NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—Three-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki kept her unbeaten streak at Yale alive, topping Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (2) 6-3 in the semifinals of the New Haven Open, the final WTA tuneup before next week’s U.S. Open. Wozniacki, who is now 16-0 during her four years at the tournament,

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Given that Victoria Azarenka has always been a player with enormous potential, the fact that at 22 she had yet to contest a Grand Slam final was either disturbing or, to some, a sign that she probably had some fatal flaw. But in the final of the 25th Grand Slam

Given that Victoria Azarenka has always been a player with enormous potential, the fact that at 22 she had yet to contest a Grand Slam final was either disturbing or, to some, a sign that she probably had some fatal flaw. But in the final of the 25th Grand Slam

Perhaps newly elected Pope Francis petitioned for a little divine intervention on behalf of his Argentinian countryman Juan Martin del Potro. Surely, the Lord knew del Potro needed when it came to his history with Andy Murray. Del Potro, the gentle giant with the meat-and-potatoes game, has been consistently flummoxed

• PicBy Pete Bodo* Less than a month after this year's trophy presentation at Wimbledon, the top players will return to London and the All England Club for another go-round on the grass. But this time the stakes will not be a couple of million dollars but the shiny gold

PARIS (AP) For a decade, Rafael Nadal ruled Roland Garros the way no other man has dominated any Grand Slam site. On Friday, his powerful left wrist wrapped in a blue brace, Nadal delivered the surprising news he was withdrawing before his third-round match at the French Open because of

LONDON (AP)—Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova took more than two hours to put defending champion the Czech Republic in control of its Fed Cup tie with Germany, while Italy’s Francesca Schiavone surprisingly lost to give Ukraine a boost on Saturday. The Czechs led 2-0 in Stuttgart, Russia led Spain by the

LONDON (AP) Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova took more than two hours to put the defending champion Czech Republic in control of its Fed Cup tie with Germany, while a surprise loss by Italy's Francesca Schiavone gave Ukraine a boost on Saturday. The Czechs led 2-0 in Stuttgart, Russia led Spain

Staring at the floor of the Mohegan Sun Arena while facing a two-set deficit, Robby Ginepri wore the expression of a man who had nearly blown the bankroll at the casino, but was still willing to wager what was left on a long shot. "Have you ever come back from

PRAGUE (AP)—Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek won their 10th Davis Cup doubles for the Czech Republic to take a 2-1 lead over Serbia on Saturday in a quarterfinal still roiling with accusations of poor conduct. The Czech pair cruised past Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (4) on

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida. (AP)—Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round at the Sony Ericsson Open by rallying past wild card David Nalbandian 6-7 (8), 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. It has been 10 months since Nadal won a tournament, but he showed some of his old championship swagger. Nadal, seeded fourth,

MILAN (AP) — American Brandon Nakashima stayed perfect in Milan as he won the Next Gen ATP Finals on Saturday with his second straight-set victory over Jiří Lehečka this week. Nakashima took just 80 minutes to win 4-3 (5), 4-3 (6), 4-2, securing the title on the first of three

WATCH: Swiatek completed the BNP Paribas Open semifinal line-up with aplomb, knocking out Cirstea in straight sets.

What a week for the Carota Boys. Jannik Sinner’s iconic carrot-clad fan club finally got to meet their carrot-top hero at the Nitto ATP Finals, and then they were treated with a great view of his biggest win of the year over Novak Djokovic on Tuesday. The group of six

Casper Ruud has been doing a lot of winning lately, including recording the biggest win of his career—his first over a No. 1—with his upset over Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo last weekend. And in Barcelona on Thursday, Ruud reached another milestone. His 6-1, 6-4 victory over Jordan Thompson in

The upsets kept coming at Wimbledon on Tuesday as two-time champion Petra Kvitova, a popular pre-tournament champion pick, lost to 50th-ranked Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round. Not only does Kvitova have tremendous history at Wimbledon, lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish in 2011 and 2014, but she also came into

You’ve probably heard that tennis is (a) a game of inches, and (b) highly mental. By now, most of us don’t need to be convinced of the truth behind these clichés. But in case you did, Novak Djokovic and Hubert Hurkacz gave us fresh evidence on the most important point

Novak Djokovic - Seed: 1 - Career-Best Ranking: 1 - Age: 37 - Career Titles: 98 - Grand Slam Titles: 24 — Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022),

Naomi Osaka captured her first title since the Australian Open on home soil on Sunday, outslugging Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win the Toray Pan Pacific Open in her birthplace of Osaka, Japan. Having finished runner-up in her first two finals at the Premier-level event—to Caroline Wozniacki in 2016 and Karolina Pliskova