WASHINGTON (AP)—Venus Williams lost an Olympic tuneup Monday during a World Team Tennis match attended by first lady Michele Obama. Williams, playing for the Washington Kastles, lost 5-0 to the Boston Lobsters' Irina Falconi in the women's singles portion of the match. In the best-of-five games format, Williams - ranked

Since the infamous outbursts by Serena Williams at this year's US Open, where umpire Carlos Ramos eventually handed her a game penalty, many players have come out both for and against the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Top-seeded Simona Halep earned her second title of the year by beating 17th-seeded Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the Dubai Championships final on Saturday. Halep benefited from a large contingent of Romanian compatriots, who constantly cheered ''Si-mon-a'' from the stands. ''It's really nice

Dominika Cibulkova says she was bothered by Maria Sharapova catching her ball tosses during service games in her three-set win over the Russian in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Cibulkova contended that Sharapova was trying to break her rhythm. “During the serve she was playing with the toss

Gael Monfils is known for his entertaining style of play, hitting spectacular winners and chasing down balls almost into the stands. But the Grand Slam semifinalist and former Top 10 player says that when he produces those shots, he's not doing it to get the crowd cheering or as a

“A vast system of control.” What was Mariana Borg talking about when she said these words in 1980? The totalitarian government in her native Romania? No, she was actually referring to something even more all-encompassing: Her husband Bjorn’s superstitions at Wimbledon. Here’s a short list of highlights: Wearing the same

by Pete Bodo It was the eighth game of the first set, and Serena Williams found herself in a deep hole at 3-4, 15-40 against her sister Venus - a woman who hadn't lost a set at Wimbledon in 34 matches going back to the third round here in 2007.

PARIS (AP) Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who was highly ranked, the one considered a title contender, the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that matches would be tidily wrapped up in an hour. Now 31, and figuring out from day to day how to

PARIS—Maybe it’s the fact that, by contrast, he looks so. . . well fed—more ham than ham actor. Maybe it’s that with his severe flat-top he looks more like a first lieutenant than a hipster you might find footloose in the Bastille district. Or perhaps that “thumb dance” and the

WATCH: Jelena Ostapenko Hooks Fan Up With Ticket After DM Request, Then Dethrones Iga Swiatek | US Open

NEW YORK—When 12-time Grand Slam doubles champion Martina Hingis asks you to be her tennis partner, you say yes right away. Or at least you really should. Last month, the 35-year-old Swiss cold-dialed CoCo Vandeweghe, seeking her out as the first choice for a new partner after a mutally-agreed split

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Venus Williams closed in on a semifinal match against younger sister Serena by beating defending champion Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-3 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship. Venus raced to a 3-0 lead in the first set, and in the second broke her opponent

PERTH, Australia (AP) Former world No. 1 Justine Henin says she will nurse an elbow injury through next month's Australian Open, and she may be six months away from full strength. Henin will make her return from injury at the Hopman Cup mixed-teams event which starts in Perth on Saturday,

Highlights: Alcaraz squeaks past Djokovic in Madrid semis

Dominic Thiem plans to keep pursuing his goal of winning a Grand Slam, but says his French Open experience shows why it's so tough these days. The Austrian fell 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to Rafael Nadal in the final, the second straight year he has been defeated by the Spaniard.

TOKYO (AP) — Fifth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova is targeting a strong finish to the season after dispatching Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-3 to book a second-round spot in the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday. Cibulkova has momentum after posting her best result of the season in August when reaching the final

Nearly seven months after believing his tennis career was coming to an end, Andy Murray played his first singles match, filming the occasion on his phone upon entering the stadium in Cincinnati. The former world No. 1 first returned from his hip resurfacing surgery in June, triumphing with Feliciano Lopez

WASHINGTON (AP)—Gilles Simon beat second-seeded Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday in the third round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Roddick, a three-time champion of this U.S. Open Series event, came out flat against the 13th-seeded Frenchman in a match that started just before 11 p.m. local time because

While the press experience at Roland Garros is wildly different to years past, there have still been great insights emerging from the virtual room. As Stefanos Tsitsipas has made his way to the quarterfinals, he was asked an unexpected question: What does he get out of his interactions in post-match

When the TENNIS.com Podcast caught up with Christina McHale she was in Atlanta quarantining with her sister Lauren and Ryan Harrison. Luckily she had her racquets with her and has those two quality hitting partners on hand to start training again. Now back home in New Jersey, McHale will ramp