SINGAPORE—Simona Halep says that while Serena Williams will be favorite against her in the final of the WTA Finals, she has a real chance to win. The Romanian crushed Williams in the round-robin stage of the event, 6-0, 6-2. “She has experience,” said Halep, who is 1-3 against Williams. “She

When Kevin Spacey asks Andy Murray "Why the WWF?” you can rest assured that he's not talking about the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment). Quite another thing, as it turns out. Namely, the two are teaming up to support the World Wildlife Fund, specifically tigers in the wild,

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska announced Wednesday she is retiring from tennis after a 13-year career. The 29-year-old Pole, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 2, says she is "no longer able to train and play the way I used to." Radwanska won 20 WTA

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek's one-month suspension for failing a drug test will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency because her explanation "is plausible," WADA announced on Monday. WADA released its decision just minutes after Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1-ranked women's tennis

LONDON(AP) Australian Open semifinalist Serena Williams and her sister Venus were not on the U.S. roster submitted Wednesday for Fed Cup first-round matches against Argentina next month. New U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez invited both Williams siblings to participate, but they declined, citing scheduling issues, the U.S. Tennis Association said.

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Five-time champion Venus Williams overcame a tough challenge from the lowest-ranked player left in the draw to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals Monday on the busiest day of the tournament. The second-seeded Williams broke back twice to stay in the second set, then escaped in the tiebreaker to complete

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For 30 minutes or so on Monday, veteran champion Simona Halep felt the pressure of facing a 15-year-old in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. But the former world No. 1 dug in, hit out and soon ended the dream debut of transcendent qualifier Cori Gauff with a 6-3, 6-3

The Asian swing is fully upon us. The ATP has left Europe behind for the next month, while the WTA has entered its season-ending homestretch in China. This week the men will get started with a couple of smaller events, as the top women arrive en masse for the first

4. Djokovic and Nadal pause the pandemic Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played a French Open semifinal so thrilling, it could almost be said it paused the pandemic. The two legendary rivals were contesting one of the most important meetings of their careers, and had just wrapped up an electrifying

WIMBLEDON, England—The Deci-Belles would make a good name for an all-girl band, and you couldn’t ask for a more appropriate pair of founding members than Maria Sharapova and Michelle Larcher de Brito, two of tennis' pioneering shriekers. They wouldn’t need to pay for microphones, anyway. The women put on their

NEW YORK—The term “master class” could be used to describe a lot of matches, maybe even a majority of matches, on the pro tours. But Andy Murray’s 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Milos Raonic on Monday night at the U.S. Open deserved that accolade more than most. In fact, there

LONDON—The names are the same but plenty has changed in the games of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal since they met at Wimbledon. The two will play in the semifinals for the first time since their legendary five-set encounter in the 2008 final that gave Nadal his first title at

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal wants to make a little go a long way in 2019. The No. 2-ranked Nadal, in Brisbane preparing to play his first competitive match since retiring from the U.S. Open semifinals last September, found some positives out of an injury-interrupted season that he wants

Ins and OutsIt wasn’t long ago that Nicole Vaidisova was another up-and-comer who generated buzz for her looks as well as her game, but the Czech’s career has taken a downward spiral in the last year. After reaching a career-high ranking of No. 7 in 2007, Vaidisova bid farewell

1. Maintain discretion I worked with Pierce back in 1996, and her most glaring weakness then, as it still is today, was her movement. She tries to take this limitation out of the equation by being very offensive. When Pierce controls the action, it’s her opponents who are doing the

Three improvements that helped her win a first Grand Slam title. 1. Don’t Go to the Well Too Often Mauresmo has one of the best backhands in women’s tennis. She can do anything with it—crush a drive, roll a loop, or carve a slice. Still, there have been times when

Each day through the first four rounds, Richard Pagliaro will preview three must-see matches—and give his predictions. (12) Vera Zvonareva vs. Kim Clijsters —Head to Head: Clijsters leads 7-3 Veterans meet in this rematch of the 2010 U.S. Open final, which Clijsters swept two months after the then-21st-ranked Zvonareva knocked