20060818_cash Ed.Note - Here is Miguel Seabra's second report from the sunny climes of Portugal, where he is presently - and pleasantly - sipping the senior tour Kool Aid while enjoying a family vacation. And Mikey - we are expecting a Battlefield Report from the press tournament. - Pete Hi

NEW YORK (AP) Janko Tipsarevic is still eating gluten. Some other ingredients - on the plate and on the court - have been cut out of his life as he's ascended to his highest ranking. The 20th-seeded Serb matched his best Grand Slam result by reaching the fourth round of

LONDON—A Grand Slam finalist, Top 10 regular and thriving on social media, Stefanos Tsitsipas might have more of the fans behind him at Wimbledon on Saturday than his opponent, Laslo Djere. Yes, even though he just beat mammoth home favorite Andy Murray in another five-setter for the Greek this fortnight.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—The King of Clay passed up a chance to meet the Queen of England. Rafael Nadal had another priority—winning at Wimbledon. Queen Elizabeth II visited the All England Club for the first time since 1977 and met a small group of current and former players, including Roger Federer

MIAMI, Fla.—Pity poor Maria Sharapova. While most of us are doomed to certitude on just two fronts, she must face the music on three: Death, taxes, and Serena Williams. Today in the Sony Open semifinals, top-seeded Williams improved her already spectacular record against her fellow career Grand Slammer to 15-2

WATCH: Ostapenko booked a blockbuster semifinal with Victoria Azarenka after winning a titanic three-setter over Shelby Rogers.

Well, it's been quite an eventful evening here at Flushing Meadow, as most of you know. I'm waiting for the Marcos Baghdatis interview (1:05 A.M) and then Andre, but not sure when. I'll post a quick update on what they say - the substance of it, anyway - so you

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday. That added to Djokovic's record for the most major singles tennis championships won by a man — Rafael Nadal is next with 22;

[Ed. note: Gotta love Big Ed McGrogan. He goes off last week for a Vegas vacation (with college buddies no less), digs himself into a big blackjack or Texas Hold 'Em hole, but goes on a run and flies home $500 up. And he STILL finds time to file a

Billie Jean King turned 70 years young in November, and she isn’t slowing down. In Chicago to be feted as a new USTA Midwest Hall of Fame inductee alongside former USTA president Jon Vegosen, the hardest-working retired player in women’s tennis sat still (sort of) in the Renaissance Hotel for

MONACO (AP) Fernando Verdasco of Spain, Jurgen Melzer of Austria and Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday. The 13th-seeded Verdasco rallied past Olivier Rochus of Belgium 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 and will next play Ivan Dodig of Croatia. The Spaniard dropped

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) His ballcap is turned backward, just as it always was. He scurries along the baseline, getting to nearly every ball, just as he always did, and celebrates big points with plenty of shouts of ``Come on!'' and fist pumps. And Lleyton Hewitt matters at Wimbledon, just as he

ROME (AP)—Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start and defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-1 Friday to reach the Rome Masters semifinals and stay unbeaten on clay this season. Aiming for his fifth title at Foro Italico in six years, Nadal had trouble finding his range off Wawrinka’s powerful serve. But he

PERTH, Australia (AP) Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat world No. 7 Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-4 in to help lift the United States to a 2-1 win over Italy at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. John Isner gave the Americans a 2-0 lead after winning a tight match against Potito Starace 7-6 (5),

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Cameron Norrie waited a week for his revenge against top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, rallying from a set and 3-0 down to beat the Spanish teenager in the Rio Open final on Sunday for his first title of the year. Second-seeded Norrie won 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to

Elena Rybakina defeated Iga Swiatek in the semifinals of Indian Wells on Friday, 6-2, 6-2, to set up an Australian Open final rematch against Aryna Sabalenka on Sunday at the WTA 1000 event. Having beaten her in the fourth round of this year’s Australian Open, 6-4, 6-4, Rybakina is just

By the time Elena Rybakina and Anhelina Kalinina stepped out for the women’s final at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, the hand on the clock at the Foro Italico was due to strike 11 p.m. Multiple rain delays started and stopped the second men’s semifinal, and had Daniil Medvedev not finished

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Cancun and white parties go hand in hand, but it seems like Iga Swiatek didn’t get the memo. Or rather, she did get the memo—but the 22-year-old still found a way to inadvertently stand out from the pack at the WTA Finals Cancun. The world No. 2 turned heads on