NEW YORK (AP)—Eight-time grand slam champion Andre Agassi has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Garden of Dreams Hero Award. The award, created in 2009 by Madison Square Garden and the Garden of Dreams Foundation, honors an individual or organization for service to children facing obstacles. Agassi was

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)—Former top-five player James Blake is getting a wild-card invitation for this year’s U.S. Open. Blake, of Tampa, Fla., is a two-time quarterfinalist at the season’s final Grand Slam, but a knee injury and a series of early losses dropped his ranking outside the top 100. Other

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP)—Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki rallied from a set down to reach the Danish Open quarterfinals with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic on Thursday. Wozniacki was broken five times in the first set, where only one of the games went with serve. But

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP)—Serbia overcame the Czech Republic in the final of the World Team Cup on Saturday to clinch the title for the second time. Janko Tipsarevic and Viktor Troicki won their singles matches to give Serbia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Rochus Club. The

While Sloane Stephens and Kim Clijsters may not have participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, they still made the most of their time this past week. The pair of US Open champions headlined an exhibition match at the Truist Atlanta Open, benefiting their respective charities. Stephens earned $5,000 for her

St. Petersburg plays host to some of the best WTA players in the world this week, and they want to show them, and everyone, a great time. The Premier tournament puts out all the stops and isn't afraid of trying something new. Case in point, they have walking billboards going

The slowed-down summer on the tennis tour has given players the chance to partake in some activities they normally wouldn't have much time for. And one player who really seems to be enjoying himself is Noah Rubin. For his #NoahOnTheStreet series of videos, the American played a game of Behind

At a quirky, off-the-chain opening major to this season, records were broken, and records were extended. By the time the singles finals rolled around, the event had taken on a certain vintage, namely 2008 feel—Serena vs. Venus and Rafa vs. Roger. Here are the highlights and lowlights among all that

It's finally happening: Maria Sharapova is coming back. The five-time Grand Slam champion accepted a wild card for Mallorca, a WTA International grass-court event. The 32-year-old hasn't played a match since St. Petersburg back in January. She's on the beautiful Spanish island early to prepare.

They could run, they could hide, but they couldn't escape baby No. 3. Nor did they want to—as Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias welcomed a baby daughter to the world on January 30. The pair waited a Wimbledon fortnight in time to announce the news, which the ecstatic parents shared

Designing woman Venus Williams has a new partner in Airbnb – and, with her tough first-round loss in Melbourne, perhaps a bit more time to cast eyes on the project. As reported by Architectural Digest, Venus' V Starr Interiors company will create the looks for apartments by Niido, Airbnb's apartment-community

It's tradition at the Barcelona Open that the winner jumps into the pool with the ball kids, and that winner is almost always Rafael Nadal. He has won the tournament a record 11 times, dating back to 2005. But, on Sunday, the honor belonged to Dominic Thiem, who had just

The top WTA and ATP players did not disappoint this week. Many were on the road, but the off-court attire was coming in hot. The last time Bianca Andreescu vied for a title was back in April at the Miami Open, but her amazing run ended with a right foot

MUNICH (AP) -- Federico Delbonis of Argentina beat two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 7-6 (4) Monday to reach the second round of the BMW Open. The 44th-ranked Delbonis never faced a break point and broke the Russian twice in the first set to take control of the match. German wild-card

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Andy Murray beat Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 at the Australian Open on Friday to set up a 4th round clash with Grigor Dimitrov. The sixth-seeded Murray is attempting to become the first man to win the Australian Open after losing three times in the final.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) The verdict in Maria Sharapova's appeal against a two-year doping ban will be announced Tuesday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it will issue the decision at 3 p.m. local time (1300 GMT). Sharapova challenged an International Tennis Federation ban imposed after she tested positive at

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and top-20 players Kaia Kanepi and Flavia Pennetta have pulled out of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Tennis Association did not give reasons for the three withdrawals Monday. Kuznetsova won the 2004 title at Flushing Meadows, and added the 2009

MADRID(AP) Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of a knee injury, yet expects to be fit in time to defend her French Open title. The seventh-ranked Serb is struggling with an inflammation in her right knee. Doctors have ordered her not to play for a week. Ivanovic

Andy Murray will not play Great Britain's tie against Lithuania in March. Britain has been relegated to Group II for this season after losing a Group I playoff against Poland last September, which means weaker teams but more ties at irregular times. "It's important we get back up the groups

Caroline Wozniacki will play in Rome next week despite struggling with her movement in her opening round loss in Stuttgart, where she was returning from an ankle injured sustained in Charleston. "I'm having a lot of treatment to get 100% fit and these ankle injuries take time but I'm staying