BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced together again, reaching the Barcelona Open semifinals on Friday in the same manner they have won all week: Nadal cruised and Murray labored. Defending champion Nadal eased past Hyeon Chung of South Korea 7-6 (1), 6-2. Murray fought hard to

WATCH: Veronika Kudermetova defeats Viktoria Hruncakova in the 2023 's-Hertogenbosch semifinal

NEW YORK (AP) -- After Brian Baker won his first match at the U.S. Open since 2005, he spoke to the crowd during an on-court interview, then slung a racket bag and black backpack over his shoulders and went over to sign autographs for fans shouting his name. Just like

Roughly six months ago, Roger Federer’s rehab from two knee surgeries began at the bottom, his fitness coach Pierre Paganini having him perform exercises that a 70-year-old could perform easily. Today, 405 days after he’d last played a competitive match, in Doha at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, 39-year-old Federer labored

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The pragmatic pro in Gael Monfils would like to have finished off his first-round win in straight sets against up-and-coming fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the Australian Open. The entertainer's instinct in him got a lot of value out of clinching it in five. In

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Maria Sharapova shook off a lackluster second set and beat fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Cincinnati Women’s Open. Kuznetsova moved to No. 14 in the rankings after winning in San Diego last week, one above Sharapova, but Sharapova

The discussion over Rafael Nadal's 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3 loss to Jordan Thompson at the Brisbane International immediately turned to the 37-year-old's health. Nadal took an off-court medical timeout after a love hold from Thompson put the Spaniard two games from defeat. Thompson was pushed to the limit by Nadal,

TOKYO (AP) Rafael Nadal overwhelmed Russia's Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semifinals at the Japan Open. Tursunov reached his first quarterfinal since he returned to the ATP tour in May following two ankle surgeries, but was no match for the top-ranked Spaniard. Nadal said he

NEW YORK—Sam Stosur came into today's quarterfinal against Vera Zvonareva having won her last seven matches against the Russian (7-2 overall) and on a bit of a run. The Aussie recently reached the Toronto final and even more recently defeated Maria Kirilenko on Grandstand—the same court she played on today—this

Ons Jabeur trusts that her opportunity to win her first Grand Slam title in the 2022 Wimbledon final wasn’t hers to take. On that day, Elena Rybakina ultimately rallied to win in three sets in handing the Tunisian an agonizing defeat like none she had ever experienced. “I believe in

BEIJING -- Defending champion Victoria Azarenka was knocked out in the first round of the China Open on Monday, losing 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to Andrea Petkovic. The second-ranked Azarenka double-faulted 15 times and was broken five times by Petkovic, who reached the final here in 2011. "I'm very happy with

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Hoping a third time will be luckier, Vera Zvonareva began her bid to reach a third consecutive Grand Slam final with a commanding 6-2, 6-1 win over Sybille Bammer in the first round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Zvonareva, who lost to Serena Williams in the

NEW YORK—A full five minutes after her three-set loss to Iga Swiatek on Friday, Sachia Vickery remained seated in her chair on Court 8, in no rush to leave on a warm afternoon when the American appeared to be struggling physically. Perhaps decompressing from the sting of losing the second-rounder

Kim Clijsters has retired from the BNP Paribas Open with a shoulder injury. The world No. 2 won the opening set of her fourth-rounder with Marion Bartoli 6-3, but fell behind 3-1 in the second and grimaced in pain as she received treatment during her last changeover. After Bartoli held

WATCH: Badosa is into her first Miami Open quarterfinal, and is yet to drop a set at the Hard Rock Stadium.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Rafael Nadal routed Marin Cilic 6-1, 6-2 Friday night to advance to the Mexican Open final against Sam Querrey. Seeking his first title this season and 70th overall, Nadal ran his Mexican Open winning streak to 14 matches. He won the event in 2005 and 2013,

Two-time Mutua Madrid Open champion Aryna Sabalenka overcame a difficult start to her 2024 campaign, defeating Magda Linette, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to kick off her title defense. "Gracias Madrid for all the support," Sabalenka told the crowd after the match, thanking them for the atmosphere. "That's almost everything I've learned

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Serena Williams ended Justine Henin's hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retirement with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory in the Australian Open final on Saturday. Williams withstood a determined challenge from Henin before securing her second straight and fifth Australian Open title overall. It

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Venus Williams is having such a blast with her tennis again at age 36, she has many more tournament titles in mind before she's done. Her next chance comes Sunday in the Bank of the West Classic - with a shot at adding a 50th singles championship

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Novak Djokovic gets another chance at the one that keeps getting away. Four times, the world's No. 1 player has reached the final of the Western & Southern Open. He's finished as the runner-up all four times in the only Masters tournament where he has never gotten to