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 66

BEIJING (AP) — Former top-ranked Naomi Osaka started the China Open with a routine 6-3, 6-2 victory over Lucia Bronzetti of Italy on Wednesday to mark her first match with new coach Patrick Mouratoglou in positive style. The four-time Grand Slam champion was the headline act on the opening day

NEW YORK—Fresh in the moment, staggered and delighted upon having reached the US Open final the first time she’d played the tournament, Bianca Andreescu could likely relate to these words written by her fellow Canadian native, author Saul Bellow: “Only the present is real—the here-and-now. Seize the day.” This was

“Anything can happen”: We hear those words a lot in sports, but they haven’t come true very often in tennis in recent years. This season, in which the Top 4 men split the four majors and the Top 3 women did the same, was the least chaotic in recent memory.

Why, after 77 years, would it be easy? Future generations of British sports fans who look back at clips of the 2013 men’s final at Wimbledon will see a cloudless 80-degree day, a Royal Box with a beaming prime minister in the front row, a straight-set scoreline and that rarest

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — It was difficult for Ash Barty to imagine that a trip to her first Wimbledon final was just around the corner when she stopped playing at last month's French Open with a hip injury. Or even when she was two points from being pushed to a

WATCH: Dominic Thiem previews the men's quarterfinals

NEW YORK -- A year ago, Flavia Pennetta was hanging out at her parents' home on Italy's heel, recovering from right wrist surgery, watching the U.S. Open on TV -- and wondering how long it would take her to get back on the tennis tour. Look at her now. Pennetta

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic briefly looked vulnerable. Serena Williams just looked lost. Djokovic, the defending champion, dropped six straight games to Lleyton Hewitt in losing his first set at the Australian Open but kept his composure and won 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 late Monday night, ensuring all of the

NEW YORK (AP) Let's go, Ryan!'' Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap.Let's go, Ryan!'' Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap. On his way to victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. 18 John Isner, could hear the wild cheering and chanting going on at the adjacent Grandstand in support

NEW YORK (AP) Didn't take too long to see that Novak Djokovic's right shoulder is feeling fine. Which was good, because he was on court for less than an hour Tuesday. He began his first-round match at the U.S. Open with a 121 mph service winner. Four points later, he

WATCH: Caroline Garcia beat Camila Osorio in straight sets to ease into the final of her home tournament in Lyon.

For those who still miss the slam-bang men’s tennis of the 20th century, Sunday’s final between Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev in Shanghai was the throwback rock fight for you. The Russian and the Pole battled all the way to 10-8 in a third-set tiebreak, but they finished in just

Looking back over the vast landscape of Maria Sharapova’s illustrious career, it is apparent that this pugnacious competitor has always prided herself on elevating her game for auspicious occasions. Sharapova is, after all, a career Grand Slam champion, and deservedly so. She took her first of the four prizes at

View image | gettyimages.com “That tiebreaker was something else, and I just managed to make some great shots in the important moments,” Agnieszka Radwanska said after beating Simona Halep, 7-6 (5), 6-1, at the WTA Finals on Thursday. There are overstatements, there are understatements, and then there are plain statements

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Novak Djokovic secured the No. 1 ranking by reaching the Wimbledon final on Friday, and he will get a chance to beat the man he is replacing—defending champion Rafael Nadal. Djokovic reached the championship match at the All England Club for the first time by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

WIMBLEDON—Donna Vekic was the veteran who’d previously played in 42 Grand Slam tournaments. Lulu Sun was the qualifier, in the main draw of a major for only the second time. Theoretically, Vekic should have been the one swinging freely and feeling more comfortable. But through the first set and well

From grass-court winning streaks to tying his childhood idol with his seventh Wimbledon and closing in on the all-time Grand Slam record, Novak Djokovic just kept piling on the career numbers with his latest triumph at the All England Club. Here are 21 things the Serbian legend achieved at SW19

For well over 100 years, a major lure of Davis Cup has been how the team format and compressed schedule often puts solo competitors into unusual situations—such as one man having to play three best-of-five-set matches over the span of three days. Amid recent changes to the event’s format, the

THE BREAK: Medvedev was mixing it up with the US Open fans earlier in the tournament.