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STANFORD, Calif. -- Serena Williams stared at the court, took a deep breath and seemed to clear her head after falling behind in the first set. She dominated the rest of the way. Playing her first tournament since her departure from Wimbledon because of equilibrium problems, the top-ranked Williams won

BEIJING (AP) Novak Djokovic matched Jimmy Connors for the second-longest unbeaten record at an ATP Tour event by beating Chinese wild card Zhang Ze 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday to improve to 26-0 at the China Open. Djokovic has won five titles at the China Open in the past six years,

Hi all Hope you've enjoyed another fun week of watching tennis, or in my case, quietly cursing Comcast and surfing for results. Rosangel sent us this lovely summery photo; now you can all puzzle over whether or not you saw her in the stands at Stuttgart. And no, she hasn't

NEW YORK -- Tim Smyczek noticed other vehicles passing his courtesy car on the highway as he headed to the U.S. Open on Wednesday morning. So he looked at the rpm gauge, and it was at zero. "Wait a minute," the American player said to the driver. "Why are we

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Caroline Wozniacki's New Haven winning streak ended at 20 Friday when the four-time defending champion retired from her semifinal match with Maria Kirilenko because of a knee injury. Wozniacki, who injured the right knee in her quarterfinal win Thursday, called for the trainer right after

FLASHBACK TO MARCH: Cirstea stops Sabalenka in Miami

After nearly two years of absence, No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return to the Australian Open as he defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. The 20-year-old was met with a roar from the crowd as he stepped inside Rod Laver Arena,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — On the court, CoCo Vandeweghe is all bluster and bravado, an all-or-nothing ball striker with a booming forehand who compares herself to a freight train and shrugs (literally) when she upsets the top player in the world. Vandeweghe has marched through the Australian Open draw with

WATCH: Begu's racquet spirals into the stands, frightening a young spectator.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Some weary players sat shirtless on changeovers, ice-filled towels draped around their necks. Others retreated to any bit of shade they could find on court and sought treatment for blistered feet and heat stress. Temperatures soared to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) as the start of

Ryan Harrison’s road to his new career-high ranking of No. 42 has not been what he envisioned. The 25-year-old was once dubbed the next great American tennis player. A big-serving Louisiana native, Harrison cracked the Top 10 of the junior rankings when he was just 15, and was the 10th

MADRID (AP)—Top-ranked Serena Williams won her opening match on the red clay of the Madrid Open on Sunday. She and other stars are glad the tournament returned to the traditional surface after its trial with blue ''Smurf'' clay flopped last year. After dispatching Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 7-6 (5), 6-1,

PARIS (AP) -- Poor Nicolas Mahut. Probably was deflating enough that he lost his first-round match at the French Open. Then the Frenchman went to his news conference. That began with this curious exchange with a reporter, according to the official transcript, which wound up making the rounds on Twitter:

NEW YORK—Less than a month after sharing a doubles court, Jack Draper and Jannik Sinner will find themselves on opposite sides of the net as they will each compete for their first US Open final on Friday. The two friends have been close since they began competing on the junior

WATCH: Cornet first defeated Andreescu in Belin ahead of their Wimbledon clash

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell

Novak Djokovic's comfort level with the Australian Open is obvious. The Serb is a seven-time champion at the hard-court Slam, and he's never lost a final in Melbourne. Once Djokovic gets going Down Under, he's nearly impossible to stop—as Diego Schwartzman found out Sunday. The 14th-seeded Argentine, whose rallying prowess

Foul weather, as much as anything else, has been the early theme at the French Open. Coming into the event, there was widespread dread over the two-week forecast, which made it look like the tournament had been relocated from Paris in spring to London in November. On Tuesday we saw

PARIS (AP)—Wind blew in her face, kicking up flecks of clay, and Maria Sharapova stood at the baseline, knowing she needed one more point to reach her first French Open final and return to No. 1 in the rankings. She rotated her right shoulder, the one surgically repaired 3 1/2