Grigor Dimitrov has gotten off to a red-hot start in 2017, and he’s continued to play terrific tennis in his home country this week. After winning the title in Brisbane—upsetting Dominic Thiem, Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori along the way—and reaching his second career Grand Slam semifinal in Melbourne, the

Roger Federer has broken plenty of records in his career, but the 18-time Grand Slam champion still says he's surprised to join the elite in this specific category. While winning his first-round match at Wimbledon, Federer also became the third ATP player to hit more than 10,000 aces in his

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The comeback plans for Novak Djokovic stalled on Friday when a recurrence of pain in his right elbow forced him to withdraw from an exhibition tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Djokovic hasn't played competitively since he retired in the Wimbledon quarterfinals because

Roger Federer is No. 5 on Forbes' list of The World Highest-Paid Athletes, and was the top sportsman in terms of endorsement earnings in the annual ranking. During 2014, Federer was paid $67 million, while No. 1-ranked Floyd Mayweather earned $300 million. Fellow boxer Manny Pacquiao earned $160 million and

MONTREAL (AP) — Olympic doubles bronze medalists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul won their opening singles matches Wednesday in the National Bank Open. The ninth-seeded Fritz beat Mariano Navone of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 and the 10th-seeded Paul topped Luciano Darderi of Italy 6-4, 7-6 (2). "It was a solid match,"

CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has apologized for his behavior during Friday afternoon's loss to Gael Monfils at the Cincinnati Open. During the third set, Alcaraz destroyed his racquet by repeatedly smashing it on the court in a rare show of frustration for the four-time Grand Slam winner. The No.

NEW YORK (AP) When Novak Djokovic faced Rafael Nadal in the 2010 U.S. Open final, the guy everyone calls Rafa'' solidified his standing atop the tennis world by earning third Grand Slam title of the season. Now it'sNole'' who gets a chance to add to his own remarkable run:

Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez took the US Open by storm over the last two weeks and their heroics propelled them up the WTA rankings this week, with Raducanu rising from No. 150 to No. 23 and Fernandez jumping from No. 73 to No. 28. For Raducanu, No. 150 was

FRISCO, Texas—At the Dallas Open on Thursday evening, 2022 champion Reilly Opelka reached his first ATP 500 quarterfinal since October 2020 as he continues his quest for a Top 100 return. But the 27-year-old only had one talking point on his mind at the tournament’s mixed zone after closing out

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournaments Internazionali BNL D'Italia (ATP - Clay - Rome, Italy) - Singles Final: Novak Djokovic def. Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. - Singles Semifinal: Novak Djokovic def. Radek Stepanek 6-0, 1-0 (retired). - Singles Semifinal: Stanislas Wawrinka def. Andy Roddick 3-0 (retired).

German tennis gained a backyard boost on the grass of Halle today. German No. 2 Philipp Kohlschreiber, the 2011 Halle champion, advanced to the the Gerry Weber Open quarterfinals for the ninth time in 10 appearances. While Kohlschreiber's straight-sets win over qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert was expected, compatriot Peter Gojowczyk pulled

NEW YORK(AP) Everyone, it seems, wanted to talk to Andy Roddick about his loss to Roger Federer in last month's epic Wimbledon final: the 16-14 fifth set, the 77 total games, the Centre Court crowd chanting the American's name afterward. They wanted to console Roddick, pat him on the back,

ROME (AP) — Iga Swiatek stepped up and nobody has brought her down. Swiatek earned the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis by default two months ago when Ash Barty announced her immediate retirement. Add in Serena Williams' absence for nearly a year and there were plenty of questions about

Alexander Zverev pulled off the upset of the tournament on Friday, shocking 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-4 at his home tournament to advance into the Mutua Madrid Open semifinals. "It's definitely one of the biggest wins of my career thus far," Zverev said in his on-court interview,

In 2018, 50 years after tennis' Open Era began, Tennis Channel put together a list of the period's Top 10 upsets. That list featured six matches from Wimbledon, two from Roland Garros, and one apiece from the Australian Open and US Open. The fact that both hard-court upsets had taken

Torches lit the player party on a chilly Dubai evening, but Serena Williams was in no mood for merriment. Wearing the pained expression of a woman plagued by a major migraine—dangerous left-hander Ekaterina Makarova—the world No. 1 was blowing her nose and scanning her notes during changeovers, shoving the air

NEW YORK—As defending US Open champion and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka entered Arthur Ashe Stadium just after noon on Monday to play her fourth-round match against 13th-seeded Belinda Bencic, the good news was that she was certain to have strong crowd support. Osaka’s gracious post-match interaction with Coco Gauff

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- As a 4-year-old she watched Venus Williams playing on TV and fell in love with her dress. So began the tennis career of Madison Keys. "I really wanted a tennis dress," said Keys, now 17. "My parents told me that if I played, they would buy me

PARIS(AP) The latest player to absorb a lopsided loss against Rafael Nadal on clay offered a novel idea for how to thwart the four-time French Open champion. Asked how many men are capable of beating Nadal the way he's playing at the moment, Argentina's Horacio Zeballos replied: `Maybe two or