Not many matches start off with a hot shot in the first game, but Tomas Berdych did just that in Vienna. The second seed began his first-round match against Nikoloz Basilashvili in style, finishing off a 31-shot rally with a perfect lob over the Georgian's head. It was a skillful

NEW YORK (AP) Melanie Oudin struggled with the higher expectations since the teenager's crowd-pleasing run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals last year. So did Francesca Schiavone after her breakthrough French Open title in June. Neither showed any signs of the pressure in cruising to dominant first-round wins Monday at the

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP)—Sania Mirza of India conceded a 5-2 lead in a third set tiebreaker to lose 1-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5) to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki in the last round of qualifying for the ASB Classic. Mirza needed to win the match to gain a place in the main

HYOGO, Japan (AP)—Russia will host Spain and the Czech Republic will visit Germany in the 2012 Fed Cup quarterfinals in February. Sunday’s draw also pitted first-round matchups of Serbia at Belgium and Ukraine at Italy on Feb. 4-5. In the second tier, which determines who will be promoted to the

LONDON (AP)—Top-seeded Novak Djokovic eased into the second round of Wimbledon with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 win over Florian Mayer of Germany on Tuesday. Bidding to win his second title at the All England Club, Djokovic was playing his first match of the year on grass after losing in the

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Alexandr Dolgopolov rallied past Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 Wednesday to reach the second round of the Open 13. The sixth-seeded Ukrainian broke for a 3-1 lead in the final set. He'll face Michael Llodra of France, who edged Swiss qualifier Marco

MOSCOW (AP)—Third-seeded Li Na of China and fifth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy were eliminated in the first round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday. The 11th-ranked Li lost 6-4, 6-2 to 2006 champion Anna Chakvetadze, while Pennetta was eliminated by another Russian, Elena Vesnina, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Chakvetadze broke twice

PARIS (AP) Brian Baker's remarkable run up the rankings in his return to professional tennis carried him all the way to the French Open's main stadium and a second-round meeting with 11th-seeded Gilles Simon. Baker couldn't quite pull off a comeback this time. Playing in his first Grand Slam tournament

NEW YORK (AP)—American Mardy Fish beat Arnaud Clement of France in five sets in at the U.S. Open to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2008 at Flushing Meadows. The 19th-seeded Fish won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 on Saturday. Fish dropped to

Roger Federer has drawn Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of next week's grass-court tournament in Halle. Last year, the Australian broke a 15-match losing streak against Federer in winning his 28th career title. Former No. 1 Hewitt attempted to play Roland Garros but was forced to pull out with

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Second-seeded Vera Zvonareva held on to beat Alison Riske of the United States 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 Monday in the first round at Wimbledon. The Russian struggled for part of the match on Court 1 but broke her opponent to take a 5-3 lead in the third set

There’s one WTA match in particular that’s receiving lots of attention Tuesday in Washington, D.C. But another result is going to get some attention based on what happened: Sloane Stephens, the top seed at the Citi Open and a bonafide threat to win any tournament she enters this summer, lost

NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) Third-seeded Annika Beck of Germany overcame a rain delay and breezed past Teliana Pereira of Brazil 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the clay-court tournament in Nuremberg on Monday. Beck ended a run of three straight first-round defeats. Seventh-seeded local Anna-Lena Friedsam also advanced, beating Johanna

STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Russia's Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open on Monday with straight-set wins. Nieminen, who lost last year's final to Gael Monfils of France, trailed Tobias Kamke 4-2 in the second set but recovered to win the match

NEW YORK (AP)—Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki kept up her dominant run at the U.S. Open by beating Chan Yung-Jan of Taiwan 6-1, 6-0 in the third round Saturday. The 20-year-old Dane has lost just three games in her three matches. She has reached the fourth round at six straight Grand Slams

MONTPELLIER, France (AP)—Fifth-seeded John Isner of the United States eased into the second round of the Open Sud de France with a 7-5, 6-2 win over French wild card Benoit Paire on Tuesday. Isner had 10 aces and broke his opponent three times to wrap up the match in 67

Coco Gauff will get a chance to try for an encore: The 15-year-old from Florida received a wild-card entry Tuesday for the U.S. Open's main draw. It will be Gauff's second Grand Slam tournament. She made a magical run to the fourth round at Wimbledon last month after getting a

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Li Na returned to the tournament that launched her onto the global stage last year, breezing to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan on Monday in the first round of the Australian Open. Li was a trailblazer for China last year, reaching a Grand Slam

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Former champion Maria Sharapova has lost her first-round match at the Australian Open to fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4. The 14th-seeded Sharapova, who won the Australian Open in 2008 but missed last year's tournament due to shoulder surgery, fell behind 4-1 in the third set