MASON, Ohio (AP) Andy Murray's off-day turned into the biggest upset of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday, a straight-set loss that left him with little hard-court experience heading into the U.S. Open. Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to France's Jeremy Chardy, an opponent he'd beaten easily the four previous

INTERVIEW: Medvedev completes his comeback

Three points from a wild comeback victory, Emma Navarro pulled off the shot of the day to help the United States take a 2-0 lead over Belgium in the Billie Jean King Qualifier match in Orlando. Leading 5-3 in the third set against 19-year-old Hanne Vanderwinkel, Navarro ran to cover

MASON, Ohio (AP) Andy Murray followed up his second Olympic singles title with a second-round victory Wednesday night in the Western & Southern Open. The top-seeded Scot beat Argentina's Juan Monaco 6-3, 6-2 to set up a match against South Africa's Kevin Anderson, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over 13th-seeded Richard

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andy Murray's bid to reach quarterfinals in consecutive weeks ended with a mistake-filled 7-5, 6-4 loss to No. 2 seed Casper Ruud at the San Diego Open on Thursday night. The match was even at 5-all but turned when Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Maria Sharapova shook off a lackluster second set and beat fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Cincinnati Women’s Open. Kuznetsova moved to No. 14 in the rankings after winning in San Diego last week, one above Sharapova, but Sharapova

Kei Nishikori, playing his first match since he was eliminated in the fourth round of Wimbledon by Milos Raonic, demonstrated that his ability to hang in there and grind out a win is undiminished. Seeded No. 4 in Washington, DC, Nishikori eliminated Sam Querrey in a second-round match today, 6-4,

MASON, Ohio (AP) Novak Djokovic had to rally against a lowly qualifier to get another shot at a title he's never won. Next in his way: Roger Federer, who has more Cincinnati trophies than anyone else. Djokovic got a little help in the tiebreaker and pulled away to a 4-6,

What do we do now that the 2015 season is over and tennis is in its all-too-brief December recess? Go back and watch the best matches of the year, of course. Over the next two weeks, I’ll count down my 10 favorite contests, accompanied by video highlights, of this season.

MATCH POINT: Sabalenka defeats Azarenka, 6-2, 6-4.

Belinda Bencic ended the 2018 season winning 16 or her last 19 matches at various levels of competition, and her strong play has persisted into the new year. A semifinalist at Hobart in January, Bencic has now posted her biggest result of her resurgence, reaching the final of the Dubai

It was not an auspicious start. But it certainly was a familiar situation. The American was Sebastian Korda, a qualifier ranked No. 213 in the world, making his Roland Garros debut, impressively having advanced to the third round. Korda’s marginally more experienced opponent appeared to personify everything that fills a

The second week of Roland Garros is all about the finals—at this stage of the tournament, everyone can see the finish line. With that in mind, we're counting down the five best French Open finals from Wednesday, June 6 through Sunday, June 10. No. 1: Chris Evert d. Martina Navratilova,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic returned to Rod Laver Arena for the first time as a husband and father, shrugging off the effects of a cold to beat No. 116-ranked Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in his first-round match on Tuesday. Djokovic won the first

Sept. 7 1892 — Jim Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round in New Orleans to win the first world heavyweight title fought with gloves under the Marquis of Queensberry rules. 1941 — Bobby Riggs wins his second U.S. men's national title by beating Frank Kovacs, 5-7,

Interview at Indian Wells: Elena Rybakina reaches the semifinals

Coming off the highs and lows of reaching a Grand Slam final can be understandably tricky for any player. Just ask Jennifer Brady, and now Daniil Medvedev. The draws at the follow-up events for the pair of Australian Open finalists were strong from the onset. The 13th-ranked Brady was outclassed

NEW YORK (AP) -- Maria Sharapova's serve and her groundstrokes were abandoning her. What she had was her conditioning. The five-time major champion rallied from a set down to beat 95th-ranked Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Sharapova overcame nine double-faults

MATCH POINT: Stefanos Tsitsipas is so locked in that he doesn't realize he's defeated Benoit Paire in their 2022 Australian Open third-round match.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For Taylor Fritz, the difference between reaching the Grand Slam quarterfinals for the first time and missing out again came down to three points in an 3 1/2-hour, five-set loss to Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Australian Open. The 24-year-old Fritz was aiming to put an American