They get you every time, these tennis tournaments. For the better part of two weeks, the Sony Open in Miami had suffered through no-shows, withdrawals, upsets, and empty seats. Yet when the dust settled after the final weekend, it had still managed to leave us with memories of Andy Murray

We’ve seen the 250s and the 500s; now it’s time for the men try their luck at the European indoor circuit’s big 1000-point event in Paris. The 2013 season is winding down, but it hasn’t quite unwound yet. Neither the No. 1 ranking, nor all of the spots at the

"Serena has gone to the brink many times this season. Who will finally be able to push her over?" I’ve written lines similar to those on a few occasions in 2015, and last night in Toronto I finally got my answer, when Belinda Bencic of Switzerland held on to upset

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 7:25 p.m. Goran Ivanisevic now considers his Wimbledon collection to be complete. Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001 and is currently the coach of Novak Djokovic, who won his sixth title at the All England on Sunday. The Croat joked

News, gossip and other items of interest from the world of tennis: Eye Candy, or Something Like It Can you believe we’re just three months away from 2010? I always find this time of the year exciting. Fall is in the air. The holidays are right around the corner. There

LONDON—Marcos Baghdatis and Andre Agassi are forever intertwined. Agassi’s last career win came against the Cypriot, the showmen colliding in a grueling, five-set classic at the U.S. Open in 2006. With Agassi 36 at the time and Baghdatis suffering from cramps under the lights at Arthur Ashe Stadium, the two

Madison Keys vs. Elina Svitolina Once upon a time, mid-round matches between these two at the Slams looked they were going to turn into a tradition. In 2017 and 2019, Keys and Svitolina met twice in the fourth round of the US Open, and once in the fourth round at

PARIS(AP) Venus Williams was eliminated from the French Open on Friday, losing in the third round of the clay-court major for the third straight year. The third-seeded Williams, who reached the 2002 final at Roland Garros, lost to No. 31 Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4. The seven-time Grand Slam

None of the so-called Big Three of men's tennis — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — was in the No. 1 or No. 2 spots in the ATP rankings on Monday, the first time that's been the case in nearly 20 years. Daniil Medvedev rose one place to

There was something spooky about Court Central at the Rolex Paris Masters on Monday. Six matches were slated for a jam-packed day of play. When all was said and done, poetically at 2:22 a.m. local time on Halloween, Dominic Thiem became the third player to survive from match point down.

Fresh off a breakthrough at Indian Wells, where she won the first WTA title of her career at one of the biggest tournaments of the year, Naomi Osaka came out blazing in Miami on Wednesday. She took out one of the all-time greats—Serena Williams—in straight sets in her first-round match,

Elina Svitolina took the court against an unfamiliar opponent in Bianca Andreescu on Friday night in Indian Wells, and couldn’t slow her roll, falling 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. It was a challenging task for Svitolina to go up against a newcomer for the first time, especially on a big stage as

The inaugural ATP Cup is over with Serbia defeating Spain in the final. Now that the madness has come and gone, it's time to look back at five takeaways. 1 If there is one thing tennis is slow on, it's innovation. The ATP and WTA largely prefer to keep traditional

The doubles draws in Indian Wells never lack for noteworthy matchups: Established partnerships have to be particularly wary as more singles players creep into the playing field. The women’s side is well under way, with the top seeds and two-time major winners Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova leading the charge

It’s David and Goliath time in San Diego. David being . . . the US of A? Goliath being . . . Italy? Hey, this underdog thing feels OK. We have to make the most of it whenever we can. The Italians are the defending Fed Cup champs. They swept

It isn't often that power-serving Andy Roddick is broken three times in a single set, and probably less frequent that he recovers from such a blow to the foundation of his game to win the match. But that's just what he did in his battle with Radek Stepanek in the

PARIS (AP)—The top-seeded players had early starts at the French Open on Wednesday, and both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka made it to the third round without a problem. A short time later, 2009 champion Roger Federer joined them, earning his record-breaking 234th victory at Grand Slam tournaments. Djokovic was

On a blustery afternoon, wind gusts blew bits of copper-colored dirt into the players' eyes, prompted one fan to fashion a scarf into a surgeon's mask for protection, and swept service tosses askew like runaway balloons. Unruly conditions transformed a lunch-time battle between Grand Slam champions Venus Williams and Samantha

When you think of Maria Sharapova, you don't think of the word "consistent"—at least I don't, after watching her serve fall apart and her groundstrokes find the net so many times despite so much success in her career. She lives on the edge, much like her opponent in the second

He may be the oldest man in the draw at 33, but Tommy Haas earned the generous applause he received as he exited Rod Laver Arena tonight, although his decision to leave the court shirtless may have had something to do with it. The injury-plagued, three-time Australian Open semifinalist acquitted