looks

Tommy Paul battled past Ben Shelton in an all-American quarterfinal at the Australian Open on Wednesday, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, to move through to the first Grand Slam semifinal of his career. The 25-year-old Paul is the first American man to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open since

With a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 6-3 win over Holger Rune in his first match at the ATP Finals on Sunday, Novak Djokovic has clinched year-end No. 1 on the ATP rankings for a record-extending eighth time. He clinched his record-breaking seventh year-end No. 1 finish last year, surpassing Pete

Fresh off a breakthrough at Indian Wells, where she won the first WTA title of her career at one of the biggest tournaments of the year, Naomi Osaka came out blazing in Miami on Wednesday. She took out one of the all-time greats—Serena Williams—in straight sets in her first-round match,

MATCH POINT: Zverev ends Murray's bid

Our What's Next? series looks at every player who finished in the ATP or WTA Top 10 this season, and considers their future in three different ways.

By the end of Juan Martin del Potro’s 6-0 first set win over Janko Tipsarevic this evening, the only question worth asking seemed to be whether the loser should have bothered showing up at all. Tipsarevic has been sick; he defaulted late in the third set against Jerzy Janowicz in

NEW YORK (AP)—Marathon man John Isner hit 19 aces and needed less than two hours to eliminate Portugal’s Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday night. The 18th-seeded Isner is best known for his record-breaking 11-hour, 5-minute victory over Nicolas Mahut at

A whipping wind kicked up a wall of crushed red brick dust that surrounded Serena Williams as she stood to serve at 3-3 in the decisive set. A linesman covered his eyes and sought shelter against the back wall while Williams stood still, squinting through the salmon-colored cloud swirling around.

Li Na had nearly emptied out her arsenal of baseline blasts against Angelique Kerber when she tossed in the towel as a parting shot. A sparse crowd created a sterile atmosphere for today's match on Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario stadium court. None of that mattered much to Li, who faced a 1-3

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in their second all-Spanish final in two weeks to claim his sixth Barcelona Open title Sunday. The top-ranked Spaniard won his 29th straight match at the clay court event when the fourth-seeded Ferrer hit his backhand wide. Nadal’s sole loss at

BARCELONA, Spain -- Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal won back-to-back matches to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday. After rain forced several third-round matches to be pushed back, Nadal started the day by beating Benoit Paire of France 7-6 (2), 6-2. The fifth-ranked Spaniard then defeated Albert

It was a nervy, up-and-down affair, characterized on both sides more by hitting big and hoping than by any particular strategy. But in the end, Sloane Stephens deservedly prevailed in the next-generation battle with Laura Robson, winning 7-5, 6-3 to move in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Stephens

TORONTO (AP)—Top-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup final Saturday night, beating third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 7-6 (3), 6-4. The 2001 and 2011 Rogers Cup champion will face Romania's Sorana Cirstea, a 6-1, 7-6 (5) winner over fourth-seeded Li Na of China in the afternoon semifinal. Williams is

SHANGHAI (AP) For the second straight year, Roger Federer found himself in trouble in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters. This time, he couldn't pull through. The 17-time Grand Slam champion was broken late in the third set against Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Tuesday and lost 7-6 (4),