MONACO (AP)—Rafael Nadal thrashed Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-1 in Sunday’s all-Spanish final to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the sixth straight year and end his title drought. The second-seeded Nadal clinched his first title since the Rome Masters in May last year by overpowering the sixth-seeded Verdasco with a

NEW YORK (AP) With a mist hanging in the sky and the back of the court still wet, Rafael Nadal thought it was dangerous to head into Arthur Ashe Stadium to start his U.S. Open match Wednesday. Andy Roddick and Andy Murray weren't thrilled about starting their matches, either. Too

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal barely needed to break a sweat in another dominant performance on clay. David Ferrer then needed one of the best matches of his career to put Spain on the brink of another Davis Cup title. Ferrer rallied for a grueling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 3-6, 6-4,

Yeah, did you see me vomiting up pickle juice? I was on the pickle juice early in the third set. Whoever invented that, they need a raise. Dylan Alcott, the 31-year-old Australian wheelchair tennis star, on the physical toll taken during his three-set win over 19-year-old sensation Niels Vink in

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka's Australian Open championship is about persistence. It's about the value of confronting, not ignoring, problems. It's about putting in the time and the effort required to get better. And, to hear Sabalenka and her team tell it, it's as much about the way she

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a Williams sister out there in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday night, much to the delight of spectators who offered a standing ovation at the end of the match. Except this time it was Venus, not Serena, and there was no ceremony, no formal

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal is right back where he wants to be heading into the French Open. Alex Zverev is in a good place entering Roland Garros, too. Nadal came out on top in a matchup of this year's top two clay-court players Sunday, beating defending champion Zverev 6-1,

NEW YORK—Anna Blinkova did her very best to cause the biggest upset of the US Open on Tuesday, when she took on defending champion Naomi Osaka. After testing the world No. 1 in the first set, and snagging the second with a late rally, Osaka found herself in a decider

Nick Kyrgios shot a look at the Australian Davis Cup team’s bench after hitting a winning shot on Sunday. He started to jerk his arms upward, in a signal to his teammates that they should get up and give him some more support. It’s a gesture you see a lot

“He’s always the same,” Feliciano Lopez once said of Rafael Nadal. Rafa’s friend and Davis Cup teammate described him as perpetually upbeat and friendly. “Like a kid”—minus the mood swings. Lopez made this comment a few years ago, but it felt more relevant than ever on Sunday. That’s when Nadal

Each day during the French Open, we'll preview—and predict the winner of—three of the most compelling women's matches. (3) Agnieszka Radwanska vs. (26) Svetlana Kuznetsova —Head to Head: Kuznetsova leads 9-3 On paper, this match offers ideal upset conditions: Kuznetsova, who has not dropped a set this week, is a

Madison Keys has returned to Charleston twice in 2020, and on neither occasion did she defend her Volvo Car Open title. Her most recent visit to the charming South Carolina city was for this week’s Credit One Bank Invitational, where she’s the captain of Team Kindness. But back in March,

PARIS (AP)—Playing like he’s still upset about his only loss at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (3) Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals for the sixth time. The five-time champion, who lost to Soderling in the fourth round in 2009 but beat him in

(1) Serena Williams vs. (23) Sabine Lisicki Head-to-head: Williams leads 2-0 Coming off a milestone victory—her 600th career triumph and 70th Wimbledon win—Williams is competing with the intensity of someone striving to play the perfect match. When the two fastest servers in the tournament collide—Serena smacked a tournament-best 123 M.P.H.

LONDON -- Even when Roger Federer had the lead, Novak Djokovic had the answers. The top-ranked Serb recovered from early breaks in both sets and beat Federer 7-6 (6), 7-5 Monday in the championship match at the ATP finals. Federer broke Djokovic's serve to take a quick 2-0 lead in

NEW YORK—In 2021, Reilly Opelka played Lorenzo Musetti on Court 17 at the US Open. At the time, he was a 24-year-old American on the rise, and he put on a nearly flawless performance that made the home crowd happy. He would win that match in straight sets, then win

NEW YORK—Carlos Alcaraz was the only thing that kept Jannik Sinner from utterly dominating the ATP Tour in 2024. The Spaniard not only holds the Roland Garros and Wimbledon titles, but a 3-0 record over the world No. 1 from Italy this past season. So it seemed a little peculiar