SHENZHEN, China (AP) Jiri Vesely served 13 aces to beat Pablo Andujar 6-2, 7-6 (8) and advance to the second round of the Shenzhen Open on Tuesday. Vesely lost just six points on his first serve in his first match since the US Open, where he withdrew with a left

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) Fifth-seeded Bernard Tomic advanced to the second round of the Mercedes Cup by beating Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 6-3, 7-6 (5) Tuesday at the grass-court Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Tomic, Australia's highest-ranked player, has made good starts in most of his tournaments this year but passed the quarterfinals

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Christina McHale of the United States upset 11th-seeded Alize Cornet of France 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Monday to reach the second round of the Aegon Classic. The 23-year-old McHale tumbled out of the top 100 in the rankings from a career-high 24th after contracting mononucleosis two years ago

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Unseeded and floating dangerously in the draw, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka took out No. 8-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday night to reach the third round at the first major of 2015. Azarenka's ranking slipped into the 40s due to a series of injuries

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Third-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay was knocked out in the first round of the Rio Open by Arthur de Greef of Belgium 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. In another first-round match on Monday on outdoor clay, Dusan Lajovic of Serbia won over Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 6-4,

LONDON -- When a 19-stroke exchange ended with Andy Murray's Wimbledon opponent slapping a forehand into the net, thousands of Centre Court spectators rose in unison. They applauded Murray's first service break. They screamed for joy. They waved their Union Jacks and Scottish flags. It was only a third-round match,

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Second-seeded Matteo Berrettini crashed out of the Firenze Open in the second round on Wednesday, while there were also upsets in the two all-American matches. Berrettini seemed on the verge of victory when the Italian went up 5-2 in the third set but Roberto Carballes Baena

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Victoria Azarenka rallied from 4-0 down in the first set to beat Varvara Lepchenko of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the first round Tuesday of the Aegon Classic, a grass court Wimbledon warm-up event. The former top-ranked Azarenka came within one point of losing the

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) Defending champion and third seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland was beaten 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the second round of the Eastbourne International by 2013 winner Elena Vesnina of Russia on Tuesday. Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland advanced when Mirjana Lucic-Baroni retired with illness as Radwanska

METZ, France (AP) — Sixth-seeded Richard Gasquet lost 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Denis Istomin in the first round of the Moselle Open on Tuesday, while top-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta withdrew from the tournament with an injury to his left hand. Organizers said the 10th-ranked Spaniard, who made it to the

NEW YORK (AP) -- Third-seeded Maria Sharapova needed 54 minutes to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open. The four-time Grand Slam champion beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-0, 6-1 on Wednesday. Sharapova had 30 winners; the 78th-ranked Spaniard had zero. Sharapova has lost five games through two matches.

TOKYO (AP) Sixth-seeded Zhang Shuai of China advanced to the second round of the Japan Open by beating Eri Hozumi 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3 Monday. Hozumi, a wild-card entry from Japan, broke in the fifth and seventh games to lead 5-2 in the first set but Zhang fought back with

MONACO (AP) — Defending champion Rafael Nadal withstood a determined comeback from Britain's Kyle Edmund to win 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. He was joined in the third round by top-ranked Andy Murray, who returned from an elbow injury to beat

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MASON, Ohio (AP) (AP) - Two seeded women - Carla Suarez Navarro and Sara Errani - lost Tuesday in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. Sloane Stephens routed the 10th-seeded Suarez Navarro 6-1, 6-2. Daria Gavrilova defeated the 16th-seeded Sara Errani 6-1, 4-6, 6-2. Kristina Mladenovic advanced

TOKYO (AP) — Top-seeded Marin Cilic was knocked out of the Japan Open in the first round after losing to Jan-Lennard Struff 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1) on Tuesday. Eighth-seeded Richard Gasquet and three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka also advanced to the second round, both by beat American opposition. Gasquet

MEXICO CITY (AP) — American Steve Johnson advanced to the second round of the Mexican Open with a surprisingly easy 6-4, 6-4 win over countryman John Isner on Monday night. The 27 year-old Johnson, who is ranked 24th in the world, needed only 65 minutes to take care of Isner,

LONDON (AP) Top-seeded Andy Murray stayed on course for a record-tying fourth title at Queen's Club by defeating Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-4 in the second round on Thursday. Murray is attempting to join John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt as a four-time winner, and broke Verdasco for

LONDON (AP) While Novak Djokovic - he of the 30-match Grand Slam winning streak - and Roger Federer can relax and enjoy their places in Wimbledon's third round, there are more than two dozen players still stuck in the opening round. That includes eight women who enter Thursday without having

BASTAD, Sweden (AP) Fourth-seeded Annika Beck beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday, and turn the page on a shock defeat in Switzerland last week. The German player came through a difficult first match since losing to world No.797