NEW YORK (AP)—Kim Clijsters put a quick end to Ana Ivanovic’s run at the U.S. Open, winning her 18th straight match at Flushing Meadows with a 6-2, 6-1 wipeout of the former world No. 1 in their fourth-round match Sunday. Ivanovic, who fell to as low as No. 65 after

WUHAN, China (AP) — Katerina Siniakova beat a top-20 player for the sixth time this year when she ousted Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the Wuhan Open on Sunday. The Czech, who has two singles titles already this year, deepened the hole occupied by

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek is out of the Australian Open after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 third-round loss to 50th-ranked Linda Noskova on Saturday, leaving no top 10 players in the bottom half of the women's draw. Swiatek is a four-time major winner but has never been past

PARIS(AP) Jelena Jankovic moved into the third round of the French Open by beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2 Thursday. The two-time French Open semifinalist broke her opponent in the final game of the first set, and then recovered from an early break in the second to win four

PARIS (AP) Sixth-seeded Li Na of China beat 99th-ranked Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 6-2 Saturday to reach the fourth round at the French Open. It's the only Grand Slam tournament where Li has not reached the quarterfinals. She became the first Chinese player to get to the final at

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Mardy Fish said doctors have diagnosed the mystery illness that has been sapping his energy as a thyroid problem. The No. 16 seed exited the Australian Open on Wednesday with a four-set loss to Spain's Tommy Robredo. He had a tough first round, too, having to come

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Top-ranked Roger Federer had to struggle at times in his first-round match at the Australian Open before beating Russia's Igor Andreev 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-0. Federer had some anxious moments Tuesday, losing the first set after having his service broken in the ninth game, then having to

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—Top seed and defending champion John Isner beat qualifier Sergei Bubka of the Ukraine 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 in an opening-round match at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Isner, ranked 11th in the world entering the week and a U.S. Olympian, relied on his overpowering

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Serena Williams broke Gisela Dulko's serve and saved six set points in a game featuring 12 deuces, going on to win 6-3, 7-5 in a second-round match at the Australian Open. The second-seeded Williams, who has won the Australian Open every alternate year since 2003, received treatment for

LOS ANGELES, California (AP)—Michael Russell provided an upset on the opening day of the Farmers Classic, ousting sixth-seeded Dimitry Tursunov 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 on Monday. The American, ranked 110th in the world, overwhelmed his 46th-ranked opponent and set up a second-round clash against either compatriot Ryan Harrison or Lithuania’s

MONTPELLIER, France (AP)—Seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet of France rallied from a set and a break down Monday to beat Julian Reister of Germany 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of Open Sud de France. Gasquet struggled to return serves in the first set but recovered to wrap up the

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Varvara Lepchenko became the fourth American woman to reach Wimbledon's third round by beating 31st-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Thursday. Lepchenko joins sixth-seeded Serena Williams, 28th-seeded Christina McHale and unseeded Sloane Stephens to make the last 32 at the All England Club. The

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Maria Sharapova advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, beating Julia Goerges of Germany 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday. Sharapova had an erratic day with her serve, hitting seven aces but mixing that with 11 double-faults. The most important ace came on match point. The 2008

NEW YORK (AP)—American Sam Querrey reached the third round of the U.S. Open for the third straight year with a straight-sets win over Marcel Granollers of Spain. The 20th-seeded Querrey won 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday. He had 42 winners. Querrey is now 8-4 at Flushing Meadows in his career.

Having taken the tennis world by storm with an historic run to the fourth round of Wimbedon, 15-year-old Cori “Coco” Gauff made a winning return to the court at the Citi Open in Washington DC on Saturday, beating college standout Maegan Manasse in the first round of qualifying, 6-4, 6-2.

PARIS (AP) Sam Stosur opened her bid to return to the French Open final by beating Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-3 Sunday in the first round. Playing in the first match on Court Philippe Chatrier, the eighth-seeded Stosur dropped her serve in the opening game but then reeled off four straight

Kei Nishikori has put together a phenomenal run this summer. After reaching the quarterfinals at the Olympics in his home country, Nishikori flew to Washington, D.C. and made the semifinals (where he lost to Mackenzie McDonald). Historically, Nishikori has been one of the game's more fragile competitors, but his durability

VALENCIA, Spain (AP)—Marin Cilic of Croatia recovered from a shaky start to beat Slovakia's Martin Klizan 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the first round of the Valencia Open on Sunday. Klizan saved five break points while breaking Cilic's serve twice to easily take the first set on the indoor hard court

WASHINGTON(AP) Germany's Benjamin Becker beat American Robby Ginepri 7-6 (3), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic on Tuesday. Becker, who won the final six points in the third-set tiebreaker, will next face top-seeded Andy Roddick. The three-time Washington champion received

VIENNA (AP)—Radek Stepanek and Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic earned straight-set wins in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open on Monday. The fifth-seeded Stepanek beat Martin Fischer of Austria 7-5, 6-3, despite being broken three times in the opening set. He converted six of his own 13