PARIS -- Samantha Stosur, the 2010 French Open runner-up, waited 2½ hours to play because of rain, then quickly won her opening match at Roland Garros. The Australian swept the first nine games Tuesday and drubbed 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0, 6-2. Play was delayed at the start on a 55-degree

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Victoria Azarenka's 18-match winning streak at the Australian Open ended in an upset 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 quarterfinal loss to Agnieszka Radwanska on Wednesday, continuing the flow of stars tumbling out of the season's first major. Fifth-seeded Radwanska ended her own streak of three consecutive quarterfinal defeats at

Maria Sharapova was the star of recurring nightmares for Ana Ivanovic, riding a seven-match winning streak against the statuesque Serbian. The run of dominance spanned seven years, with Sharapova snatching 13 of the last 15 sets the pair had played. Sharapova dispensed the most painful loss of the streak nearly

GENEVA (AP) -- Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka took Switzerland close to its first Davis Cup final in 22 years after cruising to straight-sets wins in the opening singles against Italy on Friday. First, Federer beat 76th-ranked Simone Bolelli 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 without dropping serve to delight a crowd

LONDON (AP) The last Wimbledon singles contest of 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt's career was a back-and-forth, 4-hour tussle in which he saved three match points before finally succumbing 11-9 in the fifth set. He might have lost. He did not go gently. Felt fitting. Even to Hewitt himself. ''Pretty much

PARIS (AP) The latest from the final day of the French Open: 3:31 p.m. The odds are stacked against Stan Wawrinka in his French Open final against top-ranked Novak Djokovic, but former Switzerland Davis Cup captain Marc Rosset is betting on him to create an upset. ''Let's be crazy,'' Rosset

Chair umpire Arnaud Gabas, who was hit by a ball smashed by Denis Shapovalov during Davis Cup play this past weekend, says he is lucky that he didn’t suffer a serious injury. The incident led to Shapovalov being defaulted and a trip to the hospital for Gabas, but no significant

After losing in the first round of Roland Garros to Zheng Jie, France's Alize Cornet nearly breaks down in tears. Last weekend, Cornet reached the final of Strasbourg and pushed her ranking to No. 66. Had she beaten Zheng she would have put herself in a good position to qualify

TORONTO (AP)—Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the Rogers Cup final, beating fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday night in a match twice delayed by rain. Djokovic, the winner of the hardcourt event in 2007 and 2011, will race Richard Gasquet in the final. The Frenchman, seeded 14th, beat

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Garbine Muguruza is currently visiting IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla, and taking advantage of their world-class training facilities. In an Instagram reel posted on Tuesday, she enters the gym with an expression that says she’s ready to work—and work she does:

NEW YORK (AP)—Roger Federer isn’t the only one who can hit a back-to-the-net, between-the-legs shot. Francesca Schiavone turned the trick at the U.S. Open, too. During a 6-1, 7-5 victory over 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko in the third round at Flushing Meadows on Friday, French Open champion Schiavone produced a near-replica

Tennis enthusiast and Wimbledon patron Kate Middleton made her return to SW19 on Friday. The Duchess of Cambridge looked delighted to be back at her favorite tournament and greeted the public before taking in Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares' opening doubles match. Middleton sat with former world No. 4 Tim

Venus Williams may have turned 40 in June, in the age of quarantine, though she shows in a new video from her own YouTube channel that it's not too late for a legend to add to their repertoire. Sporting a "new attitude," the elder Williams sister feigns rage in the

As much as Serena Williams has been missed on the WTA tour, her absence has produced some intriguing plot lines and scintillating rivalries that could continue into next season. Baseline will countdown the favorite rivalries of 2017—and here’s hoping we see more chapters in 2018. See No. 4 here. 3

The 2020 season was not what anybody had anticipated, but players figured out how to have all kinds of fun nonetheless. Baseline is counting down the Top 10 viral moments of 2020. 10 When the world was first turned upside-down, tennis players, who normally have nearly every day of the

Nick Kyrgios is finally back in action and he's showing the world that he's talented as ever. The Australia pulled off one of his signature tweeners against Maximilian Marterer on Thursday in Stuttgart. The trick shot landed for a clean winner in the third set, after which Kyrgios would drop

Stan By Rosangel Valenti, TW Contributing Editor Good morning. This is your daily thread for discussing the tennis action taking place in Rome (or in Berlin, for the WTA). I'll be attending today's semifinals in Rome, having planned this event well in advance - though it's safe to say that

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray hasn't decided on whether he'll play at Wimbledon next week following his back surgery. The 37-year-old Murray had surgery Saturday after retiring injured from a midweek match at Queen's Club in the buildup to what was expected to be his final appearance at the All

Andreas Seppi says his win over Roger Federer at the Australian Open is the most important of his career. The 30-year-old Italian was 0-10 against Federer entering their third-round match. "Yeah, of course. It's first time I beat him. I beat once Nadal in Rotterdam when he was No. 2