MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The intensity was vintage Rafael Nadal. On the stroke of midnight, he thrust his arms up and punched the air, sealing the victory that sets up the most anticipated semifinal at the Australian Open in quite some time. Roger Federer did his part to put this in

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It started when he missed the shot he never misses. Rafael Nadal had a two-set lead over Stefanos Tsitsipas, and a 1-0 lead in the third-set tiebreaker. Up to that moment, he had controlled play with his serve, made targeted strikes with his backhand return to break, and stayed a

I just played every point super tough, which I think you have to do against her. Jessica Pegula after her 6-1, 6-1 win over No. 4 seed Elina Svitolina

NEW YORK(AP) Serena and Venus Williams have met in eight Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon last month. The U.S. Open won't feature No. 9. The No. 2-seeded Serena and No. 3 Venus are in the same half of the U.S. Open field announced Thursday, meaning they could face

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) Nearly four hours into a grueling match at the Australian Open, James Blake thought he was still capable of beating U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro. He had been leading two sets to one, but the second-rounder eventually went to five sets. And Blake's has won only

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal barely needed to break a sweat in another dominant performance on clay. David Ferrer then needed one of the best matches of his career to put Spain on the brink of another Davis Cup title. Ferrer rallied for a grueling 6-2, 6-7 (2), 3-6, 6-4,

At 18, Jannik Sinner had won the NextGen ATP Finals. At 19, he had made himself the youngest player in the Top 75. He had beaten Alexander Zverev to reach the quarterfinals in his first trip to Roland Garros. And he had even garnered praise from John McEnroe for his

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has taken her Australian Open title defense all the way back to the championship match because she has applied a crucial lesson from her US Open final loss to Coco Gauff. She kept reminding herself the next point is often more important than the

While players get ready for a loaded six-tournament spread in Melbourne next week, here's what has been happening away from Australia. MIAMI’S STADIUM WON’T BE ROCKING IN MARCH On Wednesday, Miami Open officials sent out an encouraging note to past ticket holders about the combined 1000 event proceeding with plans

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Kiki Bertens felt fortunate to escape a tough semifinal match with a victory Sunday morning. She wasn't going to let things get so tight later on in the biggest match of her career. Bertens of the Netherlands overpowered Germany's Julia Goerges to cap a long, chilly

There are five-set matches to which you gladly sacrifice hours and that leave you exhilarated and exultant just to have watched. And then there are ones which slither to a queasily unsatisfying conclusion because, try as you might—and deserved though the victory is—it’s impossible not to dwell, with whatever emotion,

MADRID -- Rafael Nadal reached his seventh consecutive final since returning from a knee injury, brushing aside wild-card entry Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-4 at the Madrid Open on Saturday. Nadal had little trouble extending his winning streak in clay-court semifinals to 46 matches, quickly finishing his overmatched countryman after winning

NEW YORK (AP) Didn't take too long to see that Novak Djokovic's right shoulder is feeling fine. Which was good, because he was on court for less than an hour Tuesday. He began his first-round match at the U.S. Open with a 121 mph service winner. Four points later, he

NEW YORK (AP) Time will tell if Rafael Nadal's struggles in the first round were simply a case of opening-night jitters or something more serious. Either way, his first match as defending U.S. Open champion had plenty of rough edges. The second-seeded Nadal found himself in a tougher-than-expected tussle Tuesday

In every run-up to a Grand Slam, first we get the storm, then we get the calm. For years, top players have avoided committing to a tournament the week before a major. More recently, others have been following their precautionary lead by pulling out of tune-up events at the slightest

Yes, in between games, the DJ at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia—the Italian Open to us old-timers—revs up the crowd with 2 Unlimited’s 1990s synth-dance classic “Get Ready for This.” A favorite for decades in minor-league baseball parks across the USA, it was once judged to be the No. 1 “Jock

Here's our preview of the men's final to get you ready for the match. When it begins at 4 pm EST, head to our chat with Jon Levey to see live commentary, read real-time analysis, and ask your questions.

The crystal ball in Times Square drops Tuesday night to mark the start of the New Year in New York, but tennis balls are already in full flight around the world, signalling the start of the new season. We preview this week's tournament action to kick off 2014:

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) A medical emergency overshadowed matches on adjoining courts at the Australian Open when Nigel Sears, who is Ana Ivanovic's coach and Andy Murray's father-in-law, was rushed to a hospital while both of their third-round matches were in progress. Four-time finalist Murray beat No. 32 Joao Sousa 6-2,