MONACO (AP) Does Rafael Nadal remain the King of Clay? That's the big question surrounding the 14-time Grand Slam winner as the world's best players gather in Monte Carlo this week for the first Masters of the season played on clay. Relaxed, tanned and smiling, the former top-ranked Nadal looks

Jannik Sinner stormed into a second straight Australian Open semifinal, the defending champ making quick work of home favorite Alex de Minaur, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. The world No. 1 recovered well from the physical challenges that threatened to hamper his progress in the fourth round, needing just one hour and

MUNICH—April 21, 2024, will forever be etched in Jan-Lennard Struff’s mind. On a freezing cold day in Munich, four days before his 34th birthday and after 15 years as a professional tennis player, he finally won his first ATP Tour title. “For such a long career, it’s a bit absurd

Andy Murray expects the so-called Big 3 to be in fine shape by the time the Australian Open begins. Roger Federer is dealing with a back injury, Rafael Nadal has been nursing a sore shoulder, and at the end of last season, Novak Djokovic was also complaining of a sore

Novak Djokovic says his younger brothers must learn to deal with the pressure of being related to the world No. 1. Djokovic's 20-year-old brother, 869th-ranked Marko, received a wild card into Dubai, but fell to Andrey Golubev in straight sets on Monday. "Obviously he's not at this level yet, but

BANGKOK(AP) Tenth-ranked Gilles Simon of France, playing his first match in a month, routed American Kevin Kim 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Thailand Open. Second-seeded Simon, who was forced to retire with a knee injury while facing Juan Carlos Ferrero during the third round of

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) Top-seeded Serena Williams dropped the first four games before recovering for a three-set victory over Sara Errani of Italy in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The Australian Open champion won 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 at the Aviation Club, while her sister Venus

Borna Coric and Donna Vekic made a winning start to their 2023 Hopman Cup campaign, but not before hashing out the issue that could make or break their partnership: Borna’s hair. “It’s really been the topic of the last nine months, or maybe the last ten years!” exclaims Vekic, who

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals of the European Open by beating Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 6-3 Thursday, while the three highest-seeded players were all eliminated. Murray couldn't convert any of his first seven break points but finally broke Cuevas in the final game of the first set.

World No. 8 Madison Keys is making the most of her new role model status. The 21-year-old recently visited her high school in Rock Island, Ill., for the first of six FearlesslyGIRL summits, which she is funding and hosting herself. Keys is the first American woman to enter the Top

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Nick Kyrgios arrived in Delray Beach this week, where he was the top seed at the ATP 250, with confidence, high hopes and lots of friends. But ahead of his first match on Tuesday night against Tommy Paul, Kyrgios withdrew with a wrist injury. He remains in the

Seventeen-time Grand Slam doubles champion Gigi Fernandez has been retired from tennis since 1997, but that doesn't mean she has fully stepped away from the sport. The Puerto Rican has just launched a three-video Mental Toughness Training workshop based on her career experiences to help players improve their mental game.

While the stars were Down Under battling for the Australian Open, former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori was rehabbing his wrist and practicing for a more unconventional return. After missing the rest of the 2017 season from the Rogers Cup in August onward, Nishikori played his first match last week

John McEnroe says he will show plenty of emotion if he’s sitting in Milos Raonic's box during Wimbledon. It’s an interesting situation, considering McEnroe might call the Canadian's matches on television. "I’m not going to sit there and show no emotion like [Ivan] Lendl did when Andy [Murray] won Wimbledon,”

SINGAPORE (AP)—Serena Williams will play two of the tour's young rising stars in the round-robin stage of this year's WTA finals in Singapore. The draw Saturday placed top-seeded Williams in the Red Group with 23-year-old Simona Halep and 20-year-old Eugenie Bouchard as well as the more experienced Ana Ivanovic, who

Andy Murray is not sure why he experienced cramps during his opening-round match against Robin Haase at the U.S. Open. The No. 8 seed had taken a two-set lead and began to cramp at the beginning of the third set, describing it as unusual timing. "Normally it's kind of a

TOKYO (AP) Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic cruised past top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to set up a Toray Pan-Pacific Open final against Agnieszka Radwanska. The eighth-seeded Bencic had beaten Wozniacki in all three of their previous meetings this year and broke in the first game of the match to

With three of the Big Four not playing the Rogers Cup in Toronto, some of the players just below the top tier see a bigger opening for themselves at the tournament. World No. 2 Andy Murray, world No. 3 Roger Federer and world No. 4 Rafael Nadal were among those

Petra Kvitova says Angelique Kerber is still adjusting to being a Grand Slam champion, having had a similar experience when she won her first Wimbledon title. The sixth-ranked Kvitova said she was not surprised by the top three seeds’ early exits. (No. 4 seed Victoria Azarenka is also out of

Denis Shapovalov says he's shown he belongs on the ATP tour following his runs in Montreal and at the US Open. The young Canadian reached the semifinals in Montreal, defeating Juan Martin del Potro and Rafael Nadal. After qualifying for the US Open, he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Kyle Edmund