TOKYO (AP) Defending champion Kei Nishikori, of Japan, was given a real scare by teen ace Borna Coric, of Croatia, on Monday, before sealing a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 comeback win in the first round of the Rakuten Japan Open. The 38th-ranked Coric, the youngest player in the top 50 of

LONDON (AP) Andy Murray leveled Britain's Davis Cup quarterfinal against France at 1-1 Friday by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets at Queen's Club. Britain's top-ranked player beat Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (10), 6-2 after compatriot James Ward was outplayed by Gilles Simon earlier in the day. The 11th-ranked Simon eased

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Second-seeded Petra Kvitova beat third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-1 on Friday night to reach the Connecticut Open final for the fourth consecutive year. The defending champion will play fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova in an all-Czech Republic final. Safarova held off lucky-loser Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 6-2,

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — A 17-year championship drought came to an end Sunday for the United States when it beat Belarus 3-2 to take its 18th Fed Cup title. CoCo Vandeweghe and Shelby Rogers defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the deciding doubles of the 2017

Lucas Pouille kept his breakthrough run going at the Australian Open on Wednesday, putting on a returning display to beat Milos Raonic, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4, to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. Going into the match, the numbers definitely favored Raonic—not only had he been past the

The final draw of the WTA season has been revealed, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and No. 2 Iga Swiatek headlining their respective round robin groups at the 2024 WTA Finals. Sabalenka, who returned to No. 1 following victories at the US Open and Dongfeng Voyah Wuhan Open, leads the

Tomas Berdych, who hadn’t scored a big win since reaching the Wimbledon final, stops a four-match losing streak against Andy Roddick 7-5 6-3 in the ATP World Tour Finals. The American now has little hope of qualifying for the semifinals as he also lost a three-setter to Rafael Nadal on

Do you prefer to teach the conventional forehand, in which the arm is bent at contact, or the arm-stretched forehand that Federer and Nadal seem to use? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?—Yasufumi Terada I have worked with so many students—Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Jimmy Arias, Serena Williams,

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 victory over sixth-seeded Coco Gauff on Friday night in the quarterfinal round at the WTA 500 San Diego Open. Gauff had a double fault on the opening point and the outcome was seemingly never in doubt as Swiatek

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic will move forward with plans to compete in Dubai next week, marking his first tournament appearance since winning a men’s record-tying 22nd major title at the Australian Open. Speaking to Serbian media after welcoming members to watch an open practice session, Djokovic confirmed that he applied for

Dominic Thiem is pondering what's next for his playing career. The 30-year-old former world No. 3 offered a frank assessment of his future to Austrian media this week, saying that he views 2024 as "the last chance" to return to the top of the ATP Tour. “I’ve been back for

There aren't too many big moves in the upper echelon of the rankings this week, but the woman at the top of the WTA rankings hits a big milestone—it’s Iga Swiatek’s 90th career week at No. 1. Swiatek spent her first 75 weeks at No. 1 consecutively from April 4th,

On Friday, March 15, Marta Kostyuk will take on world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Kostyuk has been one of the more intriguing players since the start of 2024. The Ukrainian has always had a lot of talent, but she

NEW YORK (AP) — Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray have been the perfect partnership. The question now is whether it will continue. Hingis and Murray won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title Saturday, beating Michael Venus of New Zealand and Chan Hao-Ching of Taiwan 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 in a match

It’s always a treat when two players with completely different game styles face off. A player's game is often an expression of their personality, and it’s harder to think of a bigger clash of styles than Aryna Sabalenka and Hsieh Su-Wei. Sabalenka, one of the more one-dimensional players on tour,

When Naomi Osaka and Anett Kontaveit played at the Western and Southern Open last week, it was a three-set roller coaster. When they faced off again late on Sunday night, the match felt more like a locomotive. Instead of ups and down and twists and turns, this was a one-way

If his first two matches in his Tokyo debut are any indication, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic has brushed aside any left shoulder injury concerns that might have carried over from his fourth-round retirement at the US Open. Finding Go Soeda across the net for the first time, Djokovic unleased

Alex de Minaur vs. Reilly Opelka The semifinal action was kicked off with Australian Alex de Minaur edging American Reilly Opelka in the rollercoaster three set match. The Aussie held off twenty-eight aces from Opelka to reach the final with a 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-3 win. The two 21-and-under stars were

Before each day of play at the French Open, we'll preview and predict three must-see matches. For full coverage of the season's second Slam, go to our tournament page. This all-teen tilt is first up on Court 10; whether it will be broadcast or streamed remains to be seen. But

For Venus Williams, there’s clearly something about Dubai. Today the 2009-2010 champion here continued her week-long surge, and won her 14th straight match at the event, with a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal win over Caroline Wozniacki. Venus did it with consistency and ball movement, as she worked Wozniacki side to side