OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov was fined $7,000 on Monday, a day after unintentionally striking umpire Arnaud Gabas in the eye and immediately ending the Davis Cup tie against Britain. The 17-year-old Shapovalov was trailing Kyle Edmund in the decisive fifth rubber 6-3, 6-4, 2-1 when

Madison Keys and Rhyne Williams earned wild-card entries into the main draw of the 2013 Australian Open by winning the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs. Keys took down Mallory Burdette, 7-5, 6-3, and Williams beat Tim Smyczek, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Keys, 17, won the event for the

Follow through completely. Finish your stroke. How many times have you been told this or said it to yourself? As most experienced players know, ending your shot with the proper follow-through means you were successful in accelerating your racquet head through the hitting zone, which is a critical element if

James Blake announces at the tournament in San Jose that he is no longer traveling with a full-time coach. Blake, who was coached by Kelly Jones last year and Brian Barker for many years before that, is traveling with a full time physio, Rory Cordial, but doesn’t feel at the

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FLASHBACK: Ostapenko scored an emotional win over former No. 1 Venus Williams earlier in the week.

Naomi Osaka says the shoulder injury that led to her withdrawal from the WTA Finals should only require rest to heal. Osaka told press at the event, in Shenzhen, that she began experiencing the problem at Beijing, and had avoided practicing her serving. (A clip of Osaka's practice in Shenzhen

Sometime’s it’s better to be lucky than good. Just ask Duke men’s tennis coach Ramsey Smith, who had the opportunity of a lifetime on Monday night at the Premier Live Atlanta Challenge, an exhibition match featuring Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov. Up 40-love on his serve, Dimitrov asked a woman

TOKYO (AP) Aliaksandra Sasnovich produced the biggest upset of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, ousting third-seeded Karolina Pliskova in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Sasnovich, of Belarus, beat the U.S. Open finalist 6-4, 6-2 for her first win over a top-10 player. She will face local favorite

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova eased into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko in her Bank of the West Classic debut on Thursday. Kvitova, a No. 2 seed, will take on eighth-seeded American CiCi Bellis, a 7-6 (3), 6-2 winner over Veronica

PARIS (AP)—Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired in the fourth round of the French Open after losing the first set 6-2 against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia on Sunday. Tsonga called the tournament doctor at 5-2 at the changeover and complained about leg pains. He returned to the court only to lose the next

NEW YORK — Simona Halep may be the fifth-best player in the world, but there's still plenty the 24-year-old hasn't experienced. Last week she checked one more item off her list. She tried her first-ever roller coaster ride at the Cincinnati Kings Island theme park with her team, including coach

Novak Djokovic, who has reached the semifinals of Monte Carlo despite contending with a sore ankle, says that playing with this type of injury is something he has never experienced before. Sky Sports reported that after Djokovic injured his ankle during his Davis Cup win over Sam Querrey, doctors discovered

Novak Djokovic sounded relieved after sweeping Rafael Nadal to win Monte Carlo. The world No. 1 opened the season winning the Australian Open and Dubai in succession, but was upset in both Indian Wells and Miami before suffering an ankle injury clinching Serbia's Davis Cup victory over the United States.

CLEVELAND (AP)—Karin Knapp and Camila Giorgi won the opening singles matches to give Italy a 2-0 lead over the United States on Saturday in their Fed Cup quarterfinal. Knapp beat Christina McHale 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the first match at Cleveland Public Auditorium, and Giorgi routed Madison Keys 6-2, 6-1

Juan Martin del Potro will arrive at Indian Wells for his first event since retiring in Dubai with an ongoing left wrist problem. The Argentine will reportedly try for an early practice to see how the injury is holding up after less than a week of treatment and rest. He

Serena Williams, who will try to win her fifth consecutive Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, acknowledges that she is facing a difficult draw. In her quarter of the bracket, the world No. 1 could face fellow Americans Sloane Stephens or CoCo Vandeweghe in the third round, Madison Keys

PARIS(AP) Back in Paris for the first time since his fourth round exit at the French Open, Rafael Nadal doesn't hold a grudge toward the French crowd. The four-time Roland Garros champion lost to Robin Soderling last May in the French capital, ending his record 31-match winning streak with a

PARIS(AP) Thinner, mentally tougher and No. 1 in the rankings, Dinara Safina feels ready to win her first Grand Slam title. The top-seeded Safina is half of the third all-Russian major championship match. She needs to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in Saturday's French Open final to claim one of the four

For much of the last year, Simona Halep waved off retirement questions. Despite injuries and a marriage to longtime partner Toni Iuruc, the Romanian insisted she was as committed as she ever was to reclaiming her place atop the WTA rankings. In a new interview with CNN, Halep admits that