Coco Gauff has gotten her share of congratulatory messages in the wake of her run to the Roland Garros final, but one stands out above the rest. Michelle Obama tweeted her praise of the 18-year-old American after her victory over Martina Trevisan in the semifinals: “I'm so proud of you,

NEW YORK (AP) Irina Falconi's stirring run at the U.S. Open ended with a thud. The 79th-ranked American lost 6-0, 6-1 to 22nd-seeded Sabine Lisicki in 52 minutes in the third round Friday. Falconi had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, which included an upset of 14th-seeded

LONDON—CoCo Vandeweghe, into the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, says her confidence is building with the second week of play underway, which should help her game. The California native is ranked No. 25, and while she is very powerful, she can also pile up errors. “I think my game runs on confidence,”

He's experienced close calls throughout each of his 12 Roland Garros title runs. But every time, Rafael Nadal has ultimately shown a killer instinct. Today, we look back at the Spaniard's pursuit of a third successive title run in the French capital. Previous Rewinds: 2006 | 2005 Nadal was still

One of the biggest storylines at this year’s US Open was Donald Young’s final run, in which he and Taylor Townsend partnered up for mixed doubles and reached the final as wild cards. But not even three days after playing for the US Open trophy, Young traded in his racquet

Li Na credits Danish coach Michael Mortensen for spurring her run to the Roland Garros final. Since Mortenson joined up with Li in early May, she has reached the semifinals of Madrid, Rome and now has reached her second consecutive Grand Slam final. Li went on a four-match losing streak

VETERANS’ DAY When Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai won the title in Cincinnati before the start of the US Open, it was definitely a bit of a surprise. After all, it was their first victory together in more than two years, since their run to the Australian Open crown in

Andy Murray’s mother Judy hopes that her son’s Wimbledon title run encourages more kids to play in their hometown of Dunblane, Scotland. “I was glued to Wimbledon since I was a little girl, and then I was thinking, God, my son has just won Wimbledon -- and of course Jamie

During the late spring of this year, Fabio Fognini joined Adriano Panatta and Corrado Barazzutti as the only Italian men to crack the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings. Come Monday, another one of their countrymen, Matteo Berrettini, will have reached that lofty status after his solid run in Vienna,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Alexander Zverev's run to a second Australian Open semifinal has drawn attention to his business in other courts. As the season's first major was starting, news emerged that a German court set a trial date in May over an assault allegation dating to 2020 after Zverev

Alexander "Sasha" Bublik proved himself comfortable with both microphone and tennis racquet after a stellar week at the Miami Open. The Russian-born Kazakh earned a career-best run at the Masters 1000 event, reaching the quarterfinals before bowing out to Jannik Sinner of Italy. Bublik gave big ups to the Italian

NEW YORK (AP) — Lyudmyla Kichenok was supposed to get married this week to Jelena Ostapenko’s coach. A run to the US Open women’s doubles championship forced a change of plans. Kichenok and Ostapenko won the title Friday for their first major as a team, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang

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Last week, two 500-level tournaments were played and a number of Americans had strong runs in both singles and doubles. Both men and women reached the quarterfinals or better around the world. With this week's tournaments over, here are the Americans who are making a splash three months into the

Andy Murray says he is in better physical shape entering this year's Wimbledon than he was during his title run at the Championships a year ago. The defending champion said that he was now "moving well" on grass, having practiced on the surface following his second-round exit at Queen's. "I’ve

Denis Shapovalov says he's shown he belongs on the ATP tour following his runs in Montreal and at the US Open. The young Canadian reached the semifinals in Montreal, defeating Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal. After qualifying for the US Open, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kyle Edmund

PALERMO, Sicily (AP) — Irina-Camelia Begu is back in the semifinals of the Palermo Ladies Open after a decade. The sixth-seeded Begu ended the run of 19-year-old Diane Parry by 6-1, 6-3 on Friday on the red clay of the Country Time Club. Begu's semifinal opponent is Sara Sorribes Tormo,

Men’s Champion and Runner-Up Peter Bodo: Lorenzo Musetti d. Holger Rune Liya Davidov: Carlos Alcaraz d. Andrey Rublev Jon Levey: Arthur Fils d. Alex de Minaur Stephanie Livaudais: Novak Djokovic d. Holger Rune Ed McGrogan: Alexander Zverev d. Novak Djokovic

It was darn impressive on its own to see 38-year-old Gaël Monfils start 2024 with a title run in Auckland. After all, to win a tournament in his late 30s put Monfils in the company of such rare masters of longevity as Ken Rosewall, Connors, Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Bernard Tomic says his run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals has convinced him that he can win Grand Slam titles in the future. Second-seeded Novak Djokovic beat the 18-year-old 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday in Tomic's first major quarterfinal. He says he has the game to win