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

Morning. This is today's thread for discussing the tennis being played, including the semifinals of the WTA's year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid - Maria Sharapva versus Anna Chakvetadze, followed by Justine Henin against Ana Ivanovic. As I write, Sharapova is serving for the first set. You will be provided

Rafael Nadal pasted Nicolas Almagro to the red clay on Sunday, seizing his eighth career Barcelona title in the nine years he's played in the event. This arrives on the heels of Novak Djokovic snapping Nadal's streak in Monte Carlo, impeding him from winning his ninth straight title there. Now

Serena Williams has pulled out of next week's tournament in Tokyo citing fatigue, the Kyodo news agency reports. "I'm disappointed to have to withdraw from the Pan Pacific Open, which I was very much looking forward to playing this year,” Williams said in a statement. “Unfortunately with the number of

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro will undergo surgery on his left wrist Monday and is expected to be sidelined for at least several months. Del Potro said his wrist has bothered him off and on for two years. He underwent surgery on his

Feliciano Lopez, who fell to Novak Djokovic in two sets in Madrid on Thursday, says the Serb remains incredibly difficult to beat. The No. 2-ranked Djokovic has not won a tournament since Doha in January, and he recently fired his entire coaching team. Lopez, a 20-year veteran, saw Djokovic playing

Andy Murray plans to travel to New York next week, indicating that he will attempt to play the U.S. Open. The 30-year-old, who will fall to No. 2 in the rankings next week, has been sidelined with a hip injury since Wimbledon. He has not confirmed whether he will compete

Earlier this year, Daniil Medvedev went to the Sydney International and played his way through the qualifying rounds of the tournament. What happened next was a surprise to everyone. Medvedev went on to win the tournament, beating Philipp Kohlschreiber, Jared Donaldson, Paolo Lorenzi, Fabio Fognini and, finally, Alex de Minaur.