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

Victoria Azarenka, who will enter the U.S. Open final against Serena Williams with a 1-9 record against the American, says she won't watch video tapes of her defeats because she doesn't want to be depressed. Azarenka also said she believes she can win the match, but must change something. Williams

Serena Williams tells USA Today that she was not offended by Caroline Wozniacki’s imitation of her at an exhibition match in Brazil. Wozniacki poked fun at Williams by stuffing towels into her top and skirt, and mimicking how she walked during a match against Maria Sharapova. Some people accused Wozniacki

Andy Murray says that fellow U.S. Open winner Samantha Stosur needs to change her way of thinking while playing at home. The Australian has lost four of her last five matches in her home country, including a recent first-round exit in Brisbane. Murray has never won Wimbledon, but the Scot

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP)—Top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to reach the Brazil Open final. The Spaniard next plays Poland’s Lukasz Kubot, who upset fourth-seeded Igor Andreev of Russia 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 to advance. The 27-year-old Kubot served nine aces in beating the

Jelena Dokic says she spent much of the second half of 2010 preparing for next season because her fitness was lacking, she was hurt and she wasn’t feeling good about her game. Currently ranked No. 137, Dokic is now working with veteran coach Glenn Schaap after parting ways with her

PRAGUE (AP) — Kristyna Pliskova upset second-seeded Petra Martic 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open on Wednesday. Pliskova, ranked 69th, hit nine aces and 28 winners on the way to her first win over her 14th-ranked opponent. It’s the eighth clay-court quarterfinal for the hard-serving

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Maria Sharapova and top-ranked Simona Halep opened their 2018 seasons with straight sets wins on Monday at the Shenzhen Open. Sharapova finished off a 6-3, 6-0 win over Mihaela Buzarnescu with a powerful forehand winner, and Halep started her bid for a second Shenzhen title with

While most of the attention has been on Tokyo over the last week, there’s been something brewing halfway across the world—and it came to a boil on Saturday, as Casper Ruud became the first man in almost a decade to win three ATP titles in three weeks. Having captured titles

Nick Kyrgios and Stefanos Tsitsipas are taking their blossoming rivalry to Geneva for the Laver Cup. Announced on Tuesday, Kyrgios will return to Team World while Tsitsipas will suit up for Team Europe.

Back in March 2020, the ATP Tour and practically the entire world shut down due to COVID-19. Forced to go away from the tennis court, every player tried to make the best of the situation, including Fabio Fognini. Italy suffered through one of the worst outbreaks around the world and

By Heidi Kim, TW Contributing Writer

Samantha Stosur is no longer working with Miles Maclagan. The Australian world No. 17 decided to stop with her coach just prior to Wimbledon, but said there was no particular reason for the timing. "Nothing major happened, there was no fight or anything like that," Stosur said."It was very amicable.

Ernests Gulbis, won three matches in a row in Montreal for the first time since the 2014 French Open, said that his coach, Gunter Bresnik, has helped him turn his season around. In Montreal, Gulbis qualified and upended Dominic Thiem in the first round, bested Lukas Rosol and then overcame

LONDON—Grigor Dimitrov is no longer working with Franco Davin, with the Bulgarian saying the two stopped a week before Wimbledon. "I'm not trying to hide it, obviously,” Dimitrov said following his third-round defeat to Steve Johnson. “Things just haven't worked out good for us.” The 25-year-old, who has had several

SINGAPORE—She has won just one title this season, but Garbine Muguruza has risen to No. 3 in the world rankings. Maria Sharapova, who like Muguruza finished the round-robin portion of the WTA Finals in Singapore at 3-0, has taken notice of the 22-year-old Spaniard. "She's a player that everyone has

Andy Roddick says that ATP's top four of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray have widened the gap between themselves and the rest of the tour. Djokovic, Nadal and Federer have combined for 30 Grand Slam titles since 2003 Wimbledon. Murray has yet to win a major,

LONDON(AP) Fourth-ranked Andy Murray will miss Britain's Davis Cup match against Ukraine this week because of a lingering virus. Murray said Monday he hasn't recovered from the illness that forced him to pull out of the quarterfinals of last week's Dubai Tennis Championships. He withdrew from the British team that

Roger Federer escapes a three-setter for the second day in a row, defeating Novak Djokovic 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in the semifinals of Toronto, a day after edging Tomas Berdych in a deciding tiebreak. Federer led by a set and 2-0 before Djokovic steadied himself, and was again up a break

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Porsche Grand Prix semifinals because of an abdominal injury on Saturday. Osaka said she began to feel the injury before her quarterfinal on Friday, when she came back from 5-1 down in the third set to beat Donna Vekic of