NEW YORK—Arthur Ashe Stadium was relatively subdued on Wednesday night as home favorite Venus Williams jumped out to a 5-2 lead against Océane Dodin and earned a quick set point. Early on, it appeared that this would be another ho-hum, routine, early-round victory for the two-time champion. The crowd perked

Svetlana Kuznetsova shut her eyes tightly as if trying to block out the memory of the match points Petra Kvitova erased. Then the 27th-seeded Russian refocused, ran down everything in sight and rallied for a dramatic comeback win to reach the French Open fourth round for the 10th time. Staring

NEW YORK -- Rejuvenated at age 32, Lleyton Hewitt was two points away from reaching the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time since 2006. A champion at Flushing Meadows a dozen years ago, Hewitt could not close out Tuesday's five-setter against 21st-seeded Mikhail Youzhny in the fourth round. "It's

Most times in a tennis match, a player is aware if he is or isn’t gaining traction. Rallies, points, games and sets give tangible signals of what’s occurred and, hopefully, if not conclusively, what’s to come. But when you play John Isner, clarity vanishes in the face of a playing

The last time Rafael Nadal faced off against Nick Kyrgios, the Australian saved three match points, and attempted an underhanded serve, before taking a final-set tiebreaker to win their second-round meeting in Acapulco. Kyrgios went on to lift the trophy later that week. The only time the two met on

By winning his record-extending 40th Masters 1000 title in Paris, Novak Djokovic has increased his lead over Carlos Alcaraz in the race for year-end No. 1 to 1,490 points—9,945 to 8,455—putting him on the verge of finishing No. 1 for a record-extending eighth time. The only way Alcaraz can become

Roger Federer has spoken out about the importance of players not taking too long between points, in order to keep people's attention on matches. "I just think it's important that we, as players, play up to speed, and don't exceed the time limit,'' he said after winning his second-round match

The U.S. Open will have 25-second serve clocks on all of its courts during main draw matches this year to enforce time limits between points. The Grand Slam tournament, which begins in New York on Aug. 27, will also have a strict 7-minute period from when players enter a court

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP)— Jeremy Chardy of France upset top-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany 6-3, 6-1 Thursday in the second round of the Gran Prix Hassan II. Mayer won just four of 19 points on his second serve and was broken six times by Chardy, who will face Albert Ramos of

HALLE, Germany (AP) — Roger Federer advanced to the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open for the 13th time by beating defending champion Florian Mayer 6-3, 6-4 Friday. Federer, an eight-time champion in Halle, had 11 aces, saved both break points he faced and converted two of his own to

The first women’s semifinal of the 2005 Australian Open can be emphatically summed up with one word: piercing. Intense beams of energy from the sun radiated a metaphor for the loud spectacle that would soon unfold on court. Two women representing different backgrounds wore vibrant yellow outfits fit for the

Novak Djokovic walked back to the baseline, stared at his strings and flashed the slimmest hint of a smile. He had reached match point for the sixth time in his semifinal against Rafael Nadal at the BNP Paribas Open, and he had done it with a trademark touch of Djokovichian

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Garbine Muguruza saved three match points before beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-6 (1) and advancing to the semifinals of the WTA Elite Trophy on Friday. The Spaniard, a two-time Grand Slam champion, also saved eight of 12 break points against her second-seeded opponent. "These

SHANGHAI (AP) — Sebastian Korda reached the semifinals at a Masters tournament for the first time by rallying to beat Ben Shelton 6-7, (10), 6-2, 7-6 (6) Thursday at the Shanghai Masters. It was the first all-American Masters quarterfinal match since 2017 and both players were two points from winning

After fighting off three match points, Marcos Baghdatis upsets Roger Federer 5-7, 7-5 7-6 (4) in the third round of Indian Wells. It is the first time Federer has lost a match after holding match points since falling to Rafael Nadal in the 2006 Rome final. "I used up too

PARIS—I woke up to two thoughts this morning. First, I remembered that Virginie Razzano has to play a second-round match at some point; after one of the biggest upsets of all time, I hope she doesn’t suffer the biggest letdown of all time. Second, since the advent of the 32-,

MONACO (AP) — Two-time champion Novak Djokovic struggled with his serve at times but reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters with a scrappy 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber on Tuesday. Djokovic double-faulted eight times and needed five match points to beat Kohlschreiber, who lost eight

There was the crunching serve and the booming forehand. There was the raspy roar of frustration after a lost point or a shanked shot. There was the well-timed fist pump and the long “Come oooonnnn!” to punctuate a winning rally. There was the laughter and the cheers from the happy

I’m afraid I won’t be able to report on every detail of Rafael Nadal’s 6-1, 6-4 win over Daniel Gimeno-Traver. That’s because I watched this match on a livestream whose proprietors have apparently decided the best time to show an ad is just as the first point of a game

In a match of former No. 1s, the Rolex court-side clock looked a little inadequate for the task it timed. Venus Williams blazed through points with such powerful conviction, a stop-watch was better suited to measure the brevity of exchanges. Pouncing on short balls and dictating behind her stinging serve,