MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO TUESDAY Sebastian Korda plays in his first Gland Slam singles quarterfinal against Karen Khachanov at the Australian Open. Khachanov was a semifinalist in last year's U.S. Open. Korda is a 22-year-old American whose father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open. Korda's mother also was

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Danielle Collins' favorite player, for as long as she can remember, has been Venus Williams. Clearly, she wasn't star-struck when facing her idol. Collins got the biggest win of her pro career Wednesday night, shocking the eighth-seeded Williams 6-2, 6-3 in the Miami Open quarterfinals.

Last year in Paris, Amanda Anisimova may have cost Simona Halep her third career major title. The American played a near flawless match in her 6-2, 6-4, quarterfinal victory. It remains the signature win of her promising young career. But a lot can happen in a year. Anisimova, 11-7 on

American Frances Tiafoe gave himself a 21st-birthday present to remember at the Australian Open on Sunday, edging Grigor Dimitrov to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, 7-5, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (1), 7-5. After Tiafoe captured the opening set, Dimitrov seemed on the verge of evening it up at a set

WASHINGTON (AP)—Maria Sakkari let a huge lead disappear but recovered to take the last four games and beat top-seeded Jessica Pegula 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the DC Open semifinals Saturday. Sakkari, a 28-year-old from Greece who is ranked No. 9 and seeded No. 4 at the tune-up for the U.S.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down and saved a match point before beating No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday to move into the Australian Open semifinals. The U.S. Open champion's bid to become the first man in the

On the opening day of Wimbledon 2013, only one men’s match went the distance—Julien Reister’s three-and-a-half hour, 6-4 in-the-fifth win over. . . Lukas Rosol. But ironically, the seismic news of the day was generated by the man who made Rosol a household name at about this same time last

GENEVA (AP) — Novak Djokovic will defend his Roland Garros title in Paris still without a trophy this season after losing in the Geneva Open semifinals on Friday. The 44th-ranked Tomas Machac beat Djokovic 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 in the last clay-court event to prepare for Roland Garros, where main-draw play

"When it seems like all hope is lost, there's always a chance," the Doha tournament interviewer told Jessica Pegula shortly after 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 comeback win over Jelena Ostapenko. Pegula's smiling nod (watch on the video above) validated that statement as much as the American's late-match play. It didn't appear

Aryna Sabalenka is a win away from becoming the first woman this century to three-peat at the Australian Open. In the latest ‘Sabadosa’ installment, the two-time defending champion pulled away from best friend Paula Badosa, 6-4, 6-2, to claim Thursday evening’s first semifinal on Rod Laver Arena. Sabalenka delivered 32

With a winning overhead volley, walking slightly backwards, Novak Djokovic moved forward in the Grand Slam record books with his 18th major and ninth Australian Open, defeating Daniil Medvedev, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Here's how it happened:

MELBOURNE—A Fortune 500 CFO once said that numbers are way to explain a series of relationships. This evening’s Australian Open semifinal between defending champion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer featured enough quantitative data to conduct a massive group therapy session. Between them, these two had won 13 of the last

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) Roger Federer eased to a 6-1, 6-2 first-round win at his hometown Swiss Indoors on Tuesday against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. Top-seeded Federer, a six-time champion at Basel, took just 55 minutes to complete victory over 64th-ranked Kukushkin. Federer created 13 break-point chances and took four of

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz rallied to beat Jack Draper 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Monday. Alcaraz clinched with his third match-point chance, firing a forehand winner when following in a strong serve that left-hander Draper stretched to return. The first

FRISCO, Texas—Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul grew up training together, roomed together in junior dorms, even shared a house together as established pros. Oddly, despite playing more than 500 combined tour-level contests, the two hadn’t crossed paths on a match court until Friday’s Dallas Open quarterfinals.

“The only chance I have is if I play my best tennis,” Andrey Rublev said before his Australian Open quarterfinal with Novak Djokovic on Wednesday night. “Just fight for every ball, and that’s it. That’s the only chance.” When the time came to get on court with Djokovic, though, Rublev

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest on Wednesday from the Australian Open (all times local): 12:40 a.m. Maria Sharapova set up a third-round showdown with defending champion Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open after a 6-2, 6-1 win over Rebecca Peterson of Sweden. Sharapova won the Australian title in 2008

She had lost her only previous meeting against Serena Williams in last year's US Open quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-0 in just 44 minutes, winning only 15 points in a desultory performance where she was in awe of her iconic adversary. She surely approached her third-round rematch with Serena at the Australian

MADRID (AP) Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal on clay for the first time Sunday, dominating the Madrid Open final to win 6-3, 6-2 against the four-time champion. It was Murray's first Masters title on clay, a week after his maiden career tournament victory on the red surface at the Munich

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Poland's Jan Zielinski are the Australian Open mixed doubles champions after beating Desirae Krawczyk of the United States and Neal Skupski of Britain 6-7 (5), 6-4, 11-9 on Friday. It was the first championship final of the 15-day tournament that began