BANGKOK (AP)—Bernard Tomic advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open when Ivo Karlovic retired with a back injury while trailing 6-7 (3), 6-4, 4-2 on Tuesday. Tomic, a quarterfinalist in Bangkok last year, will next face 2006 champion Gilles Simon. Other winners include Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, Go

The women’s road to Roland Garros heats up this week with the first big European clay-court event of the season. As always, the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix features a small draw packed full of big names. Here are three must-see first round matches: 1 Petra Kvitova vs. Angelique Kerber In

METZ, France (AP) -- Gilles Muller of Luxembourg advanced to the second round of the Open de Moselle with a 6-3, 6-4 win over British player Aljaz Bedene on Monday. The 45th-ranked Muller hit 20 aces and converted three break points to progress at the indoor hard court event. There

All 16 remaining women will play fourth-round matches on Monday. Let's get right to it: (1) Maria Sharapova vs. (15) Sabine Lisicki —Head to Head: Sharapova leads 3-0 Sharapova swept Lisicki in the 2011 Wimbledon semis, then beat her in three sets at this year's Australian Open. Lisicki owns a

MONTERREY, Mexico(AP) Sixth-seeded Iveta Benesova celebrated her career-best ranking by defeating Shahar Peer of Israel 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Monterrey Open on Tuesday. Thanks to reaching the Hobart final in January and the Acapulco semifinals last week, Benesova improved her ranking to No. 31 on Monday,

PARIS (AP) — If Andy Murray is to take Novak Djokovic's No. 1 ranking at the Paris Masters this week, he must play significantly better than he did in a scrappy win against Fernando Verdasco in the second round on Wednesday. Murray becomes No. 1 if he wins the tournament

WATCH: Jessica Pegula wins second round of the Charleston Open

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PARIS(AP) Andy Roddick is into the third round of the French Open for the first time since 2001. The sixth-seeded Roddick beat 85th-ranked Ivo Minar of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2) Thursday to match his best showing at Roland Garros. Nine U.S. men entered the clay-court Grand Slam

WATCH: Elina Svitolina defeats Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Being a tennis player in the age of Twitter and Facebook means Venus Williams can communicate with fans like never before. This explains the recent tweet about her outfit. The bright yellow mini-dress that Williams wore Saturday in her third-round win at the Australian Open - and all

Grand Slam tournaments are planning to return to seeding only 16 players, instead of 32, as of 2019, and now will give a player who is a late withdrawal because of an injury 50 percent of the first-round prize money. Also among the announcements by the Grand Slam Board on

TOKYO (AP) Top-ranked Rafael Nadal beat Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4 to reach the second round at the Japan Open on Tuesday. Nadal, coming off a surprise loss in the semifinals of the Thailand Open on Saturday, had to work hard for the victory in his Japan debut. `I started

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Andy Roddick put his hand to his mouth and blew a kiss to the crowd as he walked off Centre Court to generous applause after a third-round loss at Wimbledon on Saturday. If that gesture was meant to signify a farewell after losing 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4,

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams - players with a combined 12 Wimbledon titles - all won in straight sets Saturday to move into the fourth round and keep up their pursuit of even more championship trophies at the All England Club. Six-time champion Federer beat

MONTPELLIER, France (AP)—French wild-card entry Paul-Henri Mathieu reached the second round of the Open Sud de France when compatriot Nicolas Mahut retired while trailing 6-1, 3-0 on Monday. Ranked 140th in the world, Mathieu earned his first victory in the main draw of a tournament this year to set up

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Roger Federer has beaten Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in straight sets to reach the third round at Wimbledon. The five-time champion had early breaks in each set for a comfortable 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 victory Wednesday. Federer had just 10 unforced errors on Centre Court to go with 27