India's Sania Mirza says that her sore knee is feeling better and that she will resume playing singles. Mirza, who reached a career high No. 27 in 2007, had not played singles since Miami, but did continue to compete in doubles, where she is ranked No. 12. Currently ranked No.

Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic says that reaching the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open after failing to do so in 17 consecutive Grand Slams “was like a monkey off my shoulder. It was a huge step for me to get to the quarterfinals and just to prove to myself that

Three-time U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters says she may play for another four years. "So as long as it's all going well and [our daughter] Jada's not obligated to go to school we'll try to keep it going," Clijsters told the Daily Telegraph. "But if the family is not happy

Gael Monfils pulls out of the SAP Open in San Jose with a left wrist injury. The second-seeded Frenchman irritated his wrist in his three-set victory over Robert Kendrick on Thursday night, but still managed to edge Tim Smyczek 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the Friday afternoon quarterfinal. But the injury

After beating Ana Ivanovic 6-4 7-6 to reach the semifinals of Indian Wells despite being sick, Marion Bartoli says that being France’s top-ranked player matters to her. The perennial Top 20 player has been her nation’s highest ranked player since former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo retired. "Honestly, yes," Bartoli said.

Andy Murray suffered his fourth pre-semifinal defeat since his impressive run to the Australian Open final when Philipp Kohlschreiber crushed him, 6-2 6-1, in the second round of Monte Carlo. Since Melbourne, Murray has lost to Janko Tipsarevic (in the round of 16 in Dubai), Robin Soderling (in the quarters

Hurricane Irma is set to make landfall in Miami, and it’s bigger and badder than anything the south Florida coast has seen this century. While a slew of the pros are still in New York City, some have returned to their training grounds, like Francesca Schiavone. The Italian is in

Carla Suarez Navarro says she is not properly prepared for the clay-court season following a right wrist injury. The world No. 10, who reached the final in Miami, said she was "not in the best physical condition" because the injury had kept her from practicing. She is scheduled to play

TENNIS Magazine photo editor David Rosenberg attended the Berlin women's event last week and the first two days in Hamburg. He filed this report from both locations. I've got a post up about Ana Ivanovic and other WTA up-and-comers over at ESPN.com Hey Steve, The weather in Hamburg is fantastic

Justine Last Week's Tournament U.S. Open (ATP & WTA - Hard - New York, United States) - Men's Singles Final: Roger Federer def. Novak Djokovic 7-6, 7-6, 6-4. - Men's Singles Semifinal: Roger Federer def. Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 6-1, 7-5. - Men's Singles Semifinal: Novak Djokovic def. David Ferrer

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP)—Samantha Stosur earned her first title on clay by overwhelming Vera Zvonareva 6-0, 6-3 to win the Family Circle Cup on Sunday. It was the second career title for the 26-year-old Australian, who won last year at Osaka. Stosur, who will reach No. 10 in the world

Ons Jabeur didn’t compete in singles this past week, but with Anett Kontaveit dropping points from reaching the final of Eastbourne last year, the two swapped places on the WTA rankings, with Kontaveit dipping from No. 2 to No. 3 and Jabeur moving up from No. 3 to No. 2.

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World events do have a place in sports: Elina Svitolina made sure we knew that in 2023. Since Russia’s invasion of her home nation, Ukraine, she’s played every match with her compatriots in mind. None were bigger than her fourth-round contest with Victoria Azarenka, a native of Russian ally Belarus,

By now, we know Daniil Medvedev prefers to have all the space in the world on a tennis court. Who could forget when he gave Jim Courier a masterclass on his trademark deep return position during his run to the Australian Open final in January? At the Mutua Madrid Open,

Serena Williams’ hopes for a 24th career Grand Slam title may have been dashed at Wimbledon on Tuesday as she injured her right leg and had to retire from her first-round match against former Top 30 player Aliaksandra Sasnovich, but Venus Williams came out on top in her opener against

LONDON (AP) Andy Murray was denied his 20th successive win on grass when he was beaten 7-6 (10), 6-2 by Radek Stepanek in the third round at Queen's Club on Thursday. Murray, the defending champion and No. 3 seed, claimed his first match win at Queen's in 2005 and went

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) American Rajeev Ram upset fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday in the Delray Beach Open semifinals. American Sam Querrey beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 7-5 in the second semifinal. The last All-American final on the ATP Tour was last April when

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta won his first ATP World Tour title Saturday, beating countryman Roberto Bautista Agut in 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the Winston-Salem Open. Busta, ranked 49th in the world, overcame dropping a first-set tiebreaker to upset the 17th-ranked Agut for his first tour

Kimiko Date, who is 46 years old, will keep playing on the WTA tour and the Challenger circuit this season and says she would like to compete injury-free again. Date couldn’t play during the beginning of this year because she had two operations on her left knee. She returned to