MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest at the Australian Open on Tuesday (all times local): 8:40 p.m. Top-ranked Ash Barty moved into the Australian Open semifinals with a 6-2, 6-0 win over No. 21 Jessica Pegula. The 2021 Wimbledon champion is aiming to become the first Australian woman to win

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek won the Qatar Open for a third straight year on Saturday. Swiatek defeated No. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7-6 (8), 6-2 in the final. Rybakina led 4-1 but cut her leg in her serving motion and needed medical attention. Swiatek rallied

Thursday, January 24 When the Australian Open began there were 11 women with a chance at leaving the tournament as the No. 1 player in the world. Now, on the eve of the women’s final, we’re down to just two—the two finalists. Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova won’t just be

The very day that Serena Williams won this year's Australian Open for her 19th Grand Slam championship, she was thinking ahead. ''I would love,'' Williams said then, ''to get to 22.'' Her next chance to move closer to that goal - equaling Steffi Graf's Open era record for major singles

In the second round of the Australian Open, world No. 2 Alexander Zverev will face 44th-ranked Pedro Martinez. This match should go Zverev’s way, so you’re not going to find me making the case for Martinez to win or even cover. But I do think there’s a good chance this

The 2025 Australian Open comes down to defending champion Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev. Sinner cruised to a win over American Ben Shelton in the semifinals, while Zverev only needed to win one set before Novak Djokovic retired with a muscle tear. Watching a player attempt to win a maiden

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Kim Clijsters walked off Court 3 at Wimbledon with a quick one-handed wave to the crowd after a match she never had a chance to win. There was no grand farewell for Clijsters at the grass-court Grand Slam, just a humbling defeat and a fast exit. The

Marin Cilic is finally going to contest a Wimbledon final with a puncher’s chance to knock out seven-time champion Roger Federer. It’s overdue because Cilic has proven for many years that he is one of the most dangerous players on fast surfaces.

GENEVA (AP) Stan Wawrinka warmed up for his French Open title defense by winning the Geneva Open on Saturday, beating Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (11) in the final. The top-seeded Swiss took his second match-point chance in a long tiebreaker when the third-seeded Croatian sent a backhand long. Wawrinka had

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Almost a year after contesting the Australian Open final, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will meet in the title match of a key tune-up event for the first major of 2024. Top-seeded Sabalenka overpowered her compatriot and two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in a 6-2, 6-4 win

NEW YORK (AP) — British teenager Emma Raducanu arrived in New York last month with a ranking of 150th, just one Grand Slam appearance to her name and a flight booked to head out of town after the U.S. Open's preliminary rounds in case she failed to win her way

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic faced more time in detention, another court hearing and needed to avoid deportation over the weekend just to have a chance of defending his Australian Open title. The obstacles kept mounting for the nine-time Australian Open champion after his visa was revoked Friday for

There was no battle for No. 1 at the last Grand Slam, the 2018 US Open. Simona Halep had it locked up before the tournament even began, but the Romanian will be under all sorts of pressure at the upcoming Australian Open, as 10 other players have a shot at

ROME (AP) — At 37, John Isner is just happy to be back on tour in Europe with his wife and three kids. No longer dreaming of a Grand Slam title, he's trying to make the back end of his tennis career not seem "like such a job" and make

NEW YORK (AP) American teenager Ryan Harrison lost 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (6) to 27th-seeded Marin Cilic in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday. Harrison, who upset 15th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic last year in his debut at Flushing Meadows, had chances to serve out both the second and third

WUHAN, China (AP) Johanna Konta of Britain upset top-seeded Simona Halep 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Wuhan Open on Wednesday. Konta, who came into the Wuhan tournament 66th in the rankings, stormed back to win the last six games of the third set and will

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was still in the first set of his Australian Open quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev when the guy who would face the winner of that match, Tommy Paul, sat down for a news conference. "Probably have a better chance of winning if it's Rublev," Paul

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -- Top-seeded Fabio Fognini rallied to defeat Borna Coric of Croatia 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open on Friday. Defending champion Tommy Robredo also advanced to the last four after beating fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-4. The 18th-ranked Robredo next

ROME (AP) Rafael Nadal beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to win his record sixth Italian Open title. Djokovic had 41 unforced errors, including a double-fault on the last point to give Nadal his 49th career title and his 35th on clay. Nadal won the Italian Open for

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic rallied from a set down to beat compatriot Laslo Djere 2-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in the second round of the Serbia Open on Wednesday in a match that lasted almost 3 1/2 hours. The top-ranked Serb struggled to find his rhythm in what