It’s a very big day for Spanish tennis—not only is one of its biggest names celebrating an incredible anniversary, as Rafael Nadal has now spent 17 years in the Top 10, but two of its brightest rising stars, Carlos Alcaraz and Paula Badosa, break new ground. After winning his third

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A month ago, Chris Eubanks began the grass-court portion of the season that leads into Wimbledon at a lower-level ATP Challenger Tour event in Surbiton, England. The 27-year-old American walked away with about $2,500 in prize money after losing in straight sets in the second round

After a dominant week in Cancun, Jessica Pegula’s undefeated streak in Mexico came to a somewhat anticlimactic end when the American suffered a lopsided 6-1, 6-0 defeat to Iga Swiatek in the championship match of the WTA Finals. Pegula—who once munched on Doritos after getting bageled on her birthday and

The Top 4 seeds all held their ground in Marseille in reaching the final weekend of the Open 13, with all four notably winning their quarterfinal matches Friday without facing a break point. Ugo Humbert emerged with the upper hand against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in compiling a 6-1, 6-4 victory

No player has had more elements of his game described as “underrated” than Roger Federer. His serve, his defense, his volleys and his toughness—among others—have all received that designation on hundreds, if not thousands, of occasions over the course of his career. At a certain point it might lead one

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Andy Murray defeated top-seeded Jannik Sinner 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open. It was Murray's second victory over a top-10 opponent in the past two weeks after the three-time Grand Slam champion, who has had two hip surgeries, beat Hubert

PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Diede de Groot won a record 22nd Grand Slam wheelchair singles title when she rallied to beat unseeded Zhu Zhenzhen 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the Roland Garros women's final on Saturday. In the men’s wheelchair final, second-seeded Tokito Oda of Japan successfully defended his title at

TORONTO (AP)—Roger Federer beat pesky Argentine challenger Juan Ignacio Chela 7-6 (7), 6-3 in his opening match at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday night. The third-ranked Swiss star allowed Chela back into the first set, before prevailing in the tiebreaker. He was not as generous in the second set, which

PARIS (AP)—There really was only one gesture that seemed appropriate to Francesca Schiavone after she became the first woman from Italy in more than a half-century to reach the French Open semifinals. So Schiavone knelt down on the red clay of the main stadium at Roland Garros, pursed her lips

Early in this third-round match, long before Fred Stolle learned what ‘Ajde’ means, his co-commentator Rennae Stubbs said Ana Ivanovic was in the driver’s seat and that her opponent, Vania King, was “along for the ride, no matter where that ride takes her.” Ivanovic went off track a few times,

WIMBLEDON, England—While many of the top men failed to survive the minefield that was week one at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic thrived. He beat the highest-ranked unseeded player in the draw and didn’t lose a set, winning his last five by scores of 6-3 or better. Considering the fallen around him,

The morning after his good friend and former Boca Raton Prep basketball teammate Andy Roddick was bounced out of Miami, Mardy Fish employed his brand of the full-court press to dismiss Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 6-3, and reach the round of 16. The 29-year-old won the battle of coach’s kids who

At this time last year, Carlos Alcaraz handed Novak Djokovic his first loss on Centre Court in a decade when he came through a gripping five-set final to win Wimbledon. On Sunday, the two warriors faced off once again in a blockbuster rematch at SW19. Alcaraz seeking to complete the

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 12:10 a.m. The children of past champions Tracy Austin and Hana Mandlikova are making their own U.S. Open memories. Brandon Holt, Austin's son, knocked off No. 10-seeded Taylor Fritz in four sets after advancing through

Not for a very long while has a third-round singles contest at a Grand Slam tennis tournament been more highly anticipated than Saturday night's encounter between Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber in Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open. This showdown pitted the enduringly formidable Sharapova—the 2008 Australian Open victor,

PARIS(AP) Venus Williams took the French Open stage dressed for a Paris production she hopes will run a full two weeks. Wearing a lacy black ``Can-Can'' corset with spaghetti straps and red trim, Williams choreographed a 6-3, 6-3 victory over longtime foil Patty Schnyder in the opening round Sunday. The

NEW YORK (AP)—Venus Williams struggled with her serve. She kept tugging at her dress. Every bit as big a nuisance was her opponent, Shahar Peer. On a Sunday afternoon in which No. 2 Kim Clijsters cruised to her victory at the U.S. Open, third-seeded Williams never looked quite comfortable in

“All I hear these few days is Next Gen, Next Gen,” Novak Djokovic said, with a faint—or perhaps not so faint—note of irritation creeping into his voice. The year was 2017, the place was Rome, and Djokovic was more than a bit weary of fielding questions from Italian journalists about

Roger Federer said at the start of the year that he expected to be playing his best tennis in a few months’ time; it looks like he may be a little ahead of schedule. On Friday in Dubai, on the final evening of February, Federer recorded what may be his

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Karolina Pliskova won all but five points in the first six games to set up a 6-0, 6-3 rout of Alize Cornet in the Brisbane International final on Saturday, setting an ominous tone for the first Grand Slam. The U.S. Open finalist will move to a