ROME (AP)—Roger Federer has a long way to go if he wants to successfully defend his French Open title next month. In his first singles match of the clay-court season, Federer lost to 40th-ranked Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 Tuesday in his Rome Masters opener. The top-ranked Swiss

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After struggling for much of his Olympic singles quarterfinal against a Brazilian opponent backed by a raucous home crowd, Rafael Nadal finally seized control by using a big backhand to set up an easy putaway at the net for a third-set service break. Perhaps wary

NEW YORK(AP) Roger Federer sat in his sideline chair, listening to the music, gazing into the distance - the glassy-eyed look of a defeated man. Shocked. The owner of the most Grand Slam titles in history - maybe the best player of all time - finally lost at the U.S.

PARIS—Impeccable depth, power and precision off both her forehand and backhand were the external manifestations of Simona Halep’s prowess today. In the semifinals of Roland Garros, the 26-year-old Romanian earned a surprisingly emphatic 6-1, 6-4 victory over 2016 French champion Garbine Muguruza. But as the world has seen so often,

Who was the biggest winner in men’s tennis last week? If there were a vote, I’d consider casting mine for Guillermo Vilas. On Sunday in Barcelona, Rafael Nadal won his 49th clay-court title, tying the men’s record that has been held by Vilas since the 1980s. That might sound like

For two guys who lost, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Rafael Nadal did their share of smiling at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Saturday. Tsonga smiled and shook his head at his own mistakes; Nadal smiled and shook his head at his opponent’s lack of them. It wasn't all hits and giggles

For some time now, shrewd pundits and fans have been wondering, when will Jerzy Janowicz arrive? When will Brad Gilbert start calling him “JJ?” How long before someone, ticking off names such as Agnieszka and Urszula Radwanska, Janowicz, Lukasz Kubot, Mariusz Frystenberg and Marcin Matkowski, declares that Poland is the

LONDON (AP) The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): 9 p.m. Sloane Stephens won a Wimbledon match for the first time in two years. The 37th-ranked American knocked off a seeded player, too, easily eliminating No. 27 Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 in a first-round match moved

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Maria Sharapova has avenged her Wimbledon loss to Petra Kvitova and returned to the Australian Open final for the first time since winning 2008 title. Sharapova broke Kvitova's serve in the last game to finish off a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory and set up a championship match

ATHENS, Ga.(AP) Southern California's reward for beating the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I tennis tournament is a championship matchup against the team Trojans coach Peter Smith says is the real favorite. USC, the defending champion and No. 5 seed, beat top-seeded Virginia 4-2 in the semifinals on

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Pursuing another bid for her first Grand Slam title, top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki made only one unforced error in defeating Virginie Razzano 6-1, 6-3 Friday to move into the third round of Wimbledon. The 20-year-old Dane was at the top of her game, downing the 96th-ranked Frenchwoman in

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—Techno music rocked the stadium during a changeover, then faded, the din replaced by the crowd’s cheers as Andy Roddick took his position at the baseline, one game from a win over nemesis Roger Federer. Roddick held the balls, and that was the edge he needed. He

Chasing Novak Djokovic all evening, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga finally seemed to have the frontrunner right where he wanted him—off balance at net. But the elastic Serb answered by angling a stretch volley, bouncing back into position, then spinning a forehand pass up the line. Even when Tsonga tested the top seed,

SINGAPORE (AP) -- A new venue, an injury-hit preparation and insults from a top sports official - none of it could stop Serena Williams' winning streak at the WTA Finals. The three-time defending champion made it 16-straight wins at the season-ending championships by beating Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-4 in Monday's

Rafael Nadal saw his prolific tennis career come to an end on Tuesday, November 19 in the Davis Cup Finals, when Spain was eliminated by the Netherlands. 📸 PHOTOS: Rafa arrives in Malaga for final career event This page chronicles just some of the Spaniard's unique impact on the game,

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Ana Ivanovic, hoping to rediscover the form that helped her reach two Grand Slam finals in 2008, started her Australian Open campaign Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over American Shenay Perry. Ivanovic was runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open and won the French Open as she rose

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—When Venus Williams, after nearly two hours and thirty minutes of gripping tennis at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells late Saturday afternoon, looked back on what had just taken place, she could have easily been talking about what happened the night before, when her sister Serena

MADRID (AP) — Roger Federer looked as comfortable as ever on his return to clay. Showing no signs of rust after skipping clay-court tournaments the last two seasons, Federer cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win over Richard Gasquet at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Federer needed less than

SYDNEY (AP) Eight of the Top 10 women in tennis are injured or have become sick in the lead-up to the Australian Open, the latest being Angelique Kerber after she withdrew from the Sydney International on Tuesday with a stomach illness. Kerber lost in the final of last week's Brisbane

INDIAN WELLS, Calif (AP) — Leylah Fernandez outlasted ninth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday night. Fernandez, the U.S. Open runner-up, fought off a break point in the eighth game of the third set for a 5-3 lead. Pavlyuchenkova