WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The Centre Court crowd, buzzing with casual conversation during a changeover, suddenly went silent when the chair umpire uttered words rarely heard at Wimbledon, or anywhere else. Ladies and gentlemen,'' he said,Mr. Federer is taking an off-the-court medical timeout.'' Roger Federer has seldom been slowed by health

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP)—Novak Djokovic declared himself in career-best form after trouncing veteran James Blake 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open. The No. 2-seeded Serb extended his winning streak to 22 consecutive matches. He has lost just three games in two matches at

MOSCOW (AP)—Dominika Cibulkova advanced to her second straight semifinal Friday, rallying to beat top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. In the quarterfinals, Kaia Kanepi upset sixth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash with Lucie Safarova

WASHINGTON (AP)—Confident as David Nalbandian is, he harbored some doubts about how he would play at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. After all, he was ranked 117th after missing about 12 of the past 15 months because of injuries. He hadn’t played in a tournament since April. He needed a

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)—Juan Martin del Potro’s comeback reached a major milestone Thursday night: He hit a serve so hard he snapped off the net for the first time in his life. Then he cleared another benchmark. Del Potro advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since returning from

The intersection of tennis and music is well-traveled. Perhaps no one knows this better than Serena Williams, who first appeared in a rap video in 2005 (for Memphis Bleek and Jay-Z's "Do My") and just this May serenaded a Miami nightclub crowd with Destiny's Child's "Survivor":

Andy Murray's brilliant fall came crashing down around his ears in the quarterfinals of the Paris Indoors Masters; he was beaten by Tomas Berdych, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, in a mess of a three-hour and 12-minute match in which the two players managed to convert just four of a combined

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic rolled on at the BNP Paribas Open, easily winning third-round matches Tuesday while Kim Clijsters retired with a painful shoulder. Women’s top seed Caroline Wozniacki beat Alisa Kleybanova 2-6, 6-3, 6-1—a victory, along with Clijsters’ departure, that ensured the Dane will retain

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Roger Federer defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the BNP Paribas Open semifinals on Friday, setting up a showdown with Novak Djokovic for the world’s No. 2 ranking. Federer is currently second behind Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings, and Djokovic is third. Djokovic beat

ROME (AP)—Rafael Nadal will keep the No. 1 ranking for at least another three weeks following a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Croatia’s Marin Cilic on Friday in the Italian Open quarterfinals. Nadal was at risk of losing the top spot to Novak Djokovic if he failed to reach the semifinals

PARIS (AP)—Novak Djokovic rallied from a set down Thursday to beat fellow Serb Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters. Andy Murray of Britain, Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, David Ferrer of Spain and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France also advanced. The top-ranked Djokovic

Doubles Take is here with your look back at the week that was, plus a peek at the action ahead.

Davis Cup dalliances and group dynamics: It's all part of this week's Doubles Take, your weekly look at team action on the ATP and WTA tours. AN AROUND-THE-WORLD AFFAIR From Rohan Bopanna of India’s over-the-shoulder passer…

Monday’s men’s final capped a great U.S. Open. Here are a few things that made it interesting. SEAT YOURSELF. Arthur Ashe Stadium was fairly full, but if one looked closely there were empty seats here and there. The reschedule to Monday likely kept some fans from attending. Lucky for me,

SAO PAULO -- Rafael Nadal overcame a poor start and a difficult third set to advance to the Brazil Open semifinals, beating Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday night. Nadal jumped and thrust both of arms into the air after he closed the match against the 78th-ranked

Victoria Azarenka vs. Julia Goerges Head-to-head: Azarenka leads 4-1 One of tennis’ top returners reached a mental break point in Madrid: Azarenka imploded, breaking her racquet and snapping at chair umpire Mariana Alves in a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 loss to 24th-ranked Ekaterina Makarova. It was Vika’s first loss of the

While it's true that you can lose a round robin-match at the ATP World Tour Finals and live to fight another day, it's also a reality that you can be out of the picture in all but the strictest mathematical sense if you lose your first two matches. With both

WASHINGTON -- Martina Hingis and the rest of the Washington Kastles wasted no time putting on the red T-shirts, the ones that proclaim that they're now at the top of the list among the "longest winning streaks in major U.S. pro sports history." And they even got congrats from the

BRISBANE, Australia -- Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from her Brisbane International against Serena Williams with an infected right big toe on Friday, citing concerns about aggravating the injury so close to the Australian Open. Azarenka made the announcement about a half hour before she was to play the third-ranked Williams,

Each day during the Australian Open, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and offer his predictions. 1. (14) MARIA KIRILENKO vs. (20) YANINA WICKMAYER Third Round; Hisense Arena, first match Head-to-head: First meeting