Maybe the next time Viktor Troicki has to face Novak Djokovic, he should consider pulling a Jeneba Tarmoh, who withdrew today from her scheduled 100-meter run-off against Allyson Felix in the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. Of course, Troicki, the 26-year-old Serbian, has never finished in a dead heat

After Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, to move into his second consecutive Wimbledon semifinal, the charismatic Frenchman was signing autographs when he noticed a small girl clutching an oversized tennis ball, crying uncontrollably—presumably because she had originally been overlooked in her quest for his

LONDON (AP)—David Ferrer pulled off the first upset of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-4, 7-5 victory Monday over Andy Murray, whose groin injury might force him to quit the season-ending tournament. Murray, seeded third, said he injured himself during training a few days after the Paris Masters

NEW YORK—Clad in a canary-colored dress, Jelena Jankovic blended in with the yellow uniforms worn by the security crew circling the court. The 11th-seeded Serbian spent much of today’s U.S. Open first-round match providing Alison Riske with a guided tour of the Grandstand, reeling off the final eight games in

NEW YORK—U.S. Open patrons have long extolled the “old” Grandstand for its intimate environment. Fans seated courtside can see and hear some of the world’s best players from a perspective that would seem off-limits to mere grounds-pass holders. That’s not always a good thing. Take Bernard Tomic, the caustic and

Every week Baseline will select a “Player of the Week.” That athlete may not always win the highest category tournament that week, but perform the best compared to their recent playing history. It isn’t often that you find a tennis prodigy in Norway, but for the Ruud family, you can

With all eyes on blockbuster matches on Sunday, underdogs continued their rise in Paris. Perhaps no "under the radar" player was more impressive than Jelena Ostapenko, as the young Latvian toughed out an in-form Samantha Stosur, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, to advance to her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP)—American teenager Madison Keys wandered around the Stanford University campus wondering what it would have been like had she chosen school over tennis. This would have been her freshman year. "I could be going to college soon," Keys said. "I'm pretty happy where I am." Keys, one of

A year earlier, Andre Agassi had been ranked No. 1 in the world. But now, in the summer of 1996, he was slumping badly, having failed to reach a quarterfinal since March. At Wimbledon, Agassi lost in the first round to a qualifier, 281st-ranked Doug Flach. “He plays as if

Flags hung limply atop Court Philippe Chatrier, while Lukas Lacko slid around the salmon-colored court below, looking like a man trying to sustain balance in the face of sudden squalls. Roger Federer turned opening day at Roland Garros into a day at the races, breezing by his overmatched opponent, 6-2,

ATLANTA (AP) -- Nick Kyrgios withstood the intense heat and three-time defending champion John Isner's serve Sunday to win the BB&T Atlanta Open for his second ATP World Tour title. The 21-year-old Australian, 10 years younger than the 6-foot-10 Isner, won 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4). Kyrgios matched Isner's powerful service

PARIS (AP) Thanks to rain, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams must wait an extra day to start their bids for history at the French Open. The two No. 1-seeded players originally were slated to play first-round matches on Monday, the second day of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. But the

On Thursday, March 6, Jenson Brooksby will look to win his first tour-level match since January of 2023. The American, who was suspended 18 months for missing multiple drug tests, will take on Benjamin Bonzi in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. While it might

PARIS (AP)—Tomas Berdych is just one win away from securing a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals after beating Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 7-5 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday. The 2005 Paris champion won five straight games in the first set to rally

SINGAPORE—Caroline Wozniacki was right there, at a least for a second. The Dane was up 4-1 in the third set, screaming, pumping, ready to upend Serena Williams for just the second time. The 18-time Grand Slam champion rarely gets nervous, but it wasn't the same story for her good friend

WATCH: The moment Stefanos Tsitsipas' Australian Open campaign almost ended in a moment of frustration

Morgan Riddle has made good on her bet with boyfriend Taylor Fritz to eat a whole jar of Vegemite should he advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals—well, sort of. Let’s rewind to the fourth round, where top American Fritz was preparing to take on world No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas on

MONTREAL (AP) — Top-ranked Simona Halep outlasted third-ranked Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4 on Sunday to win her second Rogers Cup title. The 26-year-old Romanian star also won the hard-court event that rotates between Toronto and Montreal in 2016 in Montreal. In a rematch of Halep's French Open final

Polish stars Hubert Hurkacz and Magda Linette jumped to new career-high rankings this week after winning their first career titles during the last week of lead-up tournaments to the US Open. Having previously been 0-3 in his career in ATP quarterfinals, Hurkacz went all the way to his first ATP

SINGAPORE (AP) — Venus Williams rallied at the WTA Finals to beat Caroline Garcia of France 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3 Saturday and become the oldest women's finalist at the year-end tournament. In the other semifinal, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark beat Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 6-3 to set