ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Roberta Vinci started the defense of her St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy title with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Timea Babos on Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Italian was broken five times but still advanced to face German veteran Andrea Petkovic in the second round. There was

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic is a fan of the round-robin format in tennis, and he would even like to see it used at the Olympics and the Davis Cup. Djokovic, who is chasing the year-end No. 1 ranking this week at the season-ending tournament, praised the system at the

MADRID (AP) — Defending champion Novak Djokovic recovered from a 3-0 deficit in the third set to defeat Nicolas Almagro 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 and reach the third round at the Madrid Open on Wednesday. Djokovic rallied in the final set by breaking Almagro to go up 6-5 and served out

PARIS -- Prize money at the French Open will rise for both singles champions and players who lose in some of the early rounds. Roland Garros organizers said Monday that the overall total for the tournament will go from $24.6 million to $28.7 million, with the winners receiving $1.96 million

MADRID (AP) Fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka continued her fine form, beating Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-2 to win her 16th straight match and advance to the third round of the Madrid Masters on Monday. Azarenka, seeking her third consecutive title, broke Cornet's serve five times to maintain her winning streak. The fifth-ranked

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Bianca Andreescu of Canada — the 2019 U.S. Open champion — beat 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin of the United States 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Miami Open on Sunday. Andreescu advanced to the tournament's fourth round for the third time.

With his maiden Grand Slam victory embedded firmly in his head and heart, Andy Murray made the post-U.S. Open media rounds in New York City, as every winner in Queens does. Unlike Serena Williams, who captured her 15th overall Slam singles title, this one feels fresh and tender. Because it

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki made a winning start to her grass-court season with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova in the second round of the Aegon International on Tuesday. Wozniacki fell behind to an early break before rallying to reach the tiebreaker, where Gajdosova paid

As though his 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 first-round win over No. 24 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili wasn’t dramatic enough, Andy Murray had the entire Centre Court crowd on the edge of its seat in his second-round match against German qualifier Oscar Otte on Wednesday, falling behind two sets to one before

BEIJING (AP) — Top-ranked Simona Halep retired Sunday from her first-round match at the China Open. Halep lost the first set, 6-1, to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur before retiring with a back injury that she also had problems with at last week's Wuhan Open. It's the fourth straight loss for the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Serena Williams loves having Venus back to keep her company in the second week of a Grand Slam, and credits her older sister with giving her the motivation to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open. The Williams siblings, with 25 Grand Slam titles between them,

MARSEILLE, France (AP) Kristina Mladenovic will open against Camila Giorgi when France meets Italy in the first round of the Fed Cup on Saturday. In the second singles, Caroline Garcia will take on Italy No. 1 Sara Errani. After Sunday's reverse singles, the indoor hard-court tie could be decided by

MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Rogers Cup on Tuesday, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 victory against Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil. On triple match point, Shapovalov fired a serve that handcuffed Dutra Silva. The 18-year-old dropped his racket and threw

Novak Djokovic is still perfect in the first two rounds of the US Open, thanks to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 win in the second round on Thursday night against Tallon Griekspoor. The Serb improved to 16-0 in first-round matches in Flushing Meadows with his 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1 victory

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Alison Riske and 17-year old wildcard CiCi Bellis each upset a ranked opponent on Tuesday in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic. Bellis was down 4-1 in the second set but rallied to beat sixth-seeded Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-4. It was the first

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) For the second time in three days, Novak Djokovic won a match at the Australian Open and was confronted by questions about match-fixing in the sport. The five-time champion had just beaten 19-year-old French wild-card entry Quentin Halys 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the second round on

BEIJING (AP) Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the China Open with straight-set wins Tuesday in back-to-back matches on center court. Nadal needed a little more than an hour to beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-1, fending off two break points as he took time to

TOKYO (AP) — Two-time champion Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic both advanced to the second round of the Japan Open with straight-set victories on Monday. The third-seeded Nishikori beat Japanese wild-card entry Yuichi Sugita 6-4, 6-1, while the sixth-seeded Raonic defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-4. Mannarino was the runner-up last

WUHAN, China (AP) — Second-ranked Caroline Wozniacki reached the third round of a tournament for the first time since June at the Wuhan Open on Tuesday, while No. 1 Simona Halep lost in straight sets. Wozniacki defeated Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-4, 6-1, making just nine unforced errors to Peterson's

MONTREAL (AP) — Australia's Nick Kyrgios advanced at the National Bank Open on Tuesday, beating Argentina's Sebastian Baez 6-4, 6-4 in an opening-round match and setting up a second-round showdown with top-ranked Daniil Medvedev of Russia. Kyrgios is coming off a victory at last week's Citi Open in Washington, where