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.

MELBOURNE—Eugenie Bouchard will be working with Diego Ayala, a former coach of Jelena Jankovic, during the Australian Open. The world No. 7 parted ways with longtime coach Nick Saviano last November, and she had yet to commit to another coach this year. But she said that her and Ayala were

Fed Cup heroine Caroline Garcia is taking a break from team competition to concentrate on singles play. The 23-year-old went 5-1 in Fed Cup singles this season, and also formed a winning combination in doubles with Kristina Mladenovic. In the final against the Czech Republic, she delighted the local fans

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Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki and Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova become the third and fourth WTA players to pull out of the Brisbane International. Lisicki cited a gastrointestinal illness prior to her match with Stefanie Voegele, while Pavlyuchenkova, who reached the final last year, retried from her match against Angelique Kerber down

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Mike and Bob Bryan lost in the third round of men's doubles at the Australian Open on Monday, the second straight year the twin brothers have failed to reach the quarterfinals. The top-seeded Bryans lost to 14th-seeded Dominic Inglot of Britain and Florin Mergea of Romania 7-6

HOBART, Australia (AP) — Former Hobart International champion Alize Cornet moved a step closer to another title in Tasmania with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen in the quarterfinals Thursday. The sixth-seeded Cornet, who won the event in 2016 and hasn't dropped a set this year, overcame

On Monday, the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball team won the NCAA Championships for the first time in the program’s history. This run to one of the most prestigious titles in college sports came a year after the Cavaliers were upset in the first round. And this triumphant turn by

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Third-ranked Simona Halep withdrew from the French Open on Friday because of a calf injury. The 29-year-old Romanian, who won the title at Roland Garros in 2018, tore a muscle in her left calf at the Italian Open and said it needs more time to heal.

Serena is about to embark on what might be the second greatest Grand Slam adventure of her life—the first being her introduction to major tournament play in 1998 (incidentally, she won a match at every Grand Slam event that year, and made the fourth round at the French Open). She

If anyone missed Roger Federer from the clay season, they will be happy to know that the Australian Open champion is all in for the rest of the year. Back on the court from a two-and-a-half-month break after winning in Miami, Federer is on the Stuttgart grass-courts, prepping for the

After the offseason vacation pictures come the proof that the players are hard at work training for the 2019 season. The pattern of Instagram-posting never fails to be predictable. There's Victoria Azarenka hoping to get her season off to a good start after a below-average comeback year. Then there's world

Team World suffered tight defeats to Europe in each of the first three editions of the Laver Cup. But in 2020, they have home-court advantage at an iconic venue, the TD Garden, in Boston. On Tuesday, John McEnroe helped launch this year's tournament by appearing at the Celtics-Nets game there.

Fans have been wondering for years what would be the sporting future for Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf's son, Jaden. Well, he forewent the predictable tennis path, and is instead making moves in the world of college baseball. Jaden officially committed to play for USC, signing his National Letter of

As the year comes to a close, it seems fitting to go over the best shots that made everyone watching say, "How did they just do that?" Whether it's a lob, a tweener, a winner, or anything in between, they all share a common title: magic. These are the best

On Thursday, Julia Goerges celebrated her 29th birthday in Zhuhai and then earned her spot in the WTA Elite Trophy semifinals on Friday. The German revealed that it's the first time she is spending a birthday at a tournament, as this is the first time she's qualified for a year-end

Serena Williams says overcoming anxiety caused by memories of her 2012 French Open first-round loss was key to winning her second career Roland Garros title. A year ago, Williams was upset in the first round by French wild card Virginie Razzano. “I think [I had anxiety] in the back of

A year ago, Sam Stosur wasn't sure why she was still playing tennis, but seems to be regaining her form after a 6-2, 6-4 win over Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round of the Family Circle Cup. The 2011 U.S. Open champion and former Roland Garros finalist struggled during the