Martin Klizan took an unexpected route to the biggest win of his career, a quarterfinal victory over Rafael Nadal at the China Open. But the 25-year-old almost didn’t get to the match, having withdrawn from his previous event with a wrist injury and nearly losing in the first round of

PARIS (AP) Three-time French Open champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's pick to take home the title from Roland Garros this year? Serena Williams. Says Sanchez Vicario: ''I think she's the favorite to win. She's always the favorite.'' That doesn't mean it's a lock, though. ''Definitely she is a human being,'' Sanchez

According to world No. 1 Andy Murray, Johanna Konta will have a legitimate chance to win a Grand Slam this year. 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams won the Australian Open, but has announced she is on maternity leave, creating a women's field that is now wide open. Amongst the

Karolina Pliskova capped her season with a marathon showing at the Fed Cup final in Strasbourg. She won two of three matches in two days to help the Czech Republic defeat France. The 24-year-old started the tie with a 6-3, 4-6, 16-14 win over Kristina Mladenovic in a match that

The No. 7-ranked Dominic Thiem, who was crushed by No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of Rome, says his game is not suited to playing Djokovic. Djokovic is now 5-0 against Thiem. They played three times last year, with the Serbian winning fairly easily in Miami, the French Open

Canadian player Rebecca Marino has decided to take an extended break. The 21-year-old gave no date for her return. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 38 last July, but has now fallen to No. 138. She has not competed since losing in the first round of Memphis during the

Maria Sharapova weighs in on the blue courts in Madrid, as well as her current goals. "We’ve played on red clay for so many years," she told reporters. "I find [the blue clay] different and some parts of court have more clay than others. They are trying to work the

Great Britain’s Heather Watson says that while she has big goals as a player, she wants to takes gradual steps ahead in her career. Last week in Osaka, Waston became first female Briton to win a WTA title in 24 years. She has reached a career-high ranking of No. 50.

Justine Henin has reached the third final of her comeback, defeating Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-2 in Stuttgart. Henin will face Samantha Stosur as she tries to win her first title since ending her retirement to return to the tour at the beginning of this year. The Belgian lost to compatriot

LONDON (AP)—The U.S. team will travel to Colombia to try to keep its spot in the top tier of the Davis Cup. The U.S. was drawn Tuesday to face host Colombia in the World Group playoffs from Sept. 17-19, with the winner advancing to next year’s top flight and the

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwanska opened up Monday’s play in Singapore with a brilliant, back-and-forth three-set match that featured dynamic shots, dramatic plot twists and an upset of the reigning champion. In the following duel at the year-end WTA Finals, Karolina Pliskova and Garbine Muguruza somehow managed to upstage them.

It had been three years since Camila Giorgi won a WTA title, but that streak ended on Sunday with the biggest victory of her career. The Italian defeated Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to take home the Omnium Banque Nationale title. Giorgi previously won the Libema Open in 2015 and

If good things come to those who wait, then this year’s Davis Cup semifinals should be really good. Tennis' most prestigious team competition concluded its quarterfinal stage last weekend, setting the stage for a pair of intriguing semifinals—Serbia vs. France and Australia vs. Belgium—that we can ponder for another five

Monica Puig hasn't competed on the WTA Tour since last year's Roland Garros and although she's battling to stay healthy, things are looking up for the player from Puerto Rico. On Saturday morning, Puig took to Instagram to announce she's no longer on the market. The 2016 Olympic gold medalist

After 20 years on tour, fans would expect that Bob and Mike Bryan would know at least one other language, right? Wrong. In fact, the 16-time Grand Slam champions admit that their German (and pretty much every other language) needs a lot of work. "We should be better. We should

In 2017, Alexander Zverev had quite a breakthrough season, winning two ATP Masters 1000 titles (Montreal and Rome). This year, the German surpassed his 2017 achievements—though he waited until the very end of the season to pull it off. The German was pleased with defending his title in Munich. He

Defending Shanghai champion Roger Federer had his hands full with Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Russian was coming in hot after winning Tokyo for his third title of 2018. He showed Federer what he was capable of across a three-set saga:

Before Acapulco, the last time Ajla Tomljanovic played in a professional tennis match was at the 2016 Australian Open. The Croatian was No. 67 in the world rankings, and one of the closely-watched young talents in the game. Today, Tomljanovic doesn’t have a ranking, period. The 23-year-old has spent over

Timea Babos' Christmas present came early this year. The doubles champion was gifted a fly board adventure from her friend Drouet Thomas and honestly, it may have been a present for all of her 167,000 followers. Kristina Mladenovic, Priscilla Hon and other players and fans filled the Hungarian's comment section

NEW YORK—Saturday will see history made at the US Open. The women’s final will feature upstart Naomi Osaka against living legend Serena Williams. Osaka is visibly in awe of Serena, but beat her handily at the Miami Open. The 36-year-old American has come a long way since March. She’s been