MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Victoria Azarenka reached her first Grand Slam final and staked a claim for the No. 1 ranking, beating defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semifinals Thursday. The third-seeded Azarenka recovered twice in periods when a resurgent Clijsters seemed to have the upper hand,

LONDON (AP)—Andy Roddick made his earliest exit in nine years from the Queen’s Club grass-court championships when he was ousted in the third round by 14th-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel on Thursday. Roddick, a four-time champion at Queen’s, lost 6-4, 7-6 (8). Three of the top five seeds failed to

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)—Martina Navratilova was released from the hospital Sunday, three days after her fluid-filled lungs forced her to abandon her attempt to climb Africa’s highest mountain. The 54-year-old tennis great was carried down Mount Kilimanjaro on a stretcher Thursday night and Friday morning. Navratilova said she knew by Wednesday

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Lukas Rosol got a few big breaks on his way to the Winston-Salem Open final, and a few more in winning his first ATP Tour title of the year. The Czech rallied from a set down Saturday to beat Poland's Jerzy Janowicz 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5

WASHINGTON (AP) The player who beat Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon is ready to get back on the court. Sam Querrey has been on the ATP Tour for a decade, but he arrived at the Citi Open with an entirely different level of celebrity after knocking off the No. 1-ranked player

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Stanford's Taylor Davidson fought off a match point for 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Oklahoma State's Vladica Babic that gave the Cardinal a 4-3 win and their 18th NCAA women's tennis championship on Tuesday. Babic won the first set 6-3 and had match point at 5-4 in

David Nalbandian, who retired four years ago, says he had a decent chance to get into the final at the 2004 French Open, but was injured in the semifinals. The Argentine had reached the final in Rome just before the French Open, and during the tournament he beat two No.

Gabriela Sabatini was one of the biggest names in tennis for over a decade between the mid-'80s and mid-‘90s. Today, on her 50th birthday, we’re taking a look back at her extraordinary career. After an impressive junior career that included winning the French Open girls’ title as a 14-year-old in

WATCH: Rune scored the biggest win of his career at Roland Garros en route to the quarterfinals.

This morning the world’s No. 1 men’s golfer, Rory McIlroy, sent out a tweet that informed us of how he was spending his morning: “Watching my girl play in Dubai before starting my day in Arizona.” If you clicked on the accompanying link, you saw a photo of McIlroy’s laptop

The latest episode of acclaimed Netflix docuseries "Untold" tells Mardy Fish’s story of mental health and anxiety like never before in the aptly named “Breaking Point.” “Mental health doesn’t care what your name is or what you do for a living,” Fish told me before the US Open. “Everyone is

NEW YORK—When you woke up on Saturday morning you may have asked yourself, as you scrolled through the tweets on your phone and shook your head in growing disbelief: How in the world did Fabio Fognini, of all people, come back to beat Rafael Nadal, of all people, from two

PARIS—Over the years, Ernests Gulbis’ mouth has written a lot of checks that his game was unable to cash. Today, in the fourth round here at Roland Garros, the one he wrote most recently was stamped Paid in Full as a result of the 25-year old Latvian’s stout-hearted win over

MATCH POINT: Mandlik finishes in style

PARIS - May 28, 2017 - Angelique Kerber, who lost in the first round of the French Open against Ekaterina Makarova, said that she can't find her footing on clay. The world No. 1 has fallen in the opening round of Stuttgart, Rome, and now the French Open. She has

Coming into the Australian Open, Roger Federer was one of the few names of note opting not to play an ATP event ahead of the year’s first major. Throughout the past week in Melbourne, the 38-year-old appeared relaxed at the Rally for Relief exhibition, in press and was even caught

LONDON (AP) The Olympic tennis tournament remains the only big singles title Roger Federer has yet to add to his collection. Looking ahead to next season, though, it's not the Rio de Janeiro Games that are at the top of his mind. ''It's not my No. 1 priority. It starts

WATCH: Ram and Salisbury first teamed up in 2019, and have won five titles since—including two majors.

PARIS—American Jack Sock made a successful French Open debut Tuesday while wearing initials on his shoes in honor of two friends who died recently in separate car accidents. Sock, a 20-year-old from Lincoln, Neb., beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 and acknowledged mixed emotions afterward. One of the crash victims

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Venus Williams won her 45th career WTA title at the Dubai Championships in an impressive 6-3, 6-0 victory over Alize Cornet of France in the final on Saturday. The 44th-ranked Williams, playing courtesy of a wild card, also won this title in 2009 and 2010.