LYON, France (AP) — Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France fended off seven of eight break points to get past Daniil Medvedev of Russia and reach the second round at the Lyon Open on Monday. Simon was made to work for more than two hours and broke Medvedev four times to

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Williams claims to suffer from nerves and jitters before her first-round matches at the Grand Slams. She certainly didn't show it, winning her first set in 21 minutes on Tuesday night on the way to a 6-0, 6-4 win over Alison Van Uytvanck at the

TORONTO (AP) — Novak Djokovic advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 7-6 (7) win over lucky loser Mirza Basic at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday. And former world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka came back to beat 16th-seed Nick Kyrgios 1-6, 7-5, 7-5. The four-time champion Djokovic, the ninth

MADRID (AP) Rafael Nadal easily defeated Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday, while Andy Murray advanced after a hard-fought 7-6, 3-6, 6-1 win over 37-year-old Radek Stepanek. Nadal broke Kuznetsov's serve once in the first set and twice in the second

LONDON (AP) After two days filled with rain, the sun actually made an appearance at Wimbledon on Thursday, allowing for plenty of play all around the grounds, a chance to finally conclude the first round - and several surprises, the biggest of which was French Open champion Garbine Muguruza's exit.

DALLAS (AP)—Brandon Nakashima beat John Millman in straight sets in the opening round of the inaugural Dallas Open on Monday night. The 20-year-old American seeking his first ATP Tour title beat the Australian Millman, 7-5, 7-6 (3), and will be joined in the round of 16 by Kevin Anderson. The

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Second-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay was knocked out of the Argentina Open's second round on Thursday, losing to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-3, 7-6 (4). Dolgopolov won their only previous tour-level meeting in 2014 in Buenos Aires, and Cuevas had reached the quarterfinals in the

ESTORIL, Portugal (AP) Fifth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez survived a late collapse to defeat Michael Berrer of Germany 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Estoril Open. Garcia-Lopez served for the match at 5-1 in the second set but allowed Berrer to come back and force

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — French Open champion Garbine Muguruza finished off a first-round match for the first time at the Brisbane International, and extended Sam Stosur's unhappy run in the process with a 7-5, 6-7 (2), 7-5 win on Monday. The fourth-seeded Muguruza saved three set points in the first

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem of Austria cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Kyle Edmund of Britain to advance to the third round of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday. Thiem saved all six break points he faced against Edmund to earn his 19th victory of the year.

MOSCOW (AP) Daria Kasatkina of Russia powered into the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Monday, beating Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-1. The eighth-seeded Kasatkina was 4-2 down in the first set but won 10 of the next 11 games. She next plays either Russian Ekaterina Makarova or American

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Sixth-seeded Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic was knocked out in the first round of the Argentina Open on Tuesday, beaten by Blaz Rola of Slovenia 6-4, 6-3. No. 8 Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain retired due to injury while trialing 7-6 (2), 3-0, with

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori stayed on track for another extended Grand Slam tournament performance with a 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win over American Steve Johnson at the Australian Open on Saturday. Nishikori advanced to the fourth round here last year and at Wimbledon before the

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Louisa Chirico of the United States advanced to the second round of the Korea Open with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Duan Ying-ying on Monday. The eighth-seeded Chirico had eight aces to offset seven double faults and broke her Chinese opponent six times in the win.

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the Shenzhen Open on Tuesday when Chinese wild-card entry Zhang Zhizhen had to retire in the third set. Zhang took advantage of Murray's inconsistent serve to win the second set but started limping in the third and retired

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) Second-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia had 10 aces in a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in the first round of the World Tennis Tournament on Monday. Istomin saved six break-point chances in the second set, but conceded the only break as Cilic got

HONG KONG (AP) Top-ranked Angelique Kerber overcame five double-faults and fought off eight break points before beating Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open on Tuesday. Kerber is trying to win her fourth title of the year. She will next play Louisa Chirico of

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open on Thursday (all times local): 12:10 a.m. Rafael Nadal swept aside 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the tournament the Spaniard won in 2009. The 14-time major champion

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Thiemo de Bakker followed fellow Dutchman Igor Sijsling into the second round of the ABN AMRO tournament on Tuesday when 2007 champion Mikhail Youzhny retired with a hip injury while trailing 4-1 in the third set. Youzhny won the first set 6-3, before De Bakker's powerful serve

KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) Mischa Zverev of Germany twice came back from a break down in the second set to defeat Facundo Bagnis of Argentina 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) in the first round of the Generali Open on Monday. Zverev dropped serve at 1-1 and again at 5-5 but Bagnis failed