MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) The only three men to beat Roger Federer in the last 19 majors were already out of the Australian Open, leaving the Swiss star with a new threat to face. Nikolay Davydenko's 13-match winning streak was the hottest on the tour and included two wins over Federer during

Could Czech fans have felt confident about their team’s Davis Cup fate resting with Radek Stepanek? The 33-year-old is best known for the belly-flopping post-match celebrations he once offered up, not that he ever got to show off The Worm all that often. He’s won only five singles titles in

In a dream final between two of the greatest players in tennis history, 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal battled past 18-time major winner Novak Djokovic, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, to not only win Rome for the 10th time in his career, but to tie Djokovic's record of 36 career Masters

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The record will show that six-time Australian Open champions Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic each had straight-set wins. It may seem straight-forward, but it was not routine. Newly-engaged Williams, aiming for an Open-era record 23rd major title, and Djokovic, bidding to become the first man to

WIMBLEDON, England—It was the first sunny day of play in a week. The double-deckers were backed all the way up Church Road. The beautiful people, happy to break out their excellent sunglasses, waited patiently at the front gates. The devoted in the queue staggered out of their Wimbledon Park tents

Rafael Nadal has experienced extremes on grass. After two runner-up finishes at Wimbledon, he produced a major masterpiece outdueling Roger Federer in the thrilling 2008 final, widely regarded as a match for the ages. But he's also suffered some of his most punishing losses on lawn. The world No. 1

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Naomi Osaka didn't make it to a much-anticipated fourth-round contest against top-ranked Ash Barty at the Australian Open. Amanda Anisimova, a 20-year-old American ranked 60th in the world, ensured that so-called final-before-the-final won't happen when she beat the four-time major champion 4-6, 6-3, 7-6

Dual-gender tournaments really are better, aren’t they? Yes, the women can get the short end of the court-assignment stick, but there’s an energy at events like Beijing that never gathers when the two tours go it alone. Put the boys and girls together and it’s like our favorite Vicarious High

Occasionally, sports coughs up an athlete who becomes famous, even beloved, less for his or her athletic accomplishments or prowess than some mysterious quality of personality, or of the public’s unspoken need. For an extreme example, look at Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, whose heroic failure as a Britain’s first ski

By the Letter + If... T...ickets for the Davis Cup final in Portland, Oregon sold out within 30 minutes, according to the USTA. E...nding his season for the second time in the last two months, Marat Safin has also declared that he will not participate in Russia's Davis Cup final.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Defending champion Serena Williams had no problems beating Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-1 to move into a third-round match against Carla Suarez Navarro, who ended her sister Venus’ run early at the last Australian Open. Williams converted four of her 11 breakpoint chances against No. 77-ranked Kvitova in a

View the entire men's bracket at our Wimbledon tournament page. From the world No. 1 playing someone who’s beaten him this year to the No. 4 playing an American giant-killer, the men’s draw for Wimbledon includes a number of fantastic first-round match-ups. Here are five first-rounders to keep an eye

NEW YORK—The endings are what we recall, most of all the moments of triumph, elation, even redemption. But on this Tuesday evening, three first round US Open matches were simply a beginning. As six players sought to take small steps forward, they likely recalled the twists of fate that had

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) From his front row seat in the Royal Box, Pete Sampras watched as Roger Federer broke his record for most Grand Slam singles titles in men's tennis history. After Federer overcame Andy Roddick in a marathon, five-set serving duel Sunday for his sixth Wimbledon title and 15th Grand

After 50 minutes, there wasn’t much left for Svetlana Kuznetsova to do. She trailed Petra Kvitova in the Madrid final 6-1, 3-0, and if anything, those scores made the match sound closer than it really was. Kvitova had started with a brusque backhand return winner on the first point, and

“It’s tough, man,” Roger Federer told the audience in Rod Laver Arena on Sunday night, as he struggled to hold back tears after his five-set win over Marin Cilic in the Australian Open final. Longtime Federer watchers may have been reminded of another three-word line that he uttered from the

We have Fedal. We have Rafole. We have Djokerer. We have, to some people’s chagrin, Muzzovic. Is it time to condense the budding rivalry between Juan Martin del Potro and Novak Djokovic into a single name? Del Djoker? Djokopotro? The most appropriate moniker may be The Novak and Juan Show.

INDIAN WELLS, CA — The last time we saw Andy Murray across the net from Novak Djokovic, he was suffering, angrily, through an embarrassing 6-0 fourth-set defeat in the Australian Open final. That was nearly two months ago, but the bad vibes from Melbourne seemed to have followed Murray all

Phpydbvglam By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan I don't say this very often, but, TGIM - Thank God it's Monday! Well, for me at least. I'm looking forward to another year of hopefully alleviating your Monday malaise with a hot, steaming cup of tennis (as opposed to a "cup of

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open, the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local): 11:41 p.m. Maria Sharapova has beaten American Sofia Kenin 7-5, 6-2 to reach the U.S. Open round of 16. Sharapova, who received a wild card to appear in her first