When 2017 began, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic sat atop the ATP rankings, while Angelique Kerber, fresh off a career year, led the WTA. None of those players would finish this season in the Top 10, for varying reasons, but that hardly implied a lack of drama on the tours.

MADRID (AP)—Roger Federer rallied to beat Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4) at the Madrid Open on Wednesday to narrowly avoid his earliest tournament exit in two years. Federer hasn't been eliminated in the second round of a tournament since the 2010 Rome Masters, and the 16-time Grand Slam champion

NEWPORT, R.I.(AP) Sam Querrey of the United States used his big serve to upset two-time defending champ Fabrice Santoro of France, 6-3, 7-6 (2), on Saturday to reach the finals of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. His win sets up the first all-American final in seven years. The 21-year-old

Last weekend I played in a USTA men’s open singles tournament for the first time in several years. One of the reasons I had stopped entering these events was because I had grown tired of all the disputed line calls ­both by my opponents and myself. So sure enough, in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Venus Williams let out a scream and doubled over in agony after hitting a shot in her first-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open. Williams had strained a hip muscle and later said she was in so much pain that if she hadn't been playing in a Grand

WATCH: Venus Williams on playing with Coco Gauff

WATCH: Marta Kostyuk was overcome by emotion after beating Varvara Gracheva to win the inaugural ATX Open.

Before each day's play at the 2019 French Open, we'll preview three must-see matches. This all-American battle will pit a 37-year-old, three-time French Open champion against a 20-year-old who will be trying to advance past the third round at a major for the first time. Williams and Kenin have never

INTERVIEW IN PARIS: Beatriz Haddad Maia

Fans soaked up another action-packed day of play, but with Australia’s Victoria State heading into a five-day lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak, the next five days will resemble the fan-less sights seen at most tournaments over the past year. These are the Top 5 Photos the sum up Friday's

For the first time since 1983, a British woman will feature in the semifinals of Roland Garros. Johanna Konta continued her torrid clay-court run, defeating 2018 French Open finalist Sloane Stephens, 6-1, 6-4, in the first quarterfinal on Court Philippe Chatrier Tuesday. “To be out here and play one of

MADRID (AP) — Russia's 15-year wait for a Davis Cup title ended Sunday after another clutch performance by Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev beat Marin Cilic 7-6 (7), 6-2 in the second singles match to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Croatia in the final. It is Russia's third Davis Cup

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)—Late replacement Philipp Petzschner beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to give Germany a 3-2 win to advance to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup. Petzschner replaced Florian Mayer in the decisive first-round match, breaking Karlovic decisively in the opening game of the first

It's not often we react to a retirement, but I'm making an exception for tonight's second women's semifinal. Because for nearly a set, we saw the WTA's answer to the awe-inspiring, high-profile, you've-got-to-see-this-even-if-you-don't-watch-tennis play put forth by the majordomos of the ATP for well over a year. And it didn't

LONDON (AP)—Sam Querrey won an all-American final at the Queen’s Club grass-court tournament on Sunday, edging Mardy Fish 7-6 (3), 7-5. Querrey won his third title of the year, all on different surfaces—he won in Memphis on hardcourt and in Belgrade on clay. The match was the first all-American final

Each day during the 2011 U.S. Open, coach Nick Bollettieri will discuss the most intriguing matches on the schedule and offer his predictions. Rafael Nadal [2] vs. Andy Roddick [21] (Arthur Ashe Stadium, second match) Nadal is 6-3 against Roddick and they split their two matches last year (Nadal won

It's not often we react to a retirement, but I'm making an exception for tonight's second women's semifinal. Because for nearly a set, we saw the WTA's answer to the awe-inspiring, high-profile, you've-got-to-see-this-even-if-you-don't-watch-tennis play put forth by the majordomos of the ATP for well over a year. And it didn't

The third-seeded Swiss won 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to move level with Agassi on 224 singles wins at tennis majors; nine behind Jimmy Connors. Federer said he wasn’t aware of that mark. “I’ve played many Slams in a row already. I’m healthy. It’s just another way of saying, ‘Roger, you’ve been

An unusual staging of the tournament featured two of the most dynamic figures in the women's game in the championship match. Throughout its history, professional tennis has had its share of hot-button issues. One of them, in particular, seemed to have ignited a near-unanimous amount of disdain toward it: Madrid

Howdy, Tribe. Regular comment posters, along with Steggy and I, often wish we could lure more of our legions of lurkers out into the daylight of the Comments section. As this is the absolute, total, no ifs-ands-or-buts, ultimate, final, definitively conclusive week of the tennis year, we'd love to see