Beneath the translucent roof, Victoria Azarenka and Tamira Paszek launched baseline fireworks. Continuously advancing inside, Azarenka squeezed the court and finally slammed the door shut on the gritty Austrian, scoring a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory to advance to the Wimbledon semifinals for the second straight year. This was a high-quality

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—Top-seeded Sam Querrey was upset in the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Wednesday, losing in straight sets to Dustin Brown of Jamaica. Querrey, ranked 19th and a three-time winner on the tour this season, was beaten 6-4, 6-3 in just 47 minutes. Brown

Some players wear their heart on their sleeve. Venus Williams' heart was whizzing around the back of her neck like a runaway hoola hoop seven games into her match with Paula Ormaechea. The heart-shaped pendant Williams wears on a chain was swirling as she careened around the court, chasing shots

Two days after he carried his nation’s flag during the opening ceremony, Stanislas Wawrinka was unceremoniously shut out of the London Olympics, defeated by home favorite Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-3. Murray exited this stage four years ago in Beijing, and his previous meetings with Wawrinka—they have played 10 times in

STUTTGART, Germany (AP)—Justine Henin ignored a broken finger to win her opening match at the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday, ending a two-match losing streak with a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over Julia Goerges of Germany. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova was upset by Li Na of China, who overcame the

CINCINNATI (AP)—Wild card Venus Williams survived a three-set match in the opening round of the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday, another encouraging win coming off her Olympic gold medal in doubles with sister Serena. Things didn't go well at all for fellow American Andy Roddick, who lost in two

Even when you’re talking about one of the greatest rivalries in modern sport, not every meeting can be a classic. Tonight’s encounter between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will not go down in history as one of the most memorable of their 29 meetings, but in this chapter, it’s Nadal

After spending the day sliding and slipping in lunging pursuit of Roger Federer's drives, Somdev Devvarman seemed to have the second seed right where he wanted him. With a wide expanse of red clay ahead and a day of frustration behind him, Devvarman set up for a routine mid-court smash

Sitting beneath the shade of an umbrella, American Ryan Sweeting bit into a banana while chewing on the prospect of a fifth-set fight with the tireless David Ferrer. Stepping into the sun, Ferrer donned a black shirt and slipped into grim reaper mode as the match neared the three-hour mark.

LONDON -- Wild-card entry Alison Riske is one of four women keeping American hopes alive at Wimbledon. The 126th-ranked Riske reached the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time Friday, beating 44th-ranked Urszula Radwanska of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. All four American women left in the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- For the man nicknamed ''Stanimal,'' this was not the way for defending champion Stan Wawrinka to go out of the Australian Open - with a whimper, not a roar. It was the third straight year Wawrinka and Djokovic played a five-set match at Melbourne Park, but

LONDON (AP) Novak Djokovic is developing a nasty habit of playing Grand Slam matches over two days. He thinks his latest carried-over contest won't have any effect on him in the Wimbledon quarterfinals Wednesday. The defending champion and No. 1 seed at the All England Club will be competing for

WATCH— Kei Nishikori tops Roger Federer in London:

Aryna Sabalenka loves a quick hard court. On Sunday in Cincinnati, she returned to her first final on the surface since running it back at the Australian Open in a stretch of play reminiscent of January’s Melbourne triumph. In her latest effort, Sabalenka snapped a three-match losing streak against world

PERTH, Australia -- John Isner withdrew from the Hopman Cup on Thursday with a right knee injury, ending the American team's chances of reaching the final of the eight-country tournament and handing a championship berth to Spain. Isner, who still hopes to compete at the Australian Open beginning Jan. 14,

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Southern California's Steve Johnson advanced to the NCAA men's singles final when his opponent retired in the middle of the second set Sunday following a disagreement with the chair umpire. Top-ranked Johnson was leading 7-6 (4), 3-2 and had a break point when Virginia's Michael Shabaz hit

WATCH: Iga Swiatek speaks to the media after her win in the 2022 BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andrey Rublev beat wild-card entry Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Australian Open. Thiem, a runner-up at the Australian Open in 2020 and the U.S. Open winner the same year, missed much of 2021 due to injuries

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It was a long road back to elite-level tennis for Mackenzie McDonald, and his victory over defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open showed just how much things have changed for the 27-year-old Californian who was a college star at UCLA. To understand McDonald's journey,

Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek, the 2019 and 2020 Roland Garros women’s champions, met for the first time in Madrid on Monday. The stylistic contrast between the two—Swiatek is a power-baseliner and Barty an all-courter—promised much. Yet, even after they had faced off for an hour and 40 minutes in