MONACO (AP) — As Novak Djokovic begins his preparations for a fourth straight Grand Slam title, he likes to imagine beating Rafael Nadal in the French Open final. "That would be the match of the season, yes," Djokovic said Sunday at the Monte Carlo Masters. Djokovic and his longtime rival

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer played each other five times over the course of the last four months of the season. Federer won four of those matches; Djokovic won this one, the one we’ll remember. It spoiled a potential Federer-Rafael Nadal final, but it was a classic of its own—No.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP)—John Isner feels comfortable being back in the United States. He's showing it by dominating his opponents. Top seed and defending champ Isner advanced to the final at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships by beating fellow American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. Isner, ranked

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Venus Williams is a much better doubles partner for her sister Serena than she is a keeper of the score. The Williams sisters won their fourth Australian Open doubles title on Friday, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Rod Laver Arena. At

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP)—Venus Williams came from a set down to defend her Mexican Open title, while David Ferrer defeated good friend and fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to end his 14-match winning streak. Williams beat Polona Hercog 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday night for her second consecutive title—this one on

BASEL, Switzerland(AP) Roger Federer and Andy Roddick cruised to straight-set wins Friday to gain a Swiss Indoors semifinal that will be their first rematch since an epic 2009 Wimbledon final. The top-seeded Swiss eased past Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 and the No. 4 American rode his

Sweden was unquestionably the superpower of men’s tennis in the ‘80s. Over the course of that decade, Swedish men won 13 Grand Slam singles titles. On three occasions, Sweden was the Davis Cup champion, more than any other nation during those ten years. Its players saturated the ranks, winning all

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — With 100 matches at the Australian Open and a record 24 titles across the four majors, Novak Djokovic is well placed to judge how he's progressing at a Grand Slam. And he's starting to feel better about his health and his game after winning in straight

DOHA — After Simona Halep won her quarterfinal match over CiCi Bellis, she did the unthinkable and pulled out, giving Garbine Muguruza a free ride into the final. Muguruza will now face the winner of Petra Kvitova and Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, who outlasted former No. 1 Angelique Kerber

MADRID (AP) — Alexander Zverev continued his impressive form going into the French Open by winning his second Madrid Open title on Sunday. After beating top-seeded Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals and fourth-ranked Dominic Thiem in the semifinals, Zverev rallied to defeat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 for his

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PARIS (AP)—Victoria Azarenka did damage to her racket but had no such success against her opponent. The No. 1 seed at the French Open fell 6-2, 7-6 (4) to 15th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova on a windy, gray day at Roland Garros in which the world's top-ranked player hardly looked the part.

In a match that featured plenty of good, bad, and even some ugly—a wiff would have looked better than an overhead smash Agnieszka Radwanska framed beyond belief midway through the third set—Nadia Petrova had the most of the first adjective. The erratic Russian was exactly that in the Tokyo final,

NEW YORK (AP)—Kim Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova and Hurricane Earl with a quick victory before rain briefly suspended play at the U.S. Open. Matches resumed Friday afternoon after a 25-minute delay. The forecast from the tournament’s meteorologist called for intermittent showers. Officials planned to try to get in the full

WATCH: Jennifer Brady visits the Tennis Channel desk discusses her first-round win over Anastasija Sevastova.

• KatMak By Jackie Roe, TW Social Director* Hi, TWibe! Glad you made it to this special Saturday edition of the Deuce Club—obviously Pete and I made the programming change because we didn't want to get in the way of all the tennis action. This one will be short, since

NEW YORK—“Like a stupid! Like a stupid!” Francesca Schiavone was admonishing the chair umpire after the second game of the second set for something she felt he failed to do, but she might as well been chastising herself. At 32 and the fourth oldest player in the draw, Schiavone had

It was déjà vu all over again at the O2 Arena tonight, as Novak Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his first robin-match, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Last time these two met, in Beijing, I wrote that this match-up invites reflections on, if not post-mortems of, Tsonga’s career, because Djokovic tends to

Agnieszka Radwanska is a shrewd problem solver, but the world No. 4 spent much of today’s second-rounder rushed for response time and lunging in vain at the blasts emanating from Laura Robson’s racquet. Ripping authoritative strikes, Robson broke Radwanska’s serve five times in a row, winning nine of the final

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Roger Federer won a record sixth Dubai Championships — and 78th career title — by beating Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the final on Saturday. Federer, who maintains a home in Dubai, delighted a packed stadium of fans who seemed biased for the Swiss in