Tennis Channel Live: Tracy Austin on Emma Raducanu's stop in Romania

The two essential terms: Underdog: A player who is expected to lose according to the betting odds. In almost every scenario, an underdog will have a plus sign in front of their odds. If you bet $100 on a +150 underdog, and the underdog wins, you will net $150 in

Wrapped in a grey hoodie, Simona Halep curled up on a couch in the player lounge looking more like a college kid killing time before class than the No. 4 seed about to play the most meaningful match of her life. A three-hour rain delay provided plenty of time for

ROME -- Back pain forced Andy Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He may have to sit out the French Open, too. Rafael Nadal began his bid for a seventh Rome title by cruising past local hope Fognini of Italy 6-1, 6-3

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ___ 12:45 a.m. Roger Federer has moved into the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for a record-extending 68th time after getting through a four-set test at the French Open against 59th-ranked Dominik Koepfer of Germany. Federer

WATCH: Andy Murray beat Brandon Nakashima in the second round of the Mubadala Citi DC Open.

ROME (AP) — Rafael Nadal ended a run of three straight losses to Alexander Zverev with a convincing 6-3, 6-4 win over the German to reach the Italian Open semifinals on Friday. Zverev beat Nadal in straight sets at the same stage in Madrid a week ago and their latest

SHANGHAI -- Novak Djokovic overcame a scare when he landed awkwardly on his right foot and recovered to beat Spain's Marcel Granollers 6-2, 6-0 in the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had fewer problems in their second-round matches. Federer rebounded from an early break to defeat

“What you did this year is probably impossible to repeat,” Rafael Nadal said to Novak Djokovic after losing to the Serb at the U.S. Open in 2011. These words of hard-won realism—Nadal knew from experience that living up to yourself isn’t easy—have begun to sound prophetic. While Djokovic repeated himself

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open, the last Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Rafael Nadal won his 16th Grand Slam title by sweeping Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the U.S. Open final. It's the third U.S. Open title

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP)—Australia’s Samantha Stosur needed three sets and a tiebreaker to beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4) at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament. The second-seeded woman cruised through the first set, but was broken twice in the second. Errani was serving for the match, up

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. 5: Steffi Graf d. Martina Hingis,

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bothered by the heat and stifling humidity, Eugenie Bouchard felt dizzy and her vision was blurry. She got her blood pressure checked. Plastic bags filled with ice were rubbed on her shoulders, arms and legs during a second-set medical timeout. Bouchard tried to carry on, but

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title. Djokovic wrapped it up at 1:37 a.m. local time

PARIS (AP) Rafael Nadal has made a habit of celebrating at Roland Garros, and it's not just because his June 3 birthday falls during the French Open. This year, he is focused is so squarely on winning a record seventh French Open that he couldn't even remember exactly when he

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Andy Murray ran down every shot in the afternoon heat, his troublesome left knee holding up fine. Murray, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer won their opening matches in straight sets Wednesday at the Western & Southern Open, getting accustomed to the heat after spending the last

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Justine Henin had barely finished off her first win since coming out of retirement when talk of her winning an eighth Grand Slam singles title began in earnest Monday. Henin beat second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of the Brisbane International, her first

Championship Point: Novak Djokovic makes history in Melbourne

A star-studded field will descend on Vancouver this week for the Laver Cup, a team event that began in 2017 and will see its sixth edition take place in the beautiful west coast Canadian city this year. From which teams and players have had the most success to some of

Simona Halep and Elise Mertens will face off for the Qatar Total Open title in Doha on Saturday after battling to three-set semifinal victories at the WTA Premier-level tournament on Friday. Halep was the first to advance, rallying from 4-1 down in the third set—and fighting off three points to