It was another quick day at the office for Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open on Thursday, as she swept past Rebecca Sramkova, 6-0, 6-2, in the second round of the first Grand Slam of the year. And with her victory over the Slovak, she kept an incredible streak going:

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Justine Henin beat Magdalena Rybarikova, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday. Henin, the former No. 1 who is playing in this tournament for the first time since 2006, was the top-ranked player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour when she

HOUSTON (AP)—Ryan Sweeting made sure he didn't get too far ahead of himself in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship final -- and ended up leaving Japanese star Kei Nishikori behind. "I feel in the past I'd see the finish line and I'd start thinking about that," Sweeting said after

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I’ve never seen so many fans screaming my name,” a slightly incredulous Jessica Pegula said after her breezy, ultra-controlled 6-2, 6-3 win over Maria Sakkari in the Guadalajara Open Akron final on Sunday. Tennis fans in the U.S. this year screamed for Serena Williams. They applauded as Danielle Collins and

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Andrey Rublev rallied to upset second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the final four of the ATP Finals on Friday. Rublev won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals for the first time. He will face third-seeded Casper Ruud. Novak Djokovic plays Taylor Fritz of the United

NEW YORK—“The first two sets were two of the best sets I’ve played all season long,” Alexander Zverev said after his 6-7 (2), 7-6 (8), 6-1, 6-1 win over Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday in Louis Armstrong Stadium. They were two of the best, and best received, sets of any match,

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—“I just need to be there. I just need to be thinking fast.” That was Maria Kirilenko yesterday, describing what she needed to do to beat Petra Kvitova in the quarterfinals here. The Russian had just finished winning her third three-set match of the week and upsetting Agnieszka

Novak Djokovic’s rise to No. 1 was accentuated with his return of serve, a shot universally considered to be one of the best in the game. He used that shot, along with his versatile two-handed backhand, to torment Rafael Nadal in 2011, the obstacle he needed to clear to climb

The rain subsided and clouds parted, but Serena Williams still arrived dressed for a storm. Relegated to Court 2 for the second consecutive year, Williams removed her white mini-trench coat, then went to work in creating a successful start to the tournament where she's realized several happy endings. In her

The yellow ball plopped on the purple court like a splotch of paint on canvas. Streaking forward with the urgency of a man racing after a runaway rental car with his racquets trapped in the trunk, Juan Monaco ran down Mardy Fish's drop shot and knifed a controlled reply up

Though she didn't play last week, Serena Williams moved back into the Top 10 for the first time since becoming a mom in the latest WTA rankings, released Monday morning. When Caroline Wozniacki, No. 10 in last week's rankings, pulled out of the Qatar Total Open in Doha due to

Tennis fans in uncongenial time zones missed a treat today as Andy Murray battled, bested and finally dominated Rafael Nadal for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory and the Tokyo title, recovering from the loss of the first set to turn in one of the most impressive performances any player has

Defending champion Maria Sharapova will face Li Na in the Rome final after overpowering Angelique Kerber, 6-3 6-4. Sharapova has yet to drop a set at the Foro Italico while Kerber has battled through three-set matches against Rodionova and Kvitova, her semi-final appearance here ensuring that she will enter the

The signs were there at the Australian Open that Belinda Bencic wasn’t taking her time trying to work her way back to the upper echelon of women’s tennis—in just her third tour-level event back from maternity leave, she made it all the way to the fourth round in Melbourne. Well,

PARIS (AP)—Novak Djokovic extended his perfect season into the French Open, beating Thiemo de Bakker 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 Monday in the first round. The second-seeded Serb improved his 2011 record to 38-0—and stretched his winning streak to 40—on the second day of the tournament at Roland Garros. And he barely

MONACO (AP) Seven-time defending champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic began their clay-court seasons with comfortable wins in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. Djokovic opened with a 6-1, 6-4 win against Andreas Seppi of Italy, while Nadal followed with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) It may have been the vocal Chilean fans that buoyed Fernando Gonzalez to a sweat-soaked five-set victory in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday, because it certainly wasn't his famed forehand. There was no indication that the match against No. 53-ranked Evgeny Korolev would turn

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ROME (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was tested before pulling out a 6-4, 6-1 victory over former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals on Thursday and extend her winning streak to 25 matches. Azarenka took a 3-0 lead before Swiatek won five straight games in a