PARIS -- When Serena Williams had won the final point Sunday, she paused behind the baseline to urge herself on with one last fist pump. "Come on!" she shouted, as if her work wasn't done -- which it isn't. Williams earned a berth in the French Open quarterfinals and extended

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Marin Cilic 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, avoiding the upsets that knocked out two other top-10 players. Djokovic didn't face a break point on his serve after the first set in the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- As a first-time dad with a baby at home, Novak Djokovic could see merits in the tale of Serena Williams' mid-match espresso that has been brewing in the lead-up to the Australian Open. Hey, he reckons, why not open up the menu? The No. 1 seeds

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Defending champion Roger Federer and top-seeded Novak Djokovic are on course to face each in the Dubai Championships final after each moved into the quarterfinals Wednesday with straight set victories. The world's two best players were joined by Juan Martin del Potro and Tomas Berdych who

PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer's bid for a 100th career title remains on as he beat Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals. If he wins that, against Kei Nishikori, he could face Novak Djokovic in the semifinals — but Federer is thinking more about

PARIS (AP) The Latest from the French Open: 8:48 p.m Three more seeded players failed to advance to the second round on Tuesday, including 10th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov who faltered at the first hurdle for the second straight year in Paris. Two of the seeded women exited: No. 6 Eugenie Bouchard,

NEW YORK (AP) — Two months after barely being able to walk while ill with COVID-19, Grigor Dimitrov played a professional tennis match at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday and -- while the result was not what was most important -- he won. “I said to myself, ‘I’ll

A Novak Djokovic-led Serbia surprisingly fell behind 2-1 at home to Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup first round after he lost in doubles on Saturday. Meanwhile, Italy and France were first through to the quarterfinals after beating weakened visitors Switzerland and Canada respectively. Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic fell to Andrey

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner won matches in singles and doubles to lead defending champion Italy to a 2-1 comeback victory over Argentina on Thursday, earning a return trip to the Davis Cup semifinals. “I’m here trying to do the best I can in the singles,” Sinner

“Tennis needs an Opening Day,” was one of the suggestions that used to pop up regularly when fans or writers were asked for ideas on how to raise the sport’s profile. The season, the thinking went, began too inconspicuously, with a few mid-level Australian Open warm-up events and the Hopman

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic and second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki were knocked out in third-round upsets at the Cincinnati Women’s Open on Thursday. Uzbek qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova used a decisive serve advantage to upset the second-ranked Jankovic 7-6 (2), 6-4, shortly after Marion Bartoli of France won eight straight games on

ROME -- Rafael Nadal was pushed to three sets for the second consecutive match before ultimately prevailing on Thursday to set up an Italian Open quarterfinal against Andy Murray. The top-ranked Nadal dropped behind a set and a break against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, then took 11 of the final

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber, ranked No. 2 in the world, retired because of a viral illness during her semifinal match Saturday at the Volvo Car Open, sending American Sloane Stephens to the final. Stephens will face Elena Vesnina, the Russian qualifier who upset fifth-seeded Sara Errani

SHANGHAI -- Two-time defending champion Andy Murray beat an erratic-serving Roger Federer in a rainy semifinal Saturday, setting up a U.S. Open final rematch against Novak Djokovic at the Shanghai Masters. Djokovic reached his 10th final of the year by defeating fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4 in the earlier semifinal.

ATHENS, Ga.(AP) The tennis trophy room at Stanford University, already crowded with the hardware from dozens of champions, will have to make room for more. Bradley Klahn of the Cardinal won the NCAA men's singles title Monday at the University of Georgia, and his teammates, Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A glance at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2022: SURFACE Hard courts SITE Melbourne Park

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