CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP)—Potito Starace beat Daniel Brands of Germany 7-5, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Grand Prix Hassan II.

MADRID -- Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem scored the biggest victory of his young career on Tuesday when he rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over third-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka at the Madrid Open. The 20-year-old Thiem showed composure beyond his years in knocking the Australian Open champion out of the

S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands (AP) Back on her favorite surface, top-seeded Eugenie Bouchard lost in the first round at the Topshelf Open on Tuesday. Bouchard, who last year became the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon, was beaten by Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Bouchard

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Second-seeded Robin Soderling advanced to the third round of the Barcelona Open with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina on Tuesday. The top-seeded player after the withdrawl of five-time champion Rafael Nadal, Soderling served five aces and broke Chela on four of five opportunities

NEW YORK (AP)—Stanislas Wawrinka beat Sam Querrey in five sets Tuesday to put two Swiss men in a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time in the Open era -- and keep the Americans out of that round in the U.S. Open for the second straight year. Wawrinka won 7-6

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Five-time champion Venus Williams overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move a step closer to another possible championship showdown with sister Serena. Williams, seeking her third straight Wimbledon title, outhit the 14th-ranked Pole from all parts of the court and proved

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Top-seeded Sloane Stephens rallied to beat Dutch qualifier Arantxa Rus 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-0 on Wednesday night to reach the Mexico Open quarterfinals. Rafael Nadal withdrew before his opening match, saying he needs more time to recover from a hip injury. The second-ranked Spanish star hasn't

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina(AP) Former French Open champions Carlos Moya and Gaston Gaudio failed to survive the first round of the Copa Telmex on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Moya, the Buenos Aires champion in 2003 and 2006, lost to 108th-ranked Argentine qualifier Maximo Gonzalez 6-4, 6-4. Gonzalez led 4-0 in the first

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil(AP) Second-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain made short work of his first Brazil Open match in seven years, beating local wild card Thiago Alves 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday. Robredo broke Alves three times and didn't face a break point. Third-seeded Albert Montanes was not as fortunate, losing

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Serbian Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday to advance to the round of 16 of the Rio Open clay court tournament. It was the 38-year-old's first win in an ATP 500 competition since 2019. Verdasco, formerly a top-10 player,

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Rafael Nadal beat Leonardo Mayer in straight sets on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Mexican Open, setting up a meeting with Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro. The second-seeded Nadal won 6-1, 7-5 as the former top-ranked player continues his comeback from a long-term knee injury and

While the men’s French Open is once again looking like chalk, with Rafael Nadal once again dominating the field, the women’s tournament is where the excitement lies. Perennial major quarterfinalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally reached the final four for the first time in her 16-year career with an ice-cold 6-7 (2),

STRASBOURG, France -- Top-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States and second-seeded Alize Cornet of France were knocked out in the first round of the Strasbourg International on Tuesday. Julia Goerges of Germany upset wild-card entry Stephens 6-3, 6-2, while Camila Giorgi of Italy overcame defending champion Cornet 6-4, 1-6,

Tennis players, they're just like us ... especially when it comes to their favorite sports teams! Rafael Nadal went through all the emotions on Tuesday night as Real Madrid rallied from a big deficit against rival Real Sociedad and advanced to the Copa del Rey final. The win was never

After what played out at the Mutua Madrid Open, it was natural for a reporter in Rome to ask Alexander Zverev if he was happy to see the upcoming French Open stick with traditional lines-people over electronic line calling (ELC). “They still going to have that? Well, it screwed me

SYDNEY (AP)—Top-ranked Serena Williams opened her season with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Tuesday, reaching the quarterfinals at a Sydney International where other leading players have struggled. No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova lost 7-5, 6-2 to Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova later Tuesday, joining fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, No.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) A veteran Spanish lefthander and a 25-year-old Chinese qualifier who nearly quit tennis last year are back in action Thursday at the Australian Open, hoping to prove that their upset wins over two of the top players in the first round were no flukes. Fernando Verdasco beat

BEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams narrowly avoided a bagel against Spanish qualifier Silvia Soler-Espinosa, then won 13 of the next 15 games to pull out a 7-5, 6-2 victory Monday in the first round of the China Open. Williams looked lethargic and flat-footed at the start, pushing the ball back

PARIS (AP) Tomas Berdych is just one win away from securing a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals after edging Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 7-5 Tuesday in the second round of the Paris Masters. The 2005 Paris champion won five straight games in the first set to rally

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