WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) Christina McHale beat Anastasiya Yakimova 6-0, 6-4 and gave the United States a 1-0 lead over Belarus on Saturday in the first round of the Fed Cup. Yakimova was a late substitute for top-ranked Victoria Azarenka. The Australian Open champion withdrew earlier the day because of a

LYON, France (AP) — Danish teenager Clara Tauson continued her remarkable form at the Lyon Open, beating seventh-seeded Paula Badosa of Spain, 7-5, 6-1, on Saturday to set up a first career final against fellow qualifier Viktorija Golubic. Golubic caused another upset by beating second-seeded Fiona Ferro, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep made a winning start to her Transylvania Open campaign in Cluj-Napoca on Wednesday, beating fellow Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse in an hour and 13 minutes, 6-1, 6-2. And with the win, she continues to build on an already impressive stat. Halep is now 14-0 in

CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) Spain swept into the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup, defeating Belgium in doubles for an insurmountable 3-0 lead. Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez beat Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus 7-6 (0), 6-4, 6-3 Saturday on the hard-court of the Spiroudome. Spain hasn't dropped a set in the

BASTAD, Sweden(AP) Wild-card entry Andreas Vinciguerra beat sixth-seeded Florent Serra 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Swedish Open. Teimuraz Gabashvili also won, eliminating seventh-seeded Christophe Rochus 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, and Victor Crivoi defeated Denis Istomin 6-0, 6-4.

Serena and Venus Williams advanced to the women's doubles final at Wimbledon on Friday. The American sisters beat eighth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-4 on No. 1 Court. Serena and Venus are 13-0 in Grand Slam finals together, including 5-0 at

Stefanos Tsitsipas stormed past Alexander Zverev in the semifinals of Monte Carlo on Saturday, 6-4, 6-2, to not only extend his Monte Carlo winning streak to nine matches in a row (5-0 to win the title last year and 4-0 so far this year), but also to reach the fourth

PERTH, Australia (AP) Novak Djokovic easily beat Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4 to help Serbia remains unbeaten at the Hopman Cup with an 2-0 victory over Australia on Tuesday. Ana Ivanovic produced another impressive performance to beat Alicia Molik 6-4, 6-0 and win the first point for Serbia despite suffering an

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP)—Kimiko Date-Krumm, the 43-year-old Japanese who is the tour's oldest player, halted Daniela Hantuchova's title defense on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic, a Wimbledon warmup event. It was 18 years ago that Date-Krumm reached a Wimbledon semifinal. She proved an enduring grass-court threat by

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has bounced back from a set and 4-0 down to take the title in Istanbul 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 against Elena Vesnina. After losing a 5-2 lead in the first set, Pavlyuchenkova came back from 4-0 down in the second set and 3-1 down in the third to win

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Steve Johnson and Daniel Nguyen earned wins to lead second-seeded Southern California past Georgia 4-0 Monday to reach its third straight NCAA championship match. Johnson set the tone with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Wil Spencer and Nguyen clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia wrapped up a Davis Cup quarterfinal victory against Spain by winning a five-set doubles on Saturday. Viktor Troicki and Nenad Zimonjic beat Pablo Carreno Busta and Marc Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 in three hours. Serbia has an unassailable 3-0 lead, and will

With her 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Karolina Muchova in the final of Roland Garros on Saturday, Iga Swiatek not only lifted the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen for the third time in her career (2020, 2022 and 2023), but it was also the fourth overall Grand Slam title of her career,

NEW YORK (AP)—Andy Murray overcame a two-set deficit to defeat Robin Haase and advance to the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4 victory Friday. The fourth-seeded Murray led 4-0 in the fifth set but Haase won four straight games. Serving at 5-4,

Carlos Alcaraz has won his second consecutive Wimbledon title with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Novak Djokovic on Sunday. It’s his fourth Grand Slam title, after previously winning the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon last year and Roland Garros last month. And among all the history, there’s one

NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 11:50 p.m. Rafael Nadal is the first match winner with the roof closed. The fourth-seeded Spaniard defeated Andreas Seppi 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 to advance to the third round, where he will take on Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia. Nadal's

Madison Keys rebounded from a difficult start to defeat Daria Kasatkina in San Jose today, 6-4, 6-3, and move through to the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 event. It was also a big milestone for Keys: the 250th WTA win of her career. But for a while, it looked like

BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP)—Sara Errani reached her eighth quarterfinal of the season and first since the French Open by defeating Paula Ormaechea of Argentina 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the Gastein Ladies on Thursday. The second-seeded Italian, who won the doubles at Wimbledon last week, was broken twice

Chris Eubanks' time at the Shanghai Rolex Masters came to an end on Sunday, when the American lost his second-round match to No. 8 seed Casper Ruud in straight sets. Many—most?—players would turn the page on the tournament at that point. But not Eubanks, the player/commentator who is always up