Roger Federer very much deserved a few days off after winning a record 19th Grand Slam at Wimbledon.

Simona Halep had her back against the wall but she found a way to battle past Ekaterina Alexandrova, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, in the second round of Cincinnati on Wednesday. "I felt slowly [but] t I'm feeling good and I have no pain," said Halep. "I got the confidence game by

As we make our way toward the 2024 season—which begins Friday, December 29 with the United Cup—our writers and editors tackle the most important questions of the new year. Fifth question: Which is more likely: Coco Gauff wins another major, or another American wins her—or his—first? Scroll down past this

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MELBOURNE — Sunday afternoon, Rafael Nadal led a match by one set to love and a service break in the second, only to surrender the break and eventually lose the set. The same thing happened here on Tuesday evening. But while squandering that lead the first time was costly, on

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A three-Slam drought only made the Wimbledon title bigger for Serena Williams, who had not captured a major since Wimbledon last year. Going for the calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015, the world No. 1 shockingly fell to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals of the U.S Open. At the Australian Open

Bob and Mike Bryan have won the U.S. Open men's doubles, defeating Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(5), 7-6(4). The Bryans came from a mini-break down in each tie break to win what Bob Bryan called the "best match" of their careers. The pair broke the all-time team record by

ALSO IN HALLE: In-form 's-Hertogenbosch champion Tallon Greikspoor upset Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

Maria Sakkari made a long-awaited return to the WTA winner's circle on Saturday night at the Guadalajara Open AKRON. The Greek star captured the first WTA 1000 title of her career, just her second tour-level triumph of any kind, by ending the Cinderella run of American Caroline Dolehide in a

There was no movement in the Top 100 of the WTA rankings this week as the women were playing for national pride in Fed Cup—which doesn’t award points—but there was plenty of action on this week’s ATP rankings, with three 250-level events taking place on three different continents.

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NEW YORK (AP) Roger Federer wonders what might've been if only he'd converted any of those three break points in the last game of the U.S. Open final. The crowd roaring, Federer rolling, Novak Djokovic reeling - maybe he could have come all the way back from down two breaks

The remarkable milestones just keep on coming for Novak Djokovic. With his 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Taylor Fritz in Tuesday’s Australian Open quarterfinals, Djokovic became just the second man after Roger Federer to post 700 hard-court wins in the Open Era. The 36-year-old improved to 9-0 against

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