Milos Raonic wants to keep making small mental and physical adjustments as he looks to reach the very top of the men's game. The 26-year-old Canadian finished the 2016 season at a career-high No. 3 and reached his first Grand Slam final, but had frequent injury problems and appeared to

WATCH: Ostapenko surged to start the 2022 season, winning her fifth WTA title in Dubai.

Talking Tennis with Tracy: Learning from Roger Federer

There’s a dry quality to Thanksgiving, which may or may not start with the turkey you eat for dinner. While the first-day-of-Christmas shopping frenzy known as Black Friday has begun—outrageously—to creep over into Thursday night at the big chain stores, most other shops and restaurants remain shuttered and silent for

Petra Kvitova is looking like one of the favorites for Wimbledon, having won the grass-court tournament in Birmingham with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Magdalena Rybarikova on Sunday. The Czech has now won five titles, also capturing St. Petersburg, Doha, Prague and Madrid, this season. She is a two-time

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Victoria Azarenka is packing her bags and leaving the Australian Open far earlier than years past, but the two-time former champion sure had fun while she was here. For the Belarussian, who is putting forth a more carefree image these days, this might be just as important

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Second-seeded Petra Kvitova beat third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-1 on Friday night to reach the Connecticut Open final for the fourth consecutive year. The defending champion will play fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova in an all-Czech Republic final. Safarova held off lucky-loser Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine 6-2,

BARCELONA—Benoit Paire reached his third ATP semifinal of the year on Friday with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri at the Barcelona Open. The Frenchman’s talented compatriots—Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon—have overshadowed him for years, but Paire is closing in on the Top

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DOHA, Qatar (AP)—Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are eyeing a confidence-boosting victory at the season-opening Qatar Open—but much of the talk Monday was swirling around Novak Djokovic who is not here but is already showing signs of the dominance that made him such a force in 2011. The No. 1-ranked

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Yanking off a sneaker with pink accents and purple laces, Serena Williams revealed the scar that starts atop her right foot and meanders up her leg. It's a jagged, several-inch remnant - and always-there reminder - of two operations to repair the damage Williams did when cut

WATCH: Rybakina won six of the final seven games to score her first win over a reigning world No. 1.

PARIS (AP)—Well, that's settled: 19-year-old Sloane Stephens is bumping herself up to first class for the flight home from the French Open, whenever that might be. That extra-comfy trip back to Coral Springs, Fla., is among the benefits the American is looking forward to after reaching the fourth round at

Irina Falconi of the Boston Lobsters is a top young American rising up the WTA rankings. The 22-year-old, who will be blogging about her World TeamTennis adventures, is focused on several goals this July: (1) lead the Lobsters to the WTT Finals; (2) get more Twitter followers than Lady Gaga

There are the best hot shots of the season, and then there are also the backhanded compliments, verbal barbs, potshots and more – gasp, even the compliments – that capture the competitive, oft-fiery passion of tennis. Whether they made you stand up and applaud while watching your TV or led

MASON, Ohio (AP) -- Novak Djokovic had a ragged start in the one tournament that has always eluded him. The top-ranked player beat Gilles Simon 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in his opening match at the Western & Southern Open on Tuesday night. It's the only Masters series event he has never

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters quit her semifinal because of an ailing hip Friday, the second top player in the Brisbane International to sustain an injury leading to the year’s first major. Clijsters won the opening set 7-6 (4) against Daniela Hantuchova but was broken at the start

BRISBANE, Australia -- His voice cracking, an emotional Andy Murray used his victory speech to offer encouragement to an absent friend. Murray kicked off 2013 with a successful defense of his Brisbane International title, holding off Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (0), 6-4 on Sunday. "I'd like to dedicate this victory

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida (AP)—Justine Henin advanced to the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open by beating Jill Craybas 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday. Henin double-faulted five times Wednesday and struggled with inconsistent groundstrokes. But she saved seven of eight break points while converting five of six. The 33rd-ranked Henin, a

WATCH: Nick Kyrgios upsets No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a contentious third-round battle to set up a meeting with Brandon Nakashima.