Taylor Fritz is giving back to a city that has meant so much to him. On Thursday, the world No. 4 announced the prize money earned from his first-round win at the Australian Open over Jenson Brooksby—about $82,000—would be donated to wildfire relief funds in Los Angeles. Fritz shared the

At his final event ahead of a 10th consecutive Roland Garros appearance, Alexander Zverev fell to Lorenzo Musetti in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia quarterfinals after seeing four set points go wasted. The in-form Italian prevailed, 7-6 (1), 6-4, to line up a Monte Carlo final rematch with Carlos Alcaraz. Afterwards,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Andy Murray fondly recalls long family road trips from Scotland to England, listening and laughing to cassettes of irreverent Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. That was back when Murray was a young lad. On Monday, Connolly sat in the stands and cheered Murray on as he moved into

Novak Djokovic seems to rewrite history almost every time he plays these days, but what he achieved at Roland Garros this year was a new level—and below are the stats to back it up. First, some top-line stats: He won his record-breaking 23rd career Grand Slam title. It’s the most

MATCH POINT: Despite losing first set 6-1, Sloane Stephens closes out Lauren Davis in Cleveland

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 8:05 p.m. Teenager Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the semifinals of the French Open by rallying past former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Ostapenko is the first woman from Latvia to make it to a Grand Slam

The 2016 season has come and gone, and 2017 play is nigh. (That didn't take long.) Here's a look at the quirkiest moments, largely outside the lines of the tennis court, from the year that was. 16 The inescapably entertaining duo of Andrea Petkovic and Jelena Jankovic "uncensored" at the

Bjorn Borg reached the U.S. Open final four times, but he never won. Bjorn Borg had enough chances to win at the U.S. Open to make it impossible for even the most sympathetic of critics to admit that somewhere on the long and dusty trail, he just plain blew it.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia blasted 26 aces past Germany’s Daniel Brands in a 7-6 (8), 7-6 (6) victory in the second round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Thursday. Karlovic ended the match against the 100th-ranked Brands with an untouchable ace sliced out wide.

2023 By The Numbers - 68-11: Overall win-loss record - 17-3: Grand Slam win-loss record (AO 4R, RG 🏆, W QF, USO 4R) - 6: Titles (Doha, Stuttgart, Roland Garros, Warsaw, Beijing, WTA Finals) - 2: Runner-ups (Dubai, Madrid) - 23: 6-0 sets - 0: 0-6 sets - 43: Voting

Ambitious as Roger Federer has always been, even he had no idea there were 420 more Grand Slam matches in his future—including a record 20 major singles titles. All the 17-year-old Federer knew on this day in 1999 was that he was at Roland Garros and primed to play in

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—The consensus was that Andy Murray had played it smart by forgoing the easy money in Dubai this year and taking a little extra time off to get his latest Australian Open final-round defeat out of his system. He certainly couldn’t do any worse than he had the

BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal became the first player in the Open Era to win two tournaments seven times after beating David Ferrer 7-6 (1), 7-5 in Sunday's Barcelona Open final. The second-ranked Nadal's 21st straight victory on clay followed up his eighth straight win in Monte Carlo, as Nadal won

NEW YORK—Sweat streamed from her face as if fleeing from her forehead, while her red adidas dress clung to her stomach like a soggy swimsuit. Leaning her right hand on the blue back wall for support, Flavia Pennetta looked like a depleted long-distance runner holding herself upright while contemplating the

Novak Djokovic banged his racquet against the soles of his shoes trying to shake free clumps of red clay that clogged the treads. On a wet day of shaky footing, Djokovic hit through the tricky conditions and Joao Sousa, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, to reach the second round of the French

Bending shots into the corners with such devious spin that the ball darted into the doubles alleys, David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori raised the stakes in a series of sideline-to-sideline sprints. The longest exchange of the match escalated into a 37-shot slugfest when Nishikori, eager to end the rally and

Rafael Nadal racked up more career milestones in Barcelona today, lifting his seventh Real Club de Tennis trophy, but it was David Ferrer’s bloodied-and-unbowed performance which stole the show despite Rafa's 7-6 (1), 7-5 win. The aggressive, confident Nadal we saw against Janko Tipsarevic and Fernando Verdasco did not take

Reading serves as clearly as the sponsor sign on the back wall, Francesca Schiavone was outside the doubles alley when she launched herself into a forehand return that dipped diagonally inside the sideline before Samantha Stosur could take a step toward the ball. Cracking returns on the rise, Schiavone made

Zheng Qinwen held her nerve through a topsy-turvy start to her 2025 Australian Open campaign, and kept a calm face despite a few stressful moments against Anca Todoni on Sunday. “You think I am calm on court, but if you check the camera when I’m facing the fans, maybe my

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1, 2021 – Tennis Channel’s two-week telecast of the 2021 Australian Open will take place Feb. 8-21, with more than 25 hours of live matches from the sport’s first major of the season. The network will devote more than 175 total hours to its 14th year of